Fri Sep 26, 2014, 09:06 PM

Better than Bush!!!

I read a number of posts yesterday stating that Holder was a good AG because he was better than Gonzales.

Oh boy!

First off, setting the threshold for "acceptable" at "better than the Bush administration" is flat-out terrifying. There's a lot of space between "Bush" and "decent". Nixon was better than Bush. Reagan was better than Bush.

I want better than better than Bush, much better, and you should too.

Second, which sounds more compelling to Americans come election time?

1. "Bush was worse, you don't want that to happen again!"
2. "We got stuff done and your lives are better, let's keep going!"

This is why the Third Way Enterovirus has such a terrible track record in general elections: "We suck less", their battle cry, just doesn't get the job done. And now we have another election cycle coming up, and "it could be worse" is mostly we have to work with.

So, can y'all do me a solid? Can we banish "better than Bush" from this site, in all its permutations?

(Especially "better than Gonzales". That's just sick.)

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
Better than Bush!!! (Original post)	MannyGoldstein	Sep 2014	OP
I hear that this war on Syria is just as legal as W's war on Iraq.	delrem	Sep 2014	#1
When was the last time we had a better one?	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#2
People died today because of Cheney's war.	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#3
Prosecutions that have never happened in US history and	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#4
I'm an authoritarian because I wanted the Bush Admin charged.	DisgustipatedinCA	Sep 2014	#5
If the focus is on punishing as opposed to protecting the	geek tragedy	Sep 2014	#9
So the new talking point is	BrotherIvan	Sep 2014	#8
+1	Scuba	Sep 2014	#16
He was quite a bit better than Gonzales, TBH. nt	AverageJoe90	Sep 2014	#6
Gonzales was a criminal. The BOG's litmus test for a successful AG is now	Doctor_J	Sep 2014	#7
Blue team is telling me that i am either with them or against them	corkhead	Sep 2014	#10
What would Joe Strummer do?	MannyGoldstein	Sep 2014	#13
Of all of your posts.....	obxhead	Sep 2014	#11
I'm starting to	Caretha	Sep 2014	#12
"How loooow can you go?"	countryjake	Sep 2014	#14
Kick.	Scuba	Sep 2014	#15

Response to MannyGoldstein (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 09:26 PM

delrem (9,688 posts)

1. I hear that this war on Syria is just as legal as W's war on Iraq.

I hear that it has the identical justification/authority.

And oh boy, is this new war expanding FAST!

I hear that Pres. Obama has the authority to fire hellfire missiles from drones, on "signature" targets in countries anywhere in the world, regardless of whether war has been declared. Suffice that upon that authority rests a judgement that all military aged males in the vicinity of a drone strike are "enemy combatants", so justified as having been targeted. I hear that the same authority gives him leave to target US citizens, if desired.
How is that "better than Bush"? How?

Better than Bush!!!

1. I hear that this war on Syria is just as legal as W's war on Iraq.

2. When was the last time we had a better one?

3. People died today because of Cheney's war.

4. Prosecutions that have never happened in US history and

5. I'm an authoritarian because I wanted the Bush Admin charged.

9. If the focus is on punishing as opposed to protecting the

8. So the new talking point is

16. +1

6. He was *quite* a bit better than Gonzales, TBH. nt

7. Gonzales was a criminal. The BOG's litmus test for a successful AG is now

10. Blue team is telling me that i am either with them or against them

13. What would Joe Strummer do?

11. Of all of your posts.....

12. I'm starting to

14. "How loooow can you go?"

15. Kick.

6. He was quite a bit better than Gonzales, TBH. nt