Comments on: One-Party Government Does Not Equal ‘Extreme’

By: codywaltz

codywaltz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:11:28 +0000

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By: codywaltz

codywaltz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:11:28 +0000

Mrs. Crawford sucks

By: Swami_Binkinanda

Swami_Binkinanda — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:55:46 +0000

Republicans complain about Democrats because they are afraid the Democrats will actually do what Republicans have done. Now that Obama has the power of the extreme executive the right is shouting about fascism at their teabagging festivals. Jonah the whale has written an entire book trying to obfuscate the definition of fascism and confabulated a narrative that claims that liberals and leftists are the fascists, not the corporatists and their authoritarian lackeys. The GOP has dominated the presidency, the Congress, and the judiciary, the latter of which does not change rapidly and which is salted with political partisans of a most perverse stripe, the Federalist Society.
The GOP is afraid that though it can dish it out, it will not be able to take it.

By: Dick Hertz

Dick Hertz — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:55:46 +0000

By: robert

robert — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:23:16 +0000

I'm still waiting for mw's response.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:01:54 +0000

“and to the republic, for Richard Stans”

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:00:58 +0000

Both sets of my grandparents were saved by the New Deal, as were many others of that era.

By: Eric Dondero

Eric Dondero — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:42:01 +0000

Actually, the New Deal wasn't "liberal extremism," it was more pure Communism. Why mince words. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a Communist. A soft Communist; not a murderous dictatorial Communist like his buddy Stalin, but a Communist none-the-less.

Consider his Vice-President for 8 years, Henry Wallace, was a card-carrying member of the Socialist Party USA. Roosevelt nationalized industries at a faster pace than even Hugo Chavez. And he instituted a mandatory Draft, and subsidized government work through the civilian conservation corps.

Oops, just realized our new President has much the same views. Communist II you might say.

Eric - Libertarian (not a Conservative)

By: Hawaiian style

Hawaiian style — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:51:55 +0000

MW,

Has the Bush Administration:

Abused the IRS, FBI, Justice Departments power and gutted the Constitution is many ways?
Caused a Massive expansion of the Federal Governments power and spending?
Tried to stack the Supreme Court?
Hugely and illegally increased the Executive War and other powers?
Contained widespread corruption including the loss of billions in war funds?
And, finally while the Internment Camps were shameful they don't even come close to Guantanamo and Rendition to countries that torture or the Out of the US Prisons.

Oh and last participated in the deregulation the financial markets to the advantage of...

Your first paragraph sounds like an indictment of the Bush Presidency to me.

Finally I fault Congress for wimpiness and disgusting politics in office. Every administration will push to get what it believes and wants. Congress even after 2006 was rudderless and impotent at best and let things get worse to anger the public and win bigger in 2008 at worst. Congress passed horrible legislation even after 2006 just because they were afraid the Republicans would claim they were soft on terrorists if they didn't. That is not checks and balances it is politics. It is not one party anything.

Finally I hope and believe that the Supreme Court will have its docket full trying to undue all the illegalities that the Bush Administration did in the name of keeping us safe.

Enjoy your Christmas flying, but don't go out of the country. And beware of what you say on the phone or other electronic mediums as it may cause the unconstitutional spot light to shine on you. I'll bet that you, and I know that I would, admit to anything to stop the water-boarding or other "legal" interrogation methods used by OUR government.

These are not abuses of a one party government they are aberrations used by and approved by scared or avaricious politicians.

By: Hawaiian style

Hawaiian style — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:18:33 +0000

Jason

You don't have freedom of speech; you just think you do.

If the Emperor can simply say you are an enemy combatant and have you imprisoned without habeas corpus or a lawyer or a trial FOREVER, you live in a third world dictatorship that has you conned into believing you live in a Constitutional Republic.