Hmmm. The 2012 Election Reminds Me Of Something. This article questions which election of the past is most similar to the one looming before us. A number of them are noted. For our purposes here we will focus on the first: “1936: Franklin Delano Roosevelt vs. Alf Landon, says Alison Dagnes, who teaches political science at Shippensburg University. “The Republicans tried to attack FDR for his New Deal programs, saying they were too expensive and moved the country toward socialism — sound familiar?”The problem, she says, is that once a president gives the people new rights, the public grows attached and wants to keep them.” Can anyone spot the main problem here? Ding, ding, ding! That is correct. Despite what poli-moron Alison Dagnes thinks Presidents can’t grant new rights. Nor, despite the best efforts of Barry and company, do they have the authority to take any of our old ones away.
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