Democrat opponents of free speech squash that "Dissent Is Patriotic" stuff

By Jon Sanders

'Why don't you go f--- yourself?'

"That was how House Democrat Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel reportedly responded to a Politico reporter's request – made 'in the effort for openness and disclosure' – to sit in on a caucus debate over the language of a lobbying bill.

The incident is emblematic. The Democrats this year have taken a disturbingly statist downturn in their approach to governing, especially regarding speech by political opponents and presumed unfriendly press.

An early sign of this tendency was the orchestrated walkout by Democrat presidential candidates from debates co-sponsored by Fox News over the networks' presumed conservative bias. The spectacle was clownish at first glance, but it revealed a deep-seated aversion to question or debate that is not only unattractive in political leadership, but also downright ominous." More...