Nevertheless it is important not to fall into the delusion that President Obama presents the greatest danger to the culture of liberty. A historian looking back a hundred years from now is likely to group the Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton presidencies together as an era when the state receded or at least did not grow, as measured by regulatory and fiscal burdens on our lives. But Bush II relentlessly increased domestic spending and created more government involvement in health care with the Medicare D program for prescription drugs. It was President Bush who initiated many of the NSA programs.
In short, there are more similarities between Bush II and Obama than their supporters or detractors care to acknowledge. And almost all of the similarities suggest that the risks to our liberty today transcend the actions of any particular politician.
From John McGinnis. Read the rest.
Notes On Liberty 
Good find, Brandon.
Aw schucks.
Thanks NEO, and for what it’s worth I read that blog daily.
I hadn’t run across it but, it’s now in my feed. For what that’s worth.
As someone who voted for Obama…twice I’m chagrined to admit that the truth of that excerpt.
I thought you were Canadian.
Oh no, I’m murican I’ve just lived and worked in Canada for 15 years [my how time has flown]. I won’t swear allegiance to a British monarch so I’m a permanent resident and not a dual citizen. I can and do vote in the US.
Ah gotcha.
Well, congrats on voting for Obama twice in a row. Gary Johnson was a viable candidate in 2012, and I would have voted for Obama in 2008, too.