[EL] The enemies list, then and now

[David Epstein]

Ask and ye shall receive. I stand corrected -- it is on the official website.

Reading it over, though, I remain unconvinced that the people on this
list are marked for some sort of government retaliation. In fact, I
find the very suggestion an insult to former President Nixon and his
cronies. Now *they* knew how to put together a real enemies list, with
lots of journalists (e.g. Daniel Schorr, who was handed the list at
the last moment not knowing he was on it and read his name on air),
cultural icons (e.g. Paul Newman, who remained proud of his
inclusion), and so on. And its purpose was to see "how we can use the
available federal machinery to screw our political enemies." I think
Obama still has a ways to go before he catches up with the master.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Soren Dayton <soren.dayton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, it's on the website
>
> http://www.barackobama.com/truth-team/entry/behind-the-curtain-a-brief-history-of-romneys-donors/
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 23, 2012, at 9:10 AM, David Epstein <david.l.epstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is it? Seriously? After reading the column, I see that someone
>> (presumably wealthy) who donated money to Romney has been audited. I
>> also see that an Obama "campaign website" listed some donors along
>> with aspersions on their characters, but (tellingly), there is no link
>> provided to this website. If someone has the link, I'd be happy to
>> follow that too, but my guess is that it wasn't published by the
>> actual Obama campaign.
>>
>> Pretty thin gruel, definitely on the level of internet urban legends
>> rather than actual news.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:59 AM,  <JBoppjr at aol.com> wrote:
>>> Click here: The enemies list, then and now | Power Line
>>>
>>>    Interesting story about harassment of contributors triggered by the
>>> Obama campaign.
>>>
>>>    Opps, on second thought, don't read, we have been authoritatively told
>>> that this does not happen. Jim Bopp
>>>
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