What are you thinking, Mr President?He's a Chicago politician, Mr. Jarvis. That's how he rolls. But congratulations -- you've gotten past this point, at least:
Is this really the legacy you want for yourself: the chief executive who trampled rights, destroyed privacy, heightened secrecy, ruined trust, and worst of all, did not defend but instead detoured around so many of the fundamental principles on which this country is founded?
Still, Jarvis confesses that his greatest fear of the Obama legacy isn't the damage he's done -- no, it's something far, far worse than that:
And as a Democrat, I worry that you are losing us the next election, handing an issue to the Republicans that should have been ours: protecting the rights of citizens against the overreach of the security state.Gasp! Anything but that!
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You mean, of all of the screw-ups that Obama has perpetrated, that little NSA spying thing is the one to bring him and all Democrats down? Gee, I guess I didn't know the absolutely sterling reputation the D's have for protecting us from big government. I must have been focussed on their great ability to manage an economy.
Gee, I guess I didn't know the absolutely sterling reputation the D's have for protecting us from big government.
I didn't either, Jerry. I really need to pay more attention, apparently.
to be real: Obama is just doubling down on what Bush started.
and it will get worse regardless of what party takes the white house after him, short of electing Rand Paul or Dennis Kucinich.
to be real: Obama is just doubling down on what Bush started.
To be real: what Woodrow Wilson started.
and it will get worse regardless of what party takes the white house after him, short of electing Rand Paul or Dennis Kucinich.
Paul, maybe. Kucinich? If he'd ever find a way to get elected, he'd love the apparatus.
I'm the first to acknowledge that every president enjoys having this kind of power; I've written as much on more than one occasion. The purpose of this post is simply to mock the stupidity of people like Jarvis, who spent way too much time lying to themselves about the nature of their hero. It was obvious from the moment Barack Obama came on the scene that he wasn't a damn bit different than any of his predecessors and that he was likely to be worse, given the political culture that he came from.
At this point I think we can safely settle on "worse."
Woodrow didnt have a Patriot Act.
sure, he started a certain ball rolling that every president after him followed...
but it did not include the digital age and its technologies. we really dont know what he would have done with it. its kinda like asking what the Founding Fathers would do with the 2nd ammendment today. (shall not be infringed? so that means SAM batteries in my backyard?)
digital tech has opened Pandora's box. it's effects are here to stay.
digital tech has opened Pandora's box. it's effects are here to stay.
Right. The point of the post isn't what Woodrow Wilson would have done with the technology. The point is that there was no chance that Barack Obama would eschew it. Jarvis's lament is mockable for that reason.
My goodness, from your comments about Mr. Obama, you would think that he'd come of age under the guidance of guys like Bill Ayers, Saul Alinsky, and Jeremiah Wright. But I'm sure that if Obama really had learned from these guys, the media would have made a huge deal out of it.
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