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Perfect explanation of how we view government. May 21, 2013 10:37 pm bowser

I’m reading a book, “Confidence Men”, by Ron Suskind regarding Obama’s response to the fiscal crisis he inherited.  As an aside, Obama relied upon the people who created the problem and were the problem for the answers.  Anyway – - -

David Axelrod said “When I talk to my eighty-nine year old mother about Roosevelt, who was her hero, she doesn’t talk about the FDIC or Social Security.  She doesn’t talk about the New Deal.  She says you always felt that there was someone watching over us.  You felt like everything was going to be OK because he was – - – there.”

I believe some folks thought that they were safer with Bush-Cheney in power, and even more so with Reagan.  Many of us knew we were in dire danger with that batch of scoundrels but that’s irrelevant.  Iran-Contra be damned, Ollie North (who should have been shot for treason and given life without parole for drug dealing was seen as a protector of the republic.

And some of us feel safer with Obama, even if we don’t understand the medical plan, and so on.  It’s a feel safer sort of thing.  The wish is the Mother of the thought.

  • How some people view government, maybe. by TB 2013-05-22 09:56:50
    • And yet... by alcaray 2013-05-23 13:51:33
      • George Washington by TB 2013-05-23 09:04:07
        • George Washington, like Cincinattus before him, was a truly great man. by ER 2013-05-23 12:11:31
          • Yep. by TB 2013-05-23 12:51:21
            • Yeah, he was a traitor to his class, wasn't he? by ER 2013-05-23 13:11:19
              • Huh? by TB 2013-05-23 13:42:07
                • You can't stand rich liberals. by ER 2013-05-23 14:33:19
                  • Hypocrisy by TB 2013-05-25 09:30:15
                    • I'll be brief. by ER 2013-05-25 12:53:04
          • I'm no politician but Hell, I would jump at it... by FrankC 2013-05-23 10:05:00
            • A majority of people preferred the America FDR left behind... by ER 2013-05-23 11:37:44
              • FDR was 63 when he died in 1945. by TB 2013-05-23 11:22:23
                • It's no secret why someone would want to be king. by TB 2013-05-23 10:14:14
                  • I’m still working out why so many people think they can be boss. n/t by ER 2013-05-23 11:25:17
                    • Didn't I just say that? by TB 2013-05-23 11:30:18
                      • Yes, but you weren't listening. by ER 2013-05-23 11:43:37
                        • I'm talking kings and powerful political leaders. by TB 2013-05-23 12:18:15
                          • It has everything to do with it. by ER 2013-05-23 12:54:15
              • No one here could ever admit it. by bowser 2013-05-23 08:06:51
                • I couldn't agree more by ER 2013-05-22 10:53:27
                  • I loved Reagan by RobVG 2013-05-22 17:43:09
                    • Wow. Didn't see THAT coming. by TB 2013-05-22 11:10:08
                      • Sometimes an icon is just an icon. by ER 2013-05-22 11:31:53
                        • Guess not. by TB 2013-05-22 11:41:32

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