Did Bush specifically target me? Ofcourse not, he screwd us all equally.
Bush's policies did a lot of damage to the country as a whole, and to our relationships around the world. The wars, the free trade deals, the tax cuts that weren't paid for, the lax oversight of the financial system and the enviornment, the erosion of civil liberties (domestic spying ect). The stacking of the court system and Justice Department with partisans. To say nothing of the missed opportunities in terms of investments that could have been made in infrastructure, education, and energy.
Bush, like Reagan, viewed government as the problem. He spent his entire presidency doing everything he could to prove that point.
It seems to me that Obama has done a great job of continuing many if not most of the 'oppressive' policies that you identify above, despite his campaign promises to dismantle them. Seems he had a change of heart (or was it a strong dose of reality) once he got into office, and actually saw the logic behind much of what Bush did. Wasn't Clinton responsible for NAFTA? Seems that your boy Barney Frank was largely behind the lending (Fannie/Freddie) laxness. Elena Kagan isn't a partisan justice?
What it all comes down to, is that all of these guys are cut from the same cloth, no matter what the letter is next to their name in terms of party affiliation....
-- Edited by gerryvz on Thursday 22nd of December 2011 01:01:50 AM
I'm not saying that there is no hypocrisy on my side, certainly there is. The difference is, my side actually believes in good government, and isn't driven by a desire to shrink it to the size that it could be drowned in a bath tub. Nor does my side generally enjoy war profiteering.
Yes, Clinton did NAFTA, and Obama is doing some more which leaves me distraught. I guess it's better to get fucked occasionally rather than all the time though.
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