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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
No, HM, Clinton wasn't remotely a libertarian of any stripe: his political instincts were formed in an essentially one-party State, which isn't going to make a libertarian. Even worse, the only thing Clinton ever cared about was the convenience of Clinton -- a bad habit in a President. This is how you can explain both his Administration's approach to foreign policy and to domestic policy: what conveniences the Clintons? Just the most conspicuous proof of this is in the behavior of the senior echelon of the DoJ during the Clinton era -- they largely confined themselves to running interference for the one-party-state operations of the Clintons.
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That is even more true of Bush.
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I haven't seen this aired, but is not what the Bush Administration trying to do is function under war powers?
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That is what should chill the heart of any libertarian. Bush is claiming that "war powers" justifies anything he wants to do.