Comments on: Sock It To Me Nixon You Lefty Liberal

By: toolkien

toolkien — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:41:55 +0000

I don’t think that there is any question that Nixon was Statist and that is about the only real debate to make. Either someone believes that government cures everything or they don’t. Conservative and Liberal notions are becoming too blurred to tell the difference. All I need to know is someone coercing me to do act differently when all I am doing is living my life peaceably and freely? Nixon crammed a load of government down the throats of the people, just as everyone before him and most everyone after him. Reagan paid lip service to defeating the leviathan but merely began the papering over of the shortfall between spending and taxation. And every President since has overseen economic policies damaging to the health of the US to the point now that we have a $54TRILLION accrual basis debt, inability to borrow much more without damaging our economy any more, and cannot cut interest any more to fool people into running headlong out to the stores to spend money they don’t have. The only way out is flushing the system with new credit which will only lead to massive inflation. But we got here not just because of “Tricky Dick”, this is a result of seven decades of Statism and not one President since FDR’s foundation laid in the 30’s has made any headway against it. Prattle on about neocons and ultra-right wingers and whether Dems or Repubs have anyone’s real interest at heart. That’s just what they want. and the Statist center of both parties forge ahead with destructive policies to the individual and his/her freedom.

By: Misanthropic Scott

Misanthropic Scott — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:12:16 +0000

I should also cross reference this to another shorter post about the right-shifting of the nation that I posted on cagematch.

By: Misanthropic Scott

Misanthropic Scott — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:53:49 +0000

I’d like to convince myself that he was worse on the topic of wiretapping than other presidents before him. I have no idea if this is true. With innocence assumed until proven otherwise, I’ll give others benefit of the doubt.

I agree about Nam though. Certainly today’s repugnicans would not have pulled out.

By: BubbaRay

BubbaRay — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:27:52 +0000

I never thought Tricky Dick a really bad president, other than he got caught doing what so many others have done before and since. Take a look at all the dead people that voted for LBJ and his “Great Society.” LBJ, the man who escalated VietNam. Tricky Dick, the man who pulled the troops. That’s just one example. There are many others too numerous to mention.

Mom always taught me, “If you can’t say anything good about someone, don’t say anything at all.”

LBJ — …

By: Misanthropic Scott

Misanthropic Scott — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:05:02 +0000

johnnypeepers,

You make a good point. However, as the last 8 years have shown, there is still a significant difference between the democraps on the right and the extreme right wing neocon nut jobs of the repugnican party. And, that difference is unfortunately too important to ignore at this crucial time.

By: johnnypeepers

johnnypeepers — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:37:05 +0000

The Right/Left political division is a false choice. The two-party duopoly is a form of Hegelian dialectism. There is minimal difference between the parties. Look at all of the right-wing reforms Clinton passed. Look at how Bush exploded the national debt and the budget. It is a two-sided coin and it does not matter which end lands up. Only through a third or fourth party will their dynasty be defeated.

Go Green – Cynthia McKinney in ‘08