You really cannot do much worse than a socialist that I personally believe, wants to destroy the fundamentals of the country. In one year, this president has done more damage to this country than any foreign opponent could image.
"dyeah_gb" wrote:
You are so far off base here, I don't know where to start.
George W. Bush ignored the "fundamentals of the country," as you put it, far more than Obama ever could dream of doing. He openly derided the constitutional limitations of power placed upon him, he did everything in his power to flout Congress, he operated unilaterally whenever possible. He acted more like a petulant monarch than any president except Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Though I do not agree with his policies, President Obama has been by comparison the consummate gentleman. He has shown proper deference to Congress -- he has agreed to abide by their decisions. Little of his original healthcare bill remains. Like a crafty cardplayer, he has let Congress muddle its way through the bill, knowing that Congress will have to take ultimate blame for its deficiencies. But that's what the president is
supposed to do.
For you to label Obama a socialist and let Bush off the hook is laughable. All Obama has done is cut a few pages out of Bush's playbook and blow them up a bit. He hasn't done anything that Bush hadn't already initiated in his own administration.
Bailouts to big business? Check.
Escalation of war? Check.
Intrusion into privacy? Check.
Need I go on?
At least Obama is an admitted liberal, so people won't fall asleep in his administration and, like Clinton, history will show him to have been a less-than-effective president. I'd rather have a hamstrung liberal than a conservative run amok.