"Those who do not know their past are condemned to repeat it" as the saying goes. Yet, in this case, Barack Obama knows exactly what he is doing! To say that he does not is very deceptive, or naive on their part. One only has to study History in order to understand that he is invoking the spirit of former progressive President, Teddy Roosevelt. http://youtu.be/YLCeUkg5b94 ; http://youtu.be/gY5ehI6GxVc.
Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican Progressive.http://youtu.be/uFlOLyMwnjU Meaning, he was in favor of big government and regulation of businesses just to name a couple things. One would argue that some of the regulations he implemented were for the betterment of the people, such as the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act. Sure, no one wants rat droppings along with their meat, but surely there are other ways one can implement fines to companies, instead of expanding government to regulate what a business can or cannot do. Its not governments job to regulate the free market!
President Roosevelt was also a charismatic leader. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/troosevelt_film/trftime1900.html The media helped get him elected. He traveled around the world and met with dignitaries, and was the first American to ever win a Nobel Peace prize. He won people over with his tough stance approach and championed justice for all. Some things President Obama has emulated. The difference why these policies do not work today is that people are aware of the implications these ideas have had on their lives. Big Government and less freedom. There is a past to learn by. These ideas are nothing new. They are dangerous to the people. We know that after Teddy Roosevelt, came a Woodrow Wilson and a Franklin D. Roosevelt. Two of the worst Presidents to ever cross the American scene. Woodrow Wilson with his racist beliefs and FDR with his "New Deal". Both have destroyed the American spirit of the working man. They were instrumental in enslaving generations to co-dependency of social programs. If given 4 more years as President, I believe Obama would expand in that social-economic path. He is implementing the same progressive policies of the past to a new generation who do not know their history. And its going to come with a price. A very big one! One has to ask themselves what it is that they value more. Freedom or Security.
Great article: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/06/the-transformation-of-american-democracy-teddy-roosevelt-the-1912-election-and-the-progressive-party
Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican Progressive.http://youtu.be/uFlOLyMwnjU Meaning, he was in favor of big government and regulation of businesses just to name a couple things. One would argue that some of the regulations he implemented were for the betterment of the people, such as the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act. Sure, no one wants rat droppings along with their meat, but surely there are other ways one can implement fines to companies, instead of expanding government to regulate what a business can or cannot do. Its not governments job to regulate the free market!
President Roosevelt was also a charismatic leader. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/troosevelt_film/trftime1900.html The media helped get him elected. He traveled around the world and met with dignitaries, and was the first American to ever win a Nobel Peace prize. He won people over with his tough stance approach and championed justice for all. Some things President Obama has emulated. The difference why these policies do not work today is that people are aware of the implications these ideas have had on their lives. Big Government and less freedom. There is a past to learn by. These ideas are nothing new. They are dangerous to the people. We know that after Teddy Roosevelt, came a Woodrow Wilson and a Franklin D. Roosevelt. Two of the worst Presidents to ever cross the American scene. Woodrow Wilson with his racist beliefs and FDR with his "New Deal". Both have destroyed the American spirit of the working man. They were instrumental in enslaving generations to co-dependency of social programs. If given 4 more years as President, I believe Obama would expand in that social-economic path. He is implementing the same progressive policies of the past to a new generation who do not know their history. And its going to come with a price. A very big one! One has to ask themselves what it is that they value more. Freedom or Security.
Great article: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/06/the-transformation-of-american-democracy-teddy-roosevelt-the-1912-election-and-the-progressive-party
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