Thursday, August 28, 2008

Ron Chusid On Obama

Ron Chusid has a terrific post on Liberal Values entitled "Libertarians On Obama". Here's the conclusion:

"As Bill Clinton said during the primary race, voting for Obama is a gamble. My bet is that Obama will not only be better than George Bush but will also be better than Bill Clinton, both from a liberal and a libertarian perspective. This assumes that by liberal one does not mean old-style big-government liberals as obviously Obama cannot please both Hillary Clinton-style Nanny State liberals and libertarians simultaneously."

I agree with this statement, as well as the following which was posted in the comments:

"Nathan said:

“For the most part, the Clinton years weren’t any worse than the last eight years of George W. Bush, and there’s some reason to argue that, for liberty, the Bush years have actually been worse.”

That sentence is ridiculous. There is no way anyone will look back on George W. Bush’s presidency as anything less than a disaster while the Clinton presidency was one of the greatest boons to our economy in modern history.

There is some reason to argue liberty has been worse under Bush? Is this even up for debate, warrantless wiretapping, federal attorney scandals, the patriot act?

Anyone who is still arguing these points is, as they put it, “a true believer,” a closet Republican who avoids scrutiny by claiming to be a libertarian. Doug Mataconis is a libertarian ideologue will never respond to facts proving contrary to his position."

Well said.

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