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In reply to the discussion: Raise Your Hand, Icon, Avatar, Kick, Rec, Whatever... If You Are Cynical Enough To Believe... [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)In planning or carrying out the nefarious PNAC/neocon agenda. Bush Jr was electable; the guy you'd "like to have a beer with". He was the likable, little mutt that would be the face, while the PNAC crowd pulled the levers behind the curtain. Daddy Bush, Baker, Kissinger, George Schultz, and corporate/banking overlords decide who is President and they're the ones with the true power.
Eisenhower warned us of the MIC. Jimmy Carter said he was astounded at how little power the president actually has. And President Obama--how many really believe that he's calling the shots? We're supposed to believe that a Constitutional scholar--and someone who spoke out against Habeas Corpus being gone--is willingly violating the Constitution and kow towing to the corporations because that's what he's always wanted to do?
Oh please. The presidency and the election are theater for the masses.