A Republican congressman from Georgia, Rep. Paul Broun gave a quite foulish statement to AP Monday. He declares that:
“President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship.”
Rep. Paul Broun was referreing to Obama’s speech calling for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set,” Obama said in July. “We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
According to But spokesman Tommy Vietor, Obama was referring a proposal for a civilian reserve corps that could handle postwar reconstruction efforts such as rebuilding infrastructure – an idea endorsed by the Bush administration.
We all recall the attacks made by the McCain campaign trying to tie Obama to Ayers, a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s radical group the Weather Underground. Once again the Rep. Paul Broun is using fear tactic. This has worked in the past with success BUT not this time.
A “Gestapo-like security.” Who are you kidding? It seems the congressman has forgot the Check and Balance among the three branches.
