Obama's Enemies List

I mentioned the other day that Obama was looking for informants to report to the White House on any email, phone or other messages they received that were "misleading" - in other words, that opposed Obamacare. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) was not amused:

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, accusing the White House of compiling an "enemies list," has asked President Barack Obama to stop an effort to collect "fishy" information Americans see about a health care overhaul.

Cornyn, who leads the Republicans' Senate campaign effort, said Wednesday in a letter to Obama that he's concerned that citizen engagement on the issue could be "chilled." He also expressed alarm that the White House could end up collecting electronic information on its critics.

"I can only imagine the level of justifiable outrage had your predecessor asked Americans to forward e-mails critical of his policies to the White House," Cornyn wrote.

It would take all day to document the many lies that were spread about George Bush through email, blogs and even the mainstream media. And yet, he never complained. He knew it came with the job.

Amazing what a little maturity can do for you.