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Re: New totalitarian measures from Saint Hugo
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Originally Posted by Traveler
Yup i completely agree about it being his executive power, which is fine for me because i trust him and think he will be one the greatest presidents we ever had when history judges him.
If a Dem came in (other than Hillary) they would try and rollback the privellages of the Patriot act. Not a problem too much as a lot of the non sunset based provisions can't be undone.
What Chavez did is to effectively take his country in a banana assed dictatorship where he feels like he's some free liberating Anti-American soclialist.
Bush used the system we already have in place to get surveillance legislation he wanted, and that shows an immense ability to get things achieved to me.
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Well, it sounds as if the only reason you have to object to Hugo's actions is that you (understandably) don't like Hugo. If it were somebody you liked, you seem to have no objection to the imposition of a dictatorship or generally authoritarian government. I can't really et on board with that. However much I like or dislike a politician is irrelevant to how much power I want them to assume/have which is generally as little as possible.
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