He has set the precedent. All Presidents will now be overly secretive, use the freedom restricting laws, use torture, never give evidence on oath.... the list is endless.
2007-03-11 07:35:38 · 10 answers · asked by Blessed 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
This is a good question. It's a lot easier to lose freedoms than to get them back, and we've certainly lost some freedoms during Bush's terms in office. Congress has done a lot to expose some of the excesses and incompetence of the Bush administration, so I think there's hope that the office of the president will lose some of the power it has usurped.
2007-03-11 07:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
First we all need to come to agreement on a destination or point in time to recover to.
If you are referring to rolling back the laws that allow intrusion into our lives, I'd say that's doable but it's going to take effort from the city government up through the states and finally Congress.
We all need to get involved in the process. And remember, it wasn't just the Republicans or just the Democrats that are the cause of all this.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
In our current society I think that translates to Get Off Your Duff and VOTE.
2007-03-15 12:39:41 · answer #2 · answered by seattleogre 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm afraid the damage goes further. The next president not only has to deal with what you stated, but they will not be able to undo the damage quickly enough. People are fickle. They expect instant results. When that doesn't happen, someone new, most likely another Republican will get into office and further the damage created by Bush in the first place.
2007-03-11 14:41:51 · answer #3 · answered by CC 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hmm, so every other president was:
completely open and honest about everything?
Never used laws that restricted freedom (like the draft)?
Never used tortures?
Never gave evidence under oath?
2007-03-11 14:41:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes I hope so! Some has already begun by the Democrats on the Hill opening up some of Bush's little secrets and confronting them!
2007-03-11 14:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course!
After the Us Citizens Impeach Bush!
2007-03-11 15:01:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatever it take to get the job done and keep America secure.....
The real question is, Will the US of A, recover from the conjured up bashing from the sissies on the left??
2007-03-11 14:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It'll take about 25 years to recover from the moron Bush, and his pack of corrupt cronies.
Rumsfeld-out. Cheney -in hiding. Libby- a liar. Gonzales - incompetent and crooked.
This gang should all do time behind bars.
2007-03-11 14:41:32 · answer #8 · answered by mANN COULTER 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
LOL....you will be amazed at how fast the county will be all puppy dogs and daisies if a democrat gets elected. It will be instantaneous. The media has done a great job, I have to hand it to them.
2007-03-11 14:40:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Do you mean go back to the good ole days of Carter or do you mean get back to the blue dress.
2007-03-11 14:40:22 · answer #10 · answered by howard h 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋