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The Constitutional counter to federal corruption
Seth Stern
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Opinion
Several of my preceding columns received criticisms of my apparently conservative tilt. I'd like to take this opportunity to clear the air.
The only political concept that more nauseates me than half the country believing Democrats are the answer is the other half of the country believing Republicans are the answer.
Neither party understands or represents the fundamental concepts on which our country was founded. Let me be completely straightforward on this: The Republican view of the Constitution is as equally dim-witted as that of the Dems.
When two parties of incompetency and corruption are fighting for control, no one wins.
President Bush furthered the century-old path to centralizing power in the White House, then covered everything up by claiming executive privilege and refusing to answer questions. Then-candidate Obama promised to bring transparency and change. Do you still believe him?
President Obama's not yet 80 days in office, but he's already claiming executive privilege to cover up some of the financial decisions he and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made.
He brought change the way Detroit brought efficient vehicles.
Bush and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld authorized the use of military assets during the Beltway Sniper attacks, despite needing to ask Congress' permission to do so, something they refused to do.
We all know the primary goal of nearly every politician serving in D.C. is re-election. Let me be clear, President Roosevelt furthered the Great Depression and manipulated the economy in order to assure his reelection. Obama will do the same. Just as Bush would have and just as President Clinton and Bush Sr. would have.
How can you have faith in a man who refuses to cut welfare programs while adding to an insoluble deficit and looks to greatly expand the dysfunctional federal bureaucracy? How can you continue to back politicians who refuse to cut their own pet projects and instead continue to plunder the Social Security trust fund and further destroy Medicare?
The only political concept that more nauseates me than half the country believing Democrats are the answer is the other half of the country believing Republicans are the answer.
Neither party understands or represents the fundamental concepts on which our country was founded. Let me be completely straightforward on this: The Republican view of the Constitution is as equally dim-witted as that of the Dems.
When two parties of incompetency and corruption are fighting for control, no one wins.
President Bush furthered the century-old path to centralizing power in the White House, then covered everything up by claiming executive privilege and refusing to answer questions. Then-candidate Obama promised to bring transparency and change. Do you still believe him?
President Obama's not yet 80 days in office, but he's already claiming executive privilege to cover up some of the financial decisions he and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made.
He brought change the way Detroit brought efficient vehicles.
Bush and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld authorized the use of military assets during the Beltway Sniper attacks, despite needing to ask Congress' permission to do so, something they refused to do.
We all know the primary goal of nearly every politician serving in D.C. is re-election. Let me be clear, President Roosevelt furthered the Great Depression and manipulated the economy in order to assure his reelection. Obama will do the same. Just as Bush would have and just as President Clinton and Bush Sr. would have.
How can you have faith in a man who refuses to cut welfare programs while adding to an insoluble deficit and looks to greatly expand the dysfunctional federal bureaucracy? How can you continue to back politicians who refuse to cut their own pet projects and instead continue to plunder the Social Security trust fund and further destroy Medicare?
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jimmy
posted 4/17/09 @ 7:43 AM MST
Much better!
I still cannot stand your attempt at being Nostradamus though. Seth, someone with integrity would not try to predict how past and current presidents would react given a certain situation. (Continued…)
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