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Richard Nixon's "enemies list" appalled the country for the simple reason that presidents hold a unique trust. Unlike senators or congressmen, presidents alone represent all Americans. Their powers—to jail, to fine, to bankrupt—are also so vast as to require restraint. Any president who targets a private citizen for his politics is de facto engaged in government intimidation and threats. This is why presidents since Nixon have carefully avoided the practice. Save Mr. Obama, who acknowledges no rules. This past week, one of his campaign websites posted an item entitled "Behind the curtain: A brief history of Romney's donors." In the post, the Obama campaign named and shamed eight private citizens who had donated to his opponent. Describing the givers as all having "less-than-reputable records," the post went on to make the extraordinary accusations that "quite a few" have also been "on the wrong side of the law" and profiting at "the expense of so many Americans." These are people like Paul Schorr and Sam and Jeffrey Fox, investors who the site outed for the crime of having "outsourced" jobs. T. Martin Fiorentino is scored for his work for a firm that forecloses on homes. Louis Bacon (a hedge-fund manager), Kent Burton (a "lobbyist") and Thomas O'Malley (an energy CEO) stand accused of profiting from oil. Frank VanderSloot, the CEO of a home-products firm, is slimed as a "bitter foe of the gay rights movement."
An internal Media Matters For America memo obtained by The Daily Caller reveals that the left-wing media watchdog group employs an “opposition research team†to target its political enemies. Included in the list of targets are right-leaning websites, conservative think tanks, prominent financiers and donors, and more than a dozen specific Fox News Channel and News Corporation employees.“We will conduct extensive public records searches and compile opposition books on individuals,†declares the memo, likely written in late 2009. Investigations, it says, “will focus on the backgrounds, connections, operations and political and financial activities of the individuals.†(RELATED: Media Matters sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations)One of those singled out for scrutiny in the memo is PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, a self-described libertarian. Thiel “directly funded, through a small government group, prior racist attack videos by James O’Keefe, the right-wing operative who staged the recent ACORN video sting,†states the memo. “Thiel’s role in funding such attacks has gone completely unremarked and largely uninvestigated.â€â€œAn opposition research team will serve to hold Thiel and others like him accountable.â€In addition to Thiel, the memo contains this list of “preliminary targetsâ€:News Corp Fox News Channel Fox Business Network Fox News’ websitesConservative news sites WorldNetDaily BigHollywood.com NewsMax BigGovernment.comConservative think thanks The Heritage Foundation American Enterprise Institute Cato InstituteNews Corp executives Rupert Murdoch Chase Carey David DeVoe Lawrence Jacobs James MurdochConservative donors Peter Thiel Richard Mellon Scaife Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation John M. Olin Foundation Koch Family FoundationsFox News executives CEO Roger Ailes Senior vice president Michael Clemente Vice president of news Sean Smith Vice president of new editorial product Jay Wallace Fox Business Network executive vice president Kevin MageeFox personalities Glenn Beck Sean Hannity Bill O’ReillyFox senior production and corporation staff Hannity executive producer John Finley On the Record executive producer Meade Cooper O’Reilly Factor senior executive producer David Tabacoff Fox & Friends executive producer Lauren PettersonPolitical figures Carly Fiorina David Vitter Eric Cantor John Boehner Mitch McConnell Michele Bachmann Steve King“In all likelihood,†the memo concludes, “we will produce volumes of useful data week after week.â€Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/13/inside-media-matters-david-brocks-enemies-list/#ixzz1tFjCVFVF
link to the story Sgt? Looks like a good read.
