Obamaâs Anti-Government Leaflet Set For Display in Presidential Library
When the controversial Barack Obama Presidential Library opens inÂ 2017, one item will be on prominentÂ display: a 1975Â anti-government protest flyerÂ saved from Obamaâs teenage years when he participated inÂ a protest march â in front of the White House! Obama took partÂ in the so-called March First Coalition, sponsored by The Indochina Mobile Education Project, The War Resistors League, and several other leftistÂ organizations. The protest brought together a nationwide group of young community activists and provides a glimpse into the early political ideology that shaped the young Socialist who eventually assumed the office of the President of the United States. The crudely illustrated document demands amnesty for draft dodgers and features on its front aÂ political cartoon mocking Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. It also calls for the release of âpolitical prisonersâÂ held by US authorities in Southeast Asia. Former Alaska Governor and political pundit Sarah Palin took to Facebook to shareÂ her reaction: âWell, here we go again with our Socialist-In-Chief boldly throwing in the faces of the real Americans his radical ideas that began withÂ his entry into the Chicago style political machine that eventually overtookÂ the White House, because I guessÂ Obama doesnât have much to do these days but lallygagÂ around the Oval Office and rewrite his history on the taxpayerâs dime.â Congress passed the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955, creatingÂ a network devoted to preserving the history found and often times created duringÂ presidential administrations. Many are objecting to federal funds being used to maintain a facility in which anti-American propaganda will be featured. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus brushed off the controversy by emphasizing that the newly energized GOP, still enjoying their post-midterm trouncing of the Democrats, hasÂ more important things to focus upon. âIt comes down to a piece of paper going into a library that the majority ofÂ Americans wonât everÂ visit. We have bigger things to concentrate on, and number one is making sure Hillary Clinton doesnât carry on the Obama legacy which clearly has been disastrous.â Library curators arenât worried about the growing controversy. Historian and Obama expert Professor Jack Phillips said, âthe biggest decision we have to make now is where to locate the library. A lot of people want Chicago, but weâve gotÂ a big group that want us to locateÂ it in the Presidentâs birthplace â Hawaii I mean â not Kenya,â Phillips joked. âI didnât mean to say that,â he added.