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I don't want to politicize this argument, especially so since I am not a U.S. citizen, but my perception is that if Bush had tried to acquire such powers, peopl
by Rod 16y ago
I don't want to politicize this argument, especially so since I am not a U.S. citizen, but my perception is that if Bush had tried to acquire such powers, people would have gotten hysterical. Obama, being a "liberal" can get away with more.
- baguasquirrel 16y agoLieberman is pushing the bill. He was almost our VP 10 years ago, so perhaps he still thinks it's possible to grant that power to himself.
- adelevie 16y agoNot a chance.
- swombat 16y agoObama isn't the one trying to get this power. Read the article - it's a bill being proposed by Joe Lieberman, not by Obama. The article doesn't state anywhere what opinion, if any, Obama may have about this bill.
- Rod 16y agoI read the article. Read my comment. I never claimed that Obama is trying to get this power, so your accusation has no merit. I stand by my observation: the Obama administration can get away with more than the Bush administration did, as the people (rightly) think he's smart and wise, and (wrongly) assume that he can do no evil. Trust, but verify. When people blindly trust in authority, things go wrong. It's the stick that disciplines the donkey, not the donkey's desire to be "good".
- swombat 16y agoLieberman is not part of the Obama administration any more than Ron Paul was part of the Bush administration.
- Rod 16y agoI never said Lieberman is part of it. If you want to distort my words as you please, go ahead. It amuses me. You can accuse me of thread-jacking, but you can't accuse me of Obama-bashing.
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