Abraham Dubya Bush

LR ^ | 30 August 2002 | Thomas J. DiLorenzo

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Incoming!

[Sir Gawain]

A recent article posted on the Neo-conservative website FreeRepublic described President Bush’s developing foreign policy as "Lincolnesque but on a world-wide scale."

Heh.

[larry h]

I'll be interested in seeing what this jerk has to say
after the next terrorist attack.....which I believe will be
designed to kill 10,000!

[Fred Mertz]

There is lots of truth to this post. Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us.

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The FR article Professor DiLorenzo refer's to: The Lincolnesque Mr. Bush

[gcruse]

Good article. And full of truth.

[weikel]

Im basically a libertarian but not of the neoconfederate school. The South attacked 1st, resorted to conscription 1st, was fighting to preserve the illegitimate and evil institution of slavery, hanged a lot of people who were pro Union in Tennesee and Virginia quickly after secession, thus I take the pro Northern view. Im not gung ho on Iraq because I believe Saudi Arabia is the real enemy.

[11B3]

I've read some real tripe from LR here in the past, but this one is a Daisy Cutter filled with puke. The LP is beginning to resemble the Nader bunch with some McKinney thrown in for good measure. While I don't agree with everything the administration has done, I'm damn glad President Bush is in there and not a Libertarian. Even Gore would have been better than the current crop of LP "intellectuals".

[weikel]

Besides I sorta like the idea of having liberals arrested( its self defense liberals want to oppose communist enslavement on us and in doing so forfeit all rights). If I ever got the chance I'd have no mercy on liberals they will have no mercy on us( allow me to clarify I don't mean the brainwashed sheep who vote for liberal canidates I mean the few truely evil people who set their agenda). But Bush is no Lincoln and I don't mean that as a compliment.

As for total war Iraq is not the problem Saudi Arabia is but the Total War metaphor is justified for to destory the Wahabbi cult nothing else will suffice other than the total annilation of the Saudi ruling class those few members of the Saudi ruling class who genuinely hate Islam may perhaps be allowed to flee far away with their lives but under no circumstances could they ever be allowed to return to Saudi Arabia.

[weikel]

he would have 60 or 70 heavily armed Marines break down the door to Senator Daschle’s home in the middle of the night, throw him into military prison without charging him with any crime, and eventually deporting him.

You know Im liking the idea of Bush acting like Lincoln more all the time.

[Let's Roll]

At least 10,000.

[sinkspur]

Same old anti-Lincoln foolishness, dressed up for 9/11.

DiLorenzo would have us roll over and let the Islamists kill us all.

What an ignoramus.

[weikel]

Don't judge all libertarians by Lew Rockwell and Raimondo( who only claims hes a libertarian but likes Pat Buchanan). The objectivist are more sensible they endorse the domestic platform of the libertarian party but have been more militantly anti Arab and pro Israel then the neocons ever have been.

[PGalt]

Would DiLorenzo equate John Wilkes Boothe with the 9/11 terrorists? Talk about a misuse of an analogy. Setting up a strawman argument again, eh Tommy?

...mass murder, as all wars are...

What a moron.

[redrock]

Good article.

redrock

[john in missouri]

President Bush might also consider re-instituting the draft, and instructing the draft board to conscript primarily young registered Democrats...

If President Bush really wants to be considered to be "Lincolnesque" he would have 60 or 70 heavily armed Marines break down the door to Senator Daschle’s home in the middle of the night, throw him into military prison without charging him with any crime, and eventually deporting him [straight to the country we would be at war with].

You know, I'm not a huge fan either of Lincoln or this article, but.. damn if the author didn't come up with a couple of good ideas! :-)

[Tauzero]

bump

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Anyone who might be tempted to buy DiLorenzo's book, should definitely read Mark Neely's "Southern Rights: Political Prisoners and the Myth of Confederate Constitutionalism." Nations in danger do resort to extreme means. Bush has shown admirable restraint so far, and Lincoln himself was not the tyrant Di Lorenzo makes him out to be.