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Originally posted by canttakesky:
Yes, I have heard of that video too. I can't find it, but I found this, comparing former and later performance.

What bothers me more than his cognitive decline is the change in his policies. He didn't want America to police the world, or "nation build" overseas. And then that is what he did.

It bothers me because I saw exactly the same pattern in Obama. He wanted to close Guantanamo and stop military detention. Yet, not only did he NOT close Guantanamo, but military detention is about to be expanded under his administration. He wanted to bring our troops back and end the war, but the war just got rearranged and expanded; the war is now neverending.

I mean to say, the pattern appears that these presidents were hopeful and bright with certain ideals before office, and then did exactly what they preached against once in office.

If this pattern persists, it wouldn't matter if Ron Paul became president. He would expand the power of the Federal Reserve and build more military bases overseas. Which is what every other president did as well, whether they wanted to or not.

It makes me wonder who REALLY is in control, because it doesn't look like the president is.




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"Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it." - Richard Lamm

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Bill Hicks said:

No matter what promises you make on the campaign trail - blah, blah, blah - when you win, you go into this smoky room with the twelve industrialist, capitalist scumfucks that got you in there, and this little screen comes down... and it's a shot of the Kennedy assassination from an angle you've never seen before, which looks suspiciously off the grassy knoll.... And then the screen comes up, the lights come on, and they say to the new president, 'Any questions?'

"Just what my agenda is."

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
However, there does seem to have been a dramatic change in W in both policy and his public demeanor. However, through out his 2 terms, those who met with him one on one, or in small groups, saw a big change in how he acted on the big stage.

Annoying, baffling and frustrating.

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