Thug-ocracy II?

One historical trivia that I learned in school was Warren G. Harding’s presidential campaign slogan, “A return to normalcy.” My history book never quite explained it. It was only much later that I discovered that Democrat Woodrow Wilson was America’s first “progressive” president. On his watch, the wonderful 16th and 17th amendments were adopted.

These amendments removed key underpinnings of our republic. While the 17th allows election of US senators by popular vote making them as susceptible to rampant populism as house representatives, it’s the 16th that gave Americans the really raw deal. It allows the income tax, originally denied in the US Constitution. With this power, congress sets the level of slavery each American must submit.

But Wilson went beyond undermining the republic. Wilson closed down many newspapers and magazines, and he also employed a citizens’ squad, 250000 storm troopers strong. His American Protective League were badge-carrying goons who assaulted people in the streets, made mass arrests, spied and did illegal searches.

Under Wilson’s reign of terror, one woman mentioned she liked Lenin and got six months in jail. One man refused to stand for the national anthem and was shot. Another who didn’t sing the anthem was beaten badly. Wilson brought America to the closest it’s ever been to a totalitarian state. Alas, historians don’t dwell on Wilson as tyrant instead dismissing his terror on his “reactionary” subordinates.

So, what relevance does Wilson have to the current election? Well, history could be repeated. During the “Democratic” Convention, Denver police arrested Asa Eslocker, an ABC News producer. At the time he was filming Democrat senators leaving a super secret private meeting with their super rich VIP donors at the Brown Palace Hotel.

Police refused to present Eslocker with any charges. A cigar-smoking sergeant put his hands on Eslocker’s neck, then twisted his arm behind him while putting on handcuffs. And another threaten Eslocker with “You're lucky I didn't knock the f..k out of you.” Eslocker’s supposed crime was trespassing on a public sidewalk.

If Eslocker had been a terrorist, he’d have gotten much better treatment. More importantly, the macaca media would have made a huge fuss especially since he’s one of them. But since Democrats not Republicans were involved in denying an American citizen his habeas corpus, their silence was deafening.

Then there’s Brian, a graduate student, who in the People’s Republic of Vermont asked an Obama campaign table about his advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brian claimed that Brzezinski helped create Al Qaeda. But the Obama supporters weren’t willing to listen, which is their right, even though the principal purpose of their table was for public dialogue.

Once Brian realized that he had entered an intellectual free zone, he moved on or so he thought. Instead, the Obama fanatics called the cops. Two policemen chased him, ordered him to the ground. When Brian cried for help, police ordered him to shut up or be tasered. Apparently, that’s the new Miranda, “You have the right to remain silent or be tasered.”

He was handcuffed, jailed, and held for 35 hours, then brought before a judge in shackles. Brian’s supposed crimes were resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Then there’s Jessica Hughes of Texas who got a call from the Obama Volunteers of Texarkana. After telling the woman, “No, I don't support him. Your guy is a socialist who voted four times in the state senate to let little babies die in hospital closets,” two Secret Service agents arrived at her home.

Apparently, the Obama Nazi heard a death threat against her messiah. The agents accused Jessica of saying, “I will never support Obama and he will wind up dead on a hospital floor.” And they threaten Jessica that if she didn’t cooperate, they’d talk to her associates. Wait, I thought associations didn’t matter.

Jessica rightly concluded, “Someone high in the ranks of a campaign working for a man who may be the next President of the United States of America felt comfortable bringing the force of the Federal Government to bear on a private citizen on nothing but the word of a partisan volunteer.” And that should make every American uncomfortable.

Finally, St. Louis’s KMOV reported on Obama’s Missouri truth squad, although many are being formed across the country. Their supposed purpose is “to refute any false information spread about Obama.” But Russell Kinsaul found that, “The Barack Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading TV ad during the presidential campaign.”

Kinsaul discovered that Missouri’s squad has prosecutors and members of law enforcement. They include St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer and St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch. All are Democrats, and all of them seem willing to repeat Wilson’s thuggish tyranny all over again.