Barack Obama Sends in the Brownshirts for the Midnight Knock

I am beyond angry. There are not words to describe my emotions. Barack Obama must resign now. The thing that currently inhabits the White House is no president.

Rather than take responsibility for the utter incompetence of his own foreign policy, Barack Obama has instead chosen to blame the murder of our Libyan ambassador on a private citizen who may or may not have made a movie that Islamists have used as their current pretext for violence.

Professor Glenn Reynolds says it better than me and I’ll simply quote him freely:

Just for the record, this is what it looked like for a man who made a film that made the Obama Administration uncomfortable:

Here’s the key bit: “Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Muslim world.”

When taking office, the President does not swear to create jobs. He does not swear to “grow the economy.” He does not swear to institute “fairness.” The only oath the President takes is this one:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

By sending — literally — brown shirted enforcers to engage in — literally — a midnight knock at the door of a man for the non-crime of embarrassing the President of the United States and his administration, President Obama violated that oath. You can try to pretty this up (It’s just about possible probation violations! Sure.), or make excuses or draw distinctions, but that’s what’s happened. It is a betrayal of his duties as President, and a disgrace.

Barack Obama and Eric Holder have used the power of their respective offices to track down a man who has committed no offense other than embarrass the president. Whatever “priors” this man may have are irrelevant – and a pretext. This is simply an outrage.

And this is what awaits anyone who embarrasses our Dear Leader.