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As Bilge_Rat said, the Lefties made these claims against Reagan, and then against GW, and the Righties said the same things about Clinton. The wonderful watchdogs who protect us from ourselves always seem to cling to one side or the other, and never have anything reasonable to say. It's always "Bush this" and "Obama that", and they never actually discuss anything, just preach. They are the voice in the wilderness, and God is on they're side, and if only we'd listen they could save us all from some bogeyman or another. One thing they never see is that those of us who truly do think about these things believe that they are just as dangerous as the people they want to save us from.
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Very much agree. There is an interesting advantage to having rather a few years behind one's self: you probably have seen it all before. As Sailor Steve points out, these same theories, accusations, claims, etc. have a habit of popping up with some regularity, and from both sides. You could go back a couple of decades ago and probably find some newspaper or magazine article talking about the same extremist rubbish now spouted by a different wing of extremists. For example, those who ardently follow Ron Paul aren't all that much different that those who ardently followed Eugene McCarthy in the 60s and 70s. I have, in the recent past, given great annoyance to some of the younger persons who, believing they have just discovered "sliced bread", take umbrage when I point out there was somewhat the same situation/person/philosophy/etc. existed 30 or 40 years ago. The basic difference is, through technology, we are now more aware than in the days of paper materials and cathode ray tubes. The fundamental issues still apply and probably always will. The various theories, et. al. are more sideshow distraction than Main Event...
Sailor Steve, as a rocker, probably knows where this came from:
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
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