Boxlicker101
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Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
Possible, but I really doubt that. He and some of his liberal allies might want to set up some kind of socialistic dictatorship, but I doubt that he would be able to pull it off. I certainly hope not.
I doubt that even more. Had the Reps wanted to do anything such as you are intimating, the time to do it would have been right after the 2004 election. They had majorities in both houses of Congress and the presidency and the nation was in two wars that hadn't yet gone sour. There was the outside threat that was even stronger than it is now.
In other words, that would have been the time for the "temporary measures" that would have become permanent, but nothing happened. There wasn't even any credible threat of it happening.
Now, we have a young, intelligent president whose party controls both houses of Congress, the same two wars that are even less popular and an economic crisis. Obama was elected by a substantial majority; he is looked on by some as a savior and he is ambitious and wants to make major changes.
I don't believe it will actually happen, but he has always been surrounded by radicals, one of whom recently resigned his newly created appointive office. He is probably a bigger threat to become some kind of permanent dictator than anybody since FDR.
However, to repeat what I said and what I said in my earlier post, I don't believe it will ever be allowed to happen. His opponents are smart enough to see and nip any such attempts in the bud.
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
Possible, but I really doubt that. He and some of his liberal allies might want to set up some kind of socialistic dictatorship, but I doubt that he would be able to pull it off. I certainly hope not.
I doubt that even more. Had the Reps wanted to do anything such as you are intimating, the time to do it would have been right after the 2004 election. They had majorities in both houses of Congress and the presidency and the nation was in two wars that hadn't yet gone sour. There was the outside threat that was even stronger than it is now.
In other words, that would have been the time for the "temporary measures" that would have become permanent, but nothing happened. There wasn't even any credible threat of it happening.
Now, we have a young, intelligent president whose party controls both houses of Congress, the same two wars that are even less popular and an economic crisis. Obama was elected by a substantial majority; he is looked on by some as a savior and he is ambitious and wants to make major changes.
I don't believe it will actually happen, but he has always been surrounded by radicals, one of whom recently resigned his newly created appointive office. He is probably a bigger threat to become some kind of permanent dictator than anybody since FDR.
However, to repeat what I said and what I said in my earlier post, I don't believe it will ever be allowed to happen. His opponents are smart enough to see and nip any such attempts in the bud.
