Timothy P. Carney: Obama's pattern of intolerance towards dissent

Dissent, it turns out, is no longer patriotic. President Obama’s White House and his Democratic National Committee (DNC) have unleashed an all-out assault on what they call “angry,” “manufactured,” and “lobbyist-funded” lies about health care reform. Look closely and you realize that’s how they classify all dissent.

Obama, when speaking at Notre Dame this spring amid protests from pro-lifers, said, “When we open up our hearts and our minds to those who may not think precisely like we do or believe precisely what we believe — that’s when we discover at least the possibility of common ground.”