Barack Obama launched trillion dollar government takeovers in the banking, insurance, and automobile industries hoping to “correct the flaws in capitalism.” As he wades deeper into this morass, have you heard him articulate a compelling exit strategy?īoth of these men went “all in” with the nation’s checkbook asking for “sacrifice” from the citizenry, promising a better future. George Bush launched trillion dollar wars in Iraq and Afghanistan hoping to “make the world safe for democracy.” In the process he embroiled the country in a morass with no clear exit strategy. Barack Obama has surrounded himself with tax-dodging Wall Street bankers who believe they have special knowledge about economic policy, brooking no debate. George Bush surrounded himself with draft-dodging neocons who believed they possessed special knowledge about foreign policy, brooking no debate. And both govern as if the ends justify the means, giving short shrift to legal and constitutional niceties that might tie their hands. Both launched ambitious and unprecedented national programs that initially enjoyed broad popular support.
Both have a bias for action sustained by an unshakeable belief in their righteousness. Both are expansive in their willingness to use executive power to tackle existential crises – one a security crisis and the other an economic crisis. Despite many obvious differences, these two presidents bear striking similarities.
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