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April 16, 2007
freedom from thought
According to President George W. Bush:
"The president's right to control his own message includes the right to exclude people expressing discordant viewpoints from the audience."
Seattle Times; 15 April 2007; p A4; 'Lawyers: Bush staff can eject dissenters'
This issue arises from a 2005 government-sponsored event in Colorado dealing with Social Security, from which two men who drove to the event in a car with an anti-war bumper sticker on it, were ejected from the event by White House staffers.
Posted by williamfrick at April 16, 2007 12:38 PM