I understand your desire to be precise and applaud it.
However:
A president never "sponsors" a bill. A president may support it (just like you or I may), but only a congresscritter gets to be a sponsor.
All that said, if anyone thinks Obama is going to protect them against this sort of nonsense, they're deluded. Badly.
The fascist tendency is not a question of right or left. It's a question of the degree of belief in the wisdom of the state. That's why a Lieberman can find a place in either major party if he wants it: they're all into state power first.
"zombieslayer" wrote:
+1.
I think there are plenty of cases of fascistic tendencies on both sides of the aisle. The Patriot Act came from primarily the Republicans with the Democrats rolling over and playing dead.
Gun control (yes, gun control is fascistic) comes primarily from the Democrats.
The War on Drugs and the War on Terror, both with fascistic tendencies, both come primarily from the Republican party.
Tipper Gore is a Democrat and she knows how to run your life and how to raise your kids better than you do.
If one truly hates fascism, keep a close eye on both major parties. I personally can't stand either of them because one of them wants to ban these freedoms, the other one wants to ban those freedoms.
"Wade" wrote: