George Bush was such an asshole.
He expanded the federal budget by more than double.
He told a bunch of lies to “get” Bin Laden.
He lied about his past.
He played golf almost every weekend while soldiers were dying in the fields of several wars that he supported.
In those wars, he seldom took the advice of his generals.
Two words: Guantanamo Bay
He opposed the decriminalization of marijuana.
He was for the death penalty.
He thought that Iran posed one of our greatest threats.
Two more words: Patriot Act
He chose to engage in military action against another country without congressional approval – as the law requires.
He let Sudan off the hook for the Darfur genocide.
He lowered America’s standing in the world.
What an asshole, right? Well, actually ALL of these statements are about Barack Obama. Are you surprised at how many apply to George Bush as well? (Take note that George Bush did not play golf as president after the Iraq War started – he thought it looked disrespectful.) They’re not that different, those two. They just want you to believe they are. Do you actually think that anyone in politics is so different from another??? (Ron Paul may be the rare exception.)
And yes, I’ve heard the bullshit excuse that poor Barack Obama is just dealing with multiple situations left to him by George Bush.
But fixing George Bush’s mistakes does not mean doing the same things as George Bush and then expecting different results. That’s not only a good explanation for insanity; it’s the very definition of stupid. But is Barack Obama the one who is stupid? No, he just thinks that you are. (And so did George Bush.) Stop giving our individual rights away to these people. All these guys are assholes who can’t be trusted with it. And stop blindly believing what the media tells you. (They think you are stupid too, by the way.) Get your news from people who aren’t TOLD what to report but who look for the truth themselves. The essayist Paul Graham said it best in “What You Can’t Say,” If you believe everything you are supposed to believe now (what the media and the government tell you), how can you be sure you wouldn’t believe everything you were told in the Pre-Civil War South, or in Nazi Germany? Chances are you would.
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