Isn’t “Rooseveltian” more appropriate than “Nixonian”?

Stepan on October 21, 2009 at 7:32 AM

No. I think Ed has it right, at least for the present. And Karl Rove did too when he said it. Besides, no one readily recalls Rooseveltian excesses.

But many sure as hell remember Nixon!

From the look of things, these Obama folks are very likely to quickly take it well beyond anything Nixon ever did, or even thought about. The early attempt with the “fishy e-mails” was a good indication of their willingness to abuse the system.

It’s because they approach politics from an entirely different perspective — they feel they’re “enlightened.” The Obama folks and many of their followers, including many in the press, have displayed a very disturbing and dangerous sort of worship of him. And they seem hell-bent on fostering a fringe cult of the personality kind of attachment.

Remember . . . back as recently as June, Newsweek’s Evan Thomas was spouting that insane nonsense, claiming that Obama was “above America” and even “above the world” — that he was “sort of God.”

And just listen to Anita Dunn talk. She is the Director of Communications — one of the top five! She now has Rahm Emanuel, Axelrod and Gibbs all touting this crazy line, trying to single out a media outlet as an “enemy.” Dunn said Fox had declared war on them. And she touts Mao as her political hero!

Let’s face it . . . that woman is a complete loon.

So, sooner rather than later it may become common knowledge that Nixon was a “piker” compared to this guy.

But for right now, it seems to be a fair comparison to ring a warning bell about abuse of power, one that most can readily understand.

At first our Dear Leader was emulating the worst President of the past 50 years, the overtly racist Jimmy Carter.
Now he is taking a page out of former President Richard M. Nixon’s book of really bad things to do, and starting an “Enemies L…

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StoneKrab on October 20, 2009 at 6:48 PM

Geez! For someone that “could care less about Fox News…” (sic), you sure seem to watch a lot of it. Why is that? I guess you are right; you apparently “could care less”, but you don’t (BTW, the proper phrase is “couldn’t care less”

It also seems you and Gibbs, have the uncanny inability to be unable to distinguish commentary from news. Hannity, O’Reilly (whom I loathe), Beck, et.al. all are commentators….much like Olberman, and that dyke that is on before him. Reporting the news and commenting on the news are two different things. All these cable outlets are news organizations. But when it comes to editorializing, that’s where the WH gets cranky because many of Fox’s commentators don’t want to fall in line.

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long_cat on October 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM

Purveyors of truth, justice, and the American way.

In addition, Ed and Allah are also more powerful than locomotives, faster than speeding bullets, can leap tall buildings in a single bound, and see through women’s clothes – which, if I had super powers and had to give up all but one is the one I’d keep.

Watch your choice of adjectives.

Isn’t “Rooseveltian” more appropriate than “Nixonian”?

This is the most unprincipled administration in my memory, and I am including Richard Milhous Nixon’s band of boobs in this assessment.

The Jug-eared One wants our news sources to be like the Pravda of old, dispensing propaganda instead of informing the populace.