The random political thoughts thread

innerSpaceman · 02-09-2006, 11:19 AM

Um, remind me again when Lincoln was president? For that matter, why don't you all remind me when Teddy Roosevelt was president? I believe he was the most recent of Gonzales's examples of wartime powermonger presidents.

And my point is not simply that we shouldn't repeat ancient history ... Someone remind me when Nixon was president! It was during my freaking lifetime, so does that mean it's ok for modern presidents to model their power-usurpation tactics after Nixon?

(There's little I loathe more than the lamest of excuses, 'That's the way it's always been done.')

02-09-2006, 11:19 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, remind me again when Lincoln was president? For that matter, why don't you all remind me when Teddy Roosevelt was president? I believe he was the most recent of Gonzales's examples of wartime powermonger presidents. And my point is not simply that we shouldn't repeat ancient history ... Someone remind me when Nixon was president! It was during my freaking lifetime, so does that mean it's ok for modern presidents to model their power-usurpation tactics after Nixon? (There's little I loathe more than the lamest of excuses, 'That's the way it's always been done.')
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