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[tulzscha]

Government is not charity. It is not persuasion, or cooperation, or sharing. Government is a fist, a shove, a gun. Obama either doesn’t understand this, or doesn’t want voters to understand it.

I think he understands it quite well. He was, after all, raised on Chicago politics. And quite clearly, he wants all the guns -- literally and figuratively

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[theswede]

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/05/obama-im-not-going-to-take-your-guns-away/

But either way, how is he in that respect any different from *anyone* who wants to be president? People don't decide to run for president because they loathe wielding power.

[tulzscha]

Oh, yeah, you're right, I'm easily swayed by what he told people at a vote-sucking rally, and not the lengthy and careful analysis of legislation he's been a party to. Thank you for opening my eyes to the fact that he's a charismatic demagogue, I had no idea.

He "doesn't have the votes to do what he wants"? He doesn't have the votes for a lot of things, but there are other ways to get what you want...

Easy: it's what he wants to do once he gets it. Is it to be a sledgehammer, or a scalpel?

"But we have never, ever in our 232-year history, elected a president who so completely and openly opposed the idea of limited government, the absolute cornerstone of what makes the United States of America unique and exceptional."

The sledgehammer, then, and woe betide anyone in the way.

[theswede]

The US has a "limited government"?? Wow ...

[tulzscha]

Well, heh, compared to, say, Britain.