[quote=overgrowthegovt]Wow.

I'm growing more and more uneasy about this guy. Something sinister's going on here.
If only people had believed what we said before the election. I don't think McCain would have been a good president either, but I don't think he would attempt to transform this nation and such an extreme and timely manner... Instead no one wanted to actually debate the topic, they simply dismissed us as racist, ignorant, or extremists...

Before I was skeptical as to how much change he could personally enact--now I'm Delusions has a point, that this is unsettlingly remniscient of fascist uprisings---especially the exploitation of crisis and the huge cult of personality surrounding the leader. Maybe the Enabling Act is coming.
If we had people we could trust in Congress and the Senate, we wouldn't have much to worry about. As it stands now, the democrats (the vast majority of which have already proven they don't care about our freedoms) and the few republicans who are easily bullied (or simply misrepresenting themselves as republicans) are making it impossible to stop these totalitarian policies.


To conclude, fuck him. Get used to saying this while it's still legal, people. I think leaders have known for a while the time is ripe for the toppling of democracy, but Bush couldn't pull it off because of his utter lack of charisma (or intellect for that matter). This guy's smart, magnetic and deadly. I was on the fence before, but this was the final straw.
I agree, I think Clinton started us down this road. I'm sure it could actually be traced to FDR, however, since that period we have had a president or two who weren't hellbent on stripping us of freedoms. Bush continued these policies and I believe he had the same basic goal Obama has, he simply wasn't as extreme as Obama is.

There is no evidence he is smart, he has refused to release his grades. I also don't see the charisma. Sure during the campaign he was a fluent and articulate speaker when he memorized his speeches and read off the TelePrompter. Now he talks like someone who has never taken a Speech 101 course.

And umm... we need to umm... go to iraq and umm... discuss umm... this with their umm... leaders.

I think we are actually dealing with a mass manipulation of populace. Simply look at how he uses the our technology to stay in constant contact with the population. He has a tv channel, a myspace page, facebook page, youtube channel, and I think he even has a radio station (I'm not sure on that one.)

At first I thought it was positive to make the people think they actually had a say in what's going on, now I'm beginning to believe it is simply being used as a pulpit to spread his propaganda. I think the sheer number of times he say's "crisis" is support to the above.

I'm waiting for "1984" to arrive so I can read it again. I'm curious what similarities there are between Orwell's vision and what is occurring today in both our nation and around the world.