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Old 02-20-2015, 10:55 AM   #13
detbuch
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Originally Posted by JohnR View Post
The one constant of this presidency has been to play the label game. Either ignoring labels (Islamic Extremists), ISIS, or demeaning his only enemies he is willing to call out: Republicans, Tea Party, and the rest of the Bitter Clingers.
Yeah, being a "constitutional scholar," Obama would understand the misuse of labels and not only their power, but their ability to distract away from rational thought or discussion--as Supreme Court Justice Cardozo implied with "A fertile source of perversion in constitutional theory is the tyranny of labels ..."
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