We could all sit around a bar for hours and come up with the worst things the government has ever done, or the worst policies ever implemented, or the worst violations of the constitution.
But, in my mind, there is on singular thing that is the worst thing this government has ever EVER done, which is the worst violation of the constitution EVER done, and which is the greatest threat to our freedoms. That is the criminalization of political speech that was proposed by McCain and signed by W. I don't care who he is running against. Every American has a duty to himself, his children, the constitution, and the nation as a whole to not pull a lever for McCain. There is no worse thing that can be done to the country then elect as President the chief champion of Federal regulation of political speech.
That was bad but it has been and could get a lot worse.
In Clinton I, those objecting to halfway houses for druggies and the insane in their neighborhoods were subject to HUD American With Disability Act discrimination actions and potentially huge fines that they had to fight in court. Though they won in the end it was not a sure thing and they still had to spend a lot of time and money in the fight.
Newspapers accepting advertisements including the words "spectacular view" or "walk-in closet" and "master bedroom" were subject to warnings. Why? "Spectacular view" supposedly discriminated against the blind; "walk-in closet" against the handicapped; and "master bedroom" against the descendants of slaves. I am not making this up.
Critics of the Clintons were subject to expensive IRS audits (I speak from first-hand experience).
There was an effort to make wearing religious jewelry in the workplace grounds for some kind of harassment suit.
And, say what you want, McCain did walk tall when it came to the recent attempt to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.
I like Barr but I'm holding my nose and voting for McCain which means I'm going to have to crawl over the broken glass with one arm.
Yes there is - elect Obama and you'll find out.
As mentioned, I despise McCain - and McCain-Feingold is one of my top reasons. But whereas McCain is at least a patriot who wrongly supported (and supports) a stupid and (IMHO, though not the Supreme Court's) unconstitutional law, Obama will enforce it with glee and with extreme prejudice against his opponents. Obama won't even salute the flag, will raise taxes, bring our troops home in utter humiliation, name radicals that make Ginsburg look conservative to the federal bench and do his damnedest to ban guns (among many other things).
McCain's the Devil we know, Obama the one we don't. McCain is old and not in the greatest of health, so his Veep (maybe, I pray, a real conservative to solidify the South?) may end up in charge. Obama will only die of a disease similar to Arkancide, something that is (thankfully) still a rare occurance at the top level in this country (unlike many others).
I despise McCain, but I FEAR Obama. I hate this choice, the worst in my lifetime by far - but the choice is still easy to make, given who McCain's opponent will be in November.