Gene Healy: For Obama, Words Conceal The Indefensible

Using language as a cover for the abuse of power.        Let President Obama be clear, will you? He seems to think it's important. "The 'let me be clear' preface" is a recurring rhetorical tic for Obama, the Washington Post pointed out in 2010, and it's "become a signal that what follows will be anything but." On Aug. 9, with his approval    ... MORE