A Bipartisan Dictatorship January 1, 2010

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

January 1, 2010

Although Republican politicians criticize what they call Barack Obama?s weakness in the exercise of presidential counter-terrorism powers, in substantive terms Obama?s conduct has differed little, if any, from that of his predecessor.

While it is true that their shared posture does little to protect us from the threat of foreign terrorism, it constitutes an acute threat to the liberties protected by the Constitution.

Legal analyst John C. Yoo, who wrote several key Justice Department memos during the George W. Bush administration, points out that President Obama has picked up seamlessly where Bush left off.

In his new book Crisis and Command , Yoo ? a proponent of dictatorial wartime presidential powers and defender of torture ? points out that Obama has continued or even escalated such measures as warrantless wiretapping and summary execution of terrorist suspects overseas.

Many of the same Republicans who condemn Obama?s weakness also warn that he is an aspiring dictator. If the latter is true, they have themselves to blame.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.

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