February 10, 2009

Am I Benedict Arnold?

Writes Rick Ackerman:

We're not sure we're ready yet to ascribe the trait of arrogance to the new President merely because he has been insinuating that anyone who opposes his economic stimulus package is practically an enemy of the state. If so, then Lew Rockwell would qualify as Benedict Arnold. At his web site, Rockwell was comparing Obama to Bush, post 9/11, asserting that the ex-President had come to the office feeling that he was entitled to start a war. Similarly, says Rockwell, Obama has been acting as though he thinks he's entitled to a blank check for a trillion dollars, so that he can launch his own version of FDR's New Deal.

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