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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
how many times do i need to keep saying YES???
my point is that Obama is doing the same shit people criticized Bush for doing. THE EXACT SAME THING. Bush did the same shit Obama is doing and so on and so on and so on.
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And I guess my point is that it is too soon to consider Obama a fear monger.
Bush was right to talk about terrorism and convey fear and the seriousness of terrorism right after 9/11. When he continued to do it every chance he had for 7 more years it went from being topical to being fear mongering and using that threat whenever it was convenient.
Obama is using fear for the stimulus package because it is a very real and present danger. The question we don't know is if it works (or at least partially works) will he continue to go back to this well down the road?
I think being serious about a current situation is fine. When it gets out of hand is when it becomes the cornerstone of your policy. It is too soon to know if Obama will be that way or now.