The Washington Post‘s Chris Cillizza reports that Barack Obama believes that people who criticize him and praise his opponents “raise real questions about those candidates’ commitment to serious reform of the political process.”
Now, I like Obama – at least as much as I can like any political creature. He seems to be the least bad top-tier Democratic candidate. He also seems more benign than Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani.
But this is pathetic. If he doesn’t like speech that criticizes him, then he should counter it with more speech. Instead, he’s telling his critics to shut up.
No criticizing me!
This is a free country. We, the people, shall say what we please about any candidate.
It’s right there in the First Amendment: “Congress shall pass no law… abridging the freedom of speech.”
Sadly, I fear that Obama might actually have a valid legal case under current law, should it come to that. This reflects broken, unconsitutional laws, not Obama’s righteousness. This is to our shame as a nation, and as a democracy.
Congress shall pass no law.
Couldn’t be simpler.
Inertia Wins! 