Does the President Have a Right to Not Encounter Disagreement?

Alex Young and Leslie Weise attended a presidential forum on Social Security in Denver back in 2005 and were ejected after security noticed they had an anti-war bumper sticker. The forum was funded with taxpayer money.

From the briefing for the White House:

The president’s right to control his own message includes the right to exclude people expressing discordant viewpoints from the audience.

Filed under 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism 6. Controlled Mass Media 7. Obsession with National Security War in Iraq

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