I always hated it when the left or right said things like Bush was as bad as the Nazis. He was bad, yes. His instincts and morals may have been similar to Hitler, but he did not set out to exterminate a whole group of people and he did NOT kill 6 million people in the attempt.

I am now frustrated by the meme "Obama is no better than Bush."

He is disappointing to us, and frustrating and certainly these are serious times and we are not getting the change and help we voted for on crucial issues. Yes I am angry about extension of the patriot act, the lack of real reform a full year after the economic crisis began the waffling on the public option. But surely we can talk about those things without meaningless comparisons to Bush.

Bush took us into and illegal unjustified war. He lied and lied and lied to the american people. He bankrupted our country turning a huge surplus into an even more huge debt. He started down the slippery slope of spying on Americans. He funded all his buddies at blackwater etc. etc. He is and was certainly worse than President Obama on almost every level.

It is a stronger more compelling argument, in my opinion, to talk about what is actually happening and how angry you are, strategist on what we can do and how we can do it, rather than resort to hyperbole and meaningless comparisons to Nazis, fascists, Bush-ites, etc. etc. Let's have a real argument about what is going right and wrong under this administration and leave the meaningless, fanatical exaggeration to the other side. That kind of rhetoric is weak and for the non-thinkers and irrational.

My two cents (yen) for the day.

Apparently Ms. ex-gov- Palin is waxing philosophical about the kind of change she can bring outside of those pesky job responsibilities as a governor. Or even as a part of one of the two major political parties! I am hearing 3-rd-party-palin music building in the background. She is calling herself a "Common Sense Conservative" I can see the campaign buttons now... Perhaps this little closed door speech was a kick of to the split that we've all seen coming between the greedy-gop and the bat-shit-crazy gop.

According to The Swamp,

There is suddenly a growing sentiment to just "throw the bums out" of Washington, D.C. - and by bums they mean the Republicans and the Democrats,'' Palin's comments and facebook page (now 900,000 strong) include the following thoughts;

Palin suggested in her address to the CLSA investors conference.

"Americans are suffering from pay cuts and job losses, and they want to know why their elected leaders are not tightening their belts,'' she said. "There is a growing sense of frustration on Main Street. But even in the midst of crisis and despair, we see signs of hope.

"In fact, it's a sea change in America, I believe,'' she said. "Recently, there have been protests by ordinary Americans who marched on Washington to demand their government stop spending away their future. Large numbers of ordinary, middle-class Democrats, Republicans, and Independents from all over the country marching on Washington?! You know something's up!

"These are the same people who flocked to the town halls this summer to face their elected officials who were home on hiatus from that distant capital and were now confronted with the people they represent. Big town hall meetings - video clips circulating coverage - people watching, feeling not so alone anymore.

"The town halls and the Tea Party movement are both part of a growing grassroots consciousness among ordinary Americans who've decided that if they want real change, they must take the lead and not wait to be led. Real change - and, you know, you don't need a title to do it.

Yup apparently she is queen of the tea-party-town-hall-nuts!
2012 here we come!

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