"Is [Obama] worse than George W. Bush? In matters on the imperial presidency, I’m inclined to say yes. Bush started it, and for that he deserves blame and scorn, but Obama continued it when he could have reigned it in before it calcified. Instead, he built on the unchecked executive powers, imperialistic ventures, big brotherism and all the rest, and he knew full well what he was doing. Obama wasn’t some coke-addled rube living off his father’s money until he found Jesus – he used to teach constitutional law. He can’t plead ignorance. He’s only put a better face on the same wretched bullshit. As for his domestic policy, he’s the best Republican president from 20 years ago the GOP could ask for. If they hadn’t swerved so far to the right in the time since and gone temporarily blind with hatred, they might appreciate it. You know who was more liberal on the home front than Obama? Richard M. Nixon, default political bogeyman until the the W. years. You know who, not on style but on the substance of his policies, I’d rather have leading the country? Richard M. Nixon. It’s worse than I thought when I’m yearning for the Halcyon days just before Watergate." —Me, July 28th, 2011 Welcome, all. Glad you could join me.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:00:56 +0000
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