The Obama Campaign's Nixonian "White House Enemies List"

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The Obama Campaign's Nixonian "White House Enemies List"
Doug Schoen, Political strategist, pollster, author & commentator

The Obama campaign is now marshaling the power of the office of the presidency against private citizens — using the Obama campaign’s “Truth Team” to target individual Romney donors and supporters in a way that is alarmingly reminiscent of Richard Nixon’s “Enemies List” — as documented in a May 10th piece by the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Strassel.
As part of its reelection effort during the 1972 presidential campaign, the Nixon White House was instructed to keep a White House Enemies list of political opponents – comprised of a top 20 list for special attention and another list of about 200 “Political Opponents” organized in categories. As then-White House Counsel John Dean described it, they would “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougscho...-enemies-list/

Strassel: The President Has a List
Barack Obama attempts to intimidate contributors to Mitt Romney's campaign.
Try this thought experiment: You decide to donate money to Mitt Romney. You want change in the Oval Office, so you engage in your democratic right to send a check.
Several days later, President Barack Obama, the most powerful man on the planet, singles you out by name. His campaign brands you a Romney donor, shames you for "betting against America," and accuses you of having a "less-than-reputable" record. The message from the man who controls the Justice Department (which can indict you), the SEC (which can fine you), and the IRS (which can audit you), is clear: You made a mistake donating that money.


Are you worried?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...604524916.html

Not sure if this has been posted, it's a few weeks old and nothing came up.

[C.Puffs]

You can take a thug out of Chicago but you can't take Chicago out of a thug.

[Kit]

This is how they role in Chicago. You set your sights on your enemies and destroy them. You don't rise to the top in Chicago by being a nice guy.

[LineDoggie]

The Obama Campaign's Nixonian "White House Enemies List"
Doug Schoen, Political strategist, pollster, author & commentator

The Obama campaign is now marshaling the power of the office of the presidency against private citizens — using the Obama campaign’s “Truth Team” to target individual Romney donors and supporters in a way that is alarmingly reminiscent of Richard Nixon’s “Enemies List” — as documented in a May 10th piece by the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Strassel.
As part of its reelection effort during the 1972 presidential campaign, the Nixon White House was instructed to keep a White House Enemies list of political opponents – comprised of a top 20 list for special attention and another list of about 200 “Political Opponents” organized in categories. As then-White House Counsel John Dean described it, they would “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougscho...-enemies-list/

Strassel: The President Has a List
Barack Obama attempts to intimidate contributors to Mitt Romney's campaign.
Try this thought experiment: You decide to donate money to Mitt Romney. You want change in the Oval Office, so you engage in your democratic right to send a check.
Several days later, President Barack Obama, the most powerful man on the planet, singles you out by name. His campaign brands you a Romney donor, shames you for "betting against America," and accuses you of having a "less-than-reputable" record. The message from the man who controls the Justice Department (which can indict you), the SEC (which can fine you), and the IRS (which can audit you), is clear: You made a mistake donating that money.


Are you worried?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...604524916.html

Not sure if this has been posted, it's a few weeks old and nothing came up.

Oddly, something about this I've heard before. The targeting individual donors was done in 2008 also wasnt it?
I know it was done to donors for Prop. 8

EDIT: Thats right Gibson Guitars was raided

I was right they did this in 2008 election as well
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/us...IFD1bqiSf7t9Og

Left-wing political operative Tom Matzzie told The New York Times he would send “warning” letters to 10,000 top GOP givers “hoping to create a chilling effect that will dry up contributions.” Matzzie bragged of “going for the jugular” and said the warning letter would be just the first step, “alerting donors who might be considering giving to right-wing groups to a variety of potential dangers, including legal trouble, public exposure and watchdog groups digging through their lives.”

[Zorro C9]

Any political party that does that is disgusting.

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lol as they say, you don't get anywhere in Chicago without knowing where some bodies are buried