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Friday, October 12, 2007

Hillary = Bush?
by Hal_10000

Radley Balko makes the case that Hillary is essentially Bush with legalized abortion:

Hillary Clinton voted for both the Patriot Act and its reauthorization. She voted for building a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border. She voted to loosen restrictions limiting the federal government’s ability to wiretap cell phones. In the past, she has supported a robust role for the federal government in enforcing “decency” standards in television and music. She teamed up with former Sen. Rick Santorum on a bill calling for the federal government to restrict the sale of violent video games.

Leftists concerned about the entertainment industry’s increasingly imperial stand on copyright might take a cue from copyright guru Lawrence Lessig, who wrote on his blog for Wired magazine: “Of all the Dems, I would have bet she was closest to the copyright extremists. So far, she’s done nothing to suggest to the contrary.”

Right now, I’m reading Michael Tanner’s Leviathan on the Right, which explains precisely what neoconservatism is. These guys are very Hillary-esque. They fundamentally believe in the power of government to make Americans better people. They don’t oppose big government, they just think it should be used to make people more religious, make people get and stay married, make people less greedy, make people volunteer more, etc. Hillary is no different. She has made it very clear that she thinks the government should play a huge role in raising children and making Americans better people. The only choice she thinks you should ever have is on abortion.

It’s so depressing to be a conservative these days.

Posted by Hal_10000 on 10/12/07 at 10:27 AM in Election 2008  • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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