[Zon]

F.O.G. (a good acronym for your quotee) 

Actually it's a bad acronym unless you want me to interpret as I see fit because I don't know what the it stands for.  I could create a dozen examples that use those three letters in that sequence.

speaks as if "government" was some static entity in which Bush is no different from Clinton etc.

I spoke nothing of Clinton or Bush. I did quote "from occupied ga" which he neither spoke of Bush or Clinton when  he wrote it originally. Both "from occupied ga" and myself used it in direct reference to congress and government bureaucrats. BTW, Bush s not a liberal. That you make such comparison is beginning proof that you created a straw-man.

 Such dogmatism is ridiculous on its face. 

Continuing to construct your straw-man

I can't blame Ashcroft for asking for jet skis to make up the distance lost when Clinton swam the wrong direction.

You want more statist government empowerment at taxpayer expense?

I should have included the short paragraph that "from occupied ga" proceeded the above quote with. It is this: "I'm waiting for the brown shirted government sycophant cheerleaders to come and flame me for having the effrontery to post criticism of the government "at a time when we all need to pull together" or some equally fatuous phrase." -- from occupied ga

[HiTech RedNeck]

No straw man whatsoever. Bush administration would have to act the same as Clinton administration for FOG's accusation of "nothing more than more of the same" to hold water. Such blanket claims discredit those who profess them.

Clinton tore the walls of the house down. It's a doggone shame that now Bush administration has not only to build the walls back up but to defend it double time from the barbarians at the gates. But leaving it torn down and undefended is NOT an option.

[HiTech RedNeck]

or some equally fatuous phrase

The fatuosity is coming from FOG.

[jammer]

I won't flame you. You are correct. The argument, "Clinton blew it, now give Bush whatever powers he wants" are specious. Clinton did blow it. Now Bush needs to make up the lost ground, but under the limits of the Constitution.