When Obama was elected I expected a radical break with policies of the past, a wholesale rejection of the Bush regime and the cynicism that underlie it. What a disappointment. Britain appears to have embarked on a far more ambitious course. What stood out to me:
This is the first time I've seen anyone in power, conservative or liberal, challenge the primacy of national security. The economics may be shady, but anyone who takes civil liberties seriously gets a star in my book. On the other side of the balance sheet there is this from Labor:
Sounds an awful lot like the GOP. That isn't a compliment.
If successful, it will lift what the new leaders say is the state’s
heavy hand on public life, restricting its reach into schools and
hospitals, slashing welfare benefits and reviewing intrusive
law-and-order Labour programs that have alarmed advocates for civil
liberties.
This is the first time I've seen anyone in power, conservative or liberal, challenge the primacy of national security. The economics may be shady, but anyone who takes civil liberties seriously gets a star in my book. On the other side of the balance sheet there is this from Labor:
Weakened and divided by its May election defeat and temporarily
rudderless as it awaits the election this fall of a new leader to
succeed Mr. Brown, Labour has resolved to halt many of the changes by
all means possible.
Sounds an awful lot like the GOP. That isn't a compliment.
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