So Bush didn't use his executive power to limit what people ate or drank for their own good. He also never claimed that the Patriot Act powers he exercised were for our own good but claimed it as a national security issue. Different yes, but still over extending his power. Then we have Obama who not only continues using those over extended powers but expands them.
Here's another hypocrisy. Those on the left during Bush who opposed the Patriot Act, like Wasserman, Waxman et.al. (
link here) as well as the demonstrations and marches across the country claiming Bush was a dictator, the nasty signs, Bush pictured as Hitler, etc... didn't seem to have the same effect when Obama pushed for it's extension. The Senate Democrats voted primarily against the Patriot Act in 2005 52-47 vote, yet when Obama extends it, the Senate vote amazingly is 72-23.
The difference here? The difference is no one is paying attention. The only time anyone pays attention in the US is when Republicans are hypocrites. Democrats, the media, newspapers, the protest groups which seems to sprout up new branches daily - they all have a field day. When a Democrat does it? No media coverage, maybe a few opinion page items about it in the papers, and what protest groups? It's the same Patriot Act. It's the same totalitarianism and dictatorship. It's only fascism when a Republican is in charge.
