Posted on 08/29/2009 12:35:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
SAN DIEGO — They say the older you get, the smarter your parents get. Likewise, it seems, the deeper President Barack Obama gets into his first term, the smarter President George W. Bush gets.
Hard-line liberals will never accept this. They have too much invested in the narrative of Bush-as-incompetent-dolt to make room for the possibility that the Texas Republican got one or two things right in eight years. Nor do they want to believe that the supposedly more enlightened Obama is emulating his predecessor.
Yet the Obama administration has — on issues both foreign and domestic — adopted as its own some of what the president's supporters refer to derisively as "Bush-era tactics."
In one of the latest examples, the White House decided to continue the Bush administration's controversial practice of rendition, which amounts to shipping terrorism suspects to third-party countries for detention and interrogation.
Liberals used to complain that this practice was an invitation to torture and other forms of mistreatment. In fact, former detainees insist they were indeed tortured in some host countries.
The administration promises that the State Department will closely monitor how prisoners are treated to ensure they're not abused. And, officials insist, the countries have offered "diplomatic assurances" that they'll be on their best behavior. Still, human-rights advocates condemned the decision. They noted that the Bush administration also got "diplomatic assurances" and this didn't stop countries from allegedly committing appalling acts.
And there are more examples of Obama following Bush's lead:
# On Afghanistan, Bush started that war but Obama is dutifully carrying it on. In fact, the president sent an additional 21,000 troops to Afghanistan this year. That is making his anti-war supporters uneasy, and prompting the media to compare Obama to Lyndon Johnson, whose presidency failed because of the Vietnam War.
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“What is Bush’s fault, for $400, Alex?”
This assumes liberals have shame, they don’t. They will bitch and moan for about 5 seconds, but they will get over it. Obama will just have to do some minor tweak to give them cover.
From a friend living in Boulder who has BDS his response to me on Facebook was that the Republican machine has to be dismantled since its still holding back the One’s progress. LOL!!!!!!
Haven’t heard back since I pointed out that a Democrat Congress and President have been in charge and have the votes to do whatever they want and 8 months later they’ve held on to the majority of the programs while trying to pass into law government intrusion into Americans every day life with Obamacare.
Won’t hold my breath to hear back...personally i’m embarrassed for him that his comments oare available to read by all of my friends.
Haha.....methinks the Socialists will have the momentum now to pass ObamaCare now that Ted Kennedy is dead. It’s gonna be like “Win One for the Gipper.”
Obama just knows full well that if there is another terrorist attack after he chicken shits out he will be compost. (pardon the french)
I’m betting a debacle more along the line of Wellstone.
The leftists worship Obama too much to do anything. A far more interesting question is why conservatives have been so willing to support OBama’s expanded war in Afghanistan and expansion of the national security state. They are his closest allies! When will they finally stand up to him?
Why you say that? The Socialists can just do the nuclear option and pass ObamaCare with just 51 votes if some Democrat Senators from the Great Plains states refuse to go along with it.
bump....
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