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To: Lane3 who wrote (69604)	5/31/2008 10:08:34 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) of 542009

That's a problem, but it's an entirely different problem from the suppression of free speech, which was the topic. No, it's not. It's about drastically limiting public speech representing almost half the electorate. If you want to say that "drastically limiting" is not suppression, I will leave that to semantics experts. But the message is that nothing the White House does can ever be seen to be protested by anyone within camera range. Ever. The White House used its security power to shut out visible dissent, in the hopes that would reinforce its political image. The folks they thought would be effectively silenced by sticking them three miles away (where network cameras won't bother to cover them) ended up playing a large (and disgruntled) part in the debate as the White House's political popularity fell away. Separate it into neat little boxes for your purposes if you like, but this problem fits together in a single sheet.

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