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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember when we thought W was Bad?
Almost seems unreal compared to now!

Wifes husband
(720 posts)Bettie
(19,704 posts)people who were not good people.
I never thought he wanted us all dead. I never thought he wanted to utterly destroy our entire nation.
He was a terrible president, but I'd go back to him in a second over what is coming now.
Jilly_in_VA
(14,371 posts)I felt the same way. I felt like Cheney was really president and Shrub was just a figurehead, but I didn't think they wanted to destroy democracy.
Ocelot II
(130,538 posts)There were at least a few lines W wouldn't cross. Trump doesn't have any at all.
brush
(61,033 posts)And W was stupid, as is trump, but even W's evil VP Cheney doesn't come close to Nazi-saluting Musk and his gang of teenager doing mass firings.
Solly Mack
(96,943 posts)mucifer
(25,667 posts)Emile
(42,293 posts)LizBeth
(11,222 posts)LeftinOH
(5,648 posts)Social media was in its infancy then, and DU was all many of us had.
Initech
(108,783 posts)Fuck Fox, they unleashed this nightmare on us.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,848 posts)whole "unitary executive" bullshit that gave us our first actual dictator.