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2011-07-19 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-07-19 10:35|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Obama is not the new FDR, but the new Gorbachev:

Marxist, socialist, redistributionist, regardless. Far closer to the mark. At least FDR had to twist and wiggle trying to fit his acts within the Constitution, Obama really doesn't care a hoot about the Constitution other than being a sacred social relic to force people to obey him.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-07-19 11:03|| 2011-07-19 11:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Procopius2k:

I would argue that FDR was the first US President who did not feel constrained by the Constitution. He and Hoover both had the same approach to the Great Depression. What they did differed mainly in degree, and that was because Hoover did consider the Constitution to act as an outer limit on government power.

Posted by Iblis 2011-07-19 11:19|| 2011-07-19 11:19|| Front Page Top

#3 they are doomed unless they make themselves indispensable and force everyone to rely on them.

That is what happened in Minnesota. It turned out the only reason we needed government was to issue liquor licences and fishing permits.

One sad example was the sale of Miller beer: They needed to file for a permit to do business in the state, and pay a fee. Miller did all that, but the gov employees did not process the application before the shutdown. Therefore Miller still can not replenish any sales outlet in the state.

Posted by Frozen Al 2011-07-19 11:26|| 2011-07-19 11:26|| Front Page Top

#4 The entire enterprise is corrupt as sin.
Absolutely zero redeeming qualities with that party.

It's pure evil - to hell with them. All of em.

Posted by newc 2011-07-19 11:55|| 2011-07-19 11:55|| Front Page Top

#5 All things being equal, I think the author of the article is correct given that public money is the glue holding the Democratic party together and the money is running out. I don't see the party going down without a fight so the question becomes, how will they fight?

It's pretty obvious that their current strategy, i.e. the 0Bama strategy, is to curry as much favor as possible with their constituents via government largess while demonizing the opposition using class warfare rhetoric. We've already seen this for some time now and it's proven relatively effective for the Democrats up to a point.

Will they be able to sustain it? As things currently stand, that seems unlikely. Or at least once can hope.

Posted by eltoroverde 2011-07-19 12:57|| 2011-07-19 12:57|| Front Page Top

#6 What is worrisome is who will replace the Dhimmis? The libs are set to fail not just in US but in Europe and the collapse makes us ripe for a "new" system--monetary and otherwise. Any dictator that seems to calm the chaos will be heralded as the Messiah.....

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2011-07-19 13:36|| 2011-07-19 13:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Obama is not the new FDR, but the new Gorbachev

Actually, he's the new Carl Icann, dismantling his acquisitions

Posted by Mercutio 2011-07-19 13:48|| 2011-07-19 13:48|| Front Page Top

#8 I suspect the Democrats will move to a more centrist, less Marxist, and less anti-American model. More like they were before the baby-boomers. I suspect they'll remain corrupt, but hide it a bit better.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-07-19 14:55|| 2011-07-19 14:55|| Front Page Top

#9 RJ: I understood that at the first meeting after the atom bomb was dropped, the Japanese held a strategy meeting where the general feeling was that they'd have to negotiate something, but OF COURSE they'd be able to keep Korea.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-07-19 15:34|| 2011-07-19 15:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Obama is not the new FDR, but the new Gorbachev

Joe Isuzu comes to mind.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-07-19 17:57|| 2011-07-19 17:57|| Front Page Top

#11 "Joe Isuzu comes to mind."

Naaahhh. Joe actually sold something useful.

Posted by Barbara 2011-07-19 19:18|| 2011-07-19 19:18|| Front Page Top

#12 ...how will they fight?

Look no further than our present Dictator in Chief for the answer: lie constantly, blame everyone else for every problem and depend on the leftist media to loudly trumpet that your lies are, in fact, truth. The percentage of low-information voters & tax eaters in the population will guarantee the utility of that paradigm for another generation.

Even the inevitible crash will be blamed on anyone but the Democrats who precipitated it (see e.g., the recent housing bubble / bust for a likely outcome).

Fact is we're stuck with a no-growth, high-tax, ultra-regulated nation and not even the coming economic devastation will dislodge those who've driven us here.

Posted by AzCat 2011-07-19 19:23|| 2011-07-19 19:23|| Front Page Top

#13 What's going on at Forbes?

They're also running MMGW is hooey articles.

I may have to subscribe.

Posted by anonymous2u 2011-07-19 20:23|| 2011-07-19 20:23|| Front Page Top

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