Obama Gives Bush "Absolute Immunity" For Everything

[caseymoz]

85. I'm sorry, there's not really that much of a comparison.

Though Vietnam did have a far larger casualty figure (and it was spread out over several presidents). None of those guys used their negligent fuck up (9/11) as a means to manufacture a couple wars wholesale. None of them privatized and contracted out parts of the US military to circumvent oversight and collect more pay. None of them bloated the US intelligence apparatus to prepare for oppression within the US. None of them had the huge imperial scheme that Bush had. No one combined criminal negligence with a grand plan the way Bush did.

Moreover, as bad as those crimes were, they all started out with the public behind them, or at least uninterested. The public was complicit. With Bush, millions of people marched against the Iraq War at the start. Now, how else do you tell a president that, no, the people are not behind this. They say it's a crime. He went ahead anyway.

And in hindsight, Vietnam is treated even now an error in judgment, not a crime. And I hate to say all those Presidents became more popular for what they did with the exception of Johnson.

Also, aren't you a little concerned that almost every recent president has done something criminal? The office is becoming more and more lawless, and dangerous. If we don't bust somebody, how are we going to stop that trend? The Cold War is long over. There's excuse now for the president to have extraordinary powers. None.

As for naming consecutive heads of state where both have been elected and the previous one has been prosecuted. I can name one right now: Italy, Silvio Berlosconi, the current PM incumbent, Enrico Letta.

And I know they weren't treating the Burlesconi case in the news as though it was unprecedented in the history of the world. Please, it's nothing that hasn't happened.

By. The. Way. Write. Please. Things. In. Familiar. Order. To. Not. So. As. Make. Your. Posts. Aggravating. To. Read.

And unless you're putting emphasis in your first person novel, Don't. Use. Periods.