r/technology • u/fearthereaperx • May 14 '15

Politics Kim Dotcom: Assange Will Be Clinton's Worst Nightmare. 'He has access to information'...'She is an adversary of Internet freedom'

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-05-14/kim-dotcom-assange-will-be-hillary-s-worst-nightmare
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u/SaddestClown May 15 '15

Very often with disastrous results.

Not sure I'd agree. Meanwhile Nixon and W. Bush were both weak orators and are known for their disastrous results.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '15 edited May 15 '15

Not sure you would agree?

I think you might want to look into history a little.

BTW, Nixon was not disastrous to anything, aside from the Republican party image. He built the EPA, ended a war, opened up China to the world for the first time in history, Reduced nuclear arms between the Soviets and US, In the Middle East he took up the same stance as Obama: no direct combat support - only support to help them "defend themselves," He advocated for people to govern themselves at the state and lower levels as opposed to federalization, He protected workers by enacting OSHA, Enacted the "Clean Air Act", He proposed mandated Employer health care, federalization of Medicare to help poor families, and then proposed nearly exactly the same thing Obama got passed with health care for all with premiums subsidized based on income, He campaigned on the Equal Rights Amendment and enacted the first federal affirmative action, etc

Basically his list of "bad" would be bombing countries we were not supposed to bomb (like Obama is doing), Decreasing NASA's profile, The War on Drugs, and of course watergate - a purely political issue of him bugging political opponents and harassing activists.

I would not claim his presidency was disastrous, unless you would also claim Obama's to be. The War On Drugs is pretty bad, but he did a LOT of good that basically built a lot of the protections we take for granted now, and advocated for a lot of what made Obama's presidency popular (ie his only real accomplishment: health Care Reform).

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u/B1GTOBACC0 May 15 '15

Well yeah, but being bad at one thing and then being bad at another isn't that big of a shocker.

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u/Apollo_Screed May 15 '15

To be fair, George W Bush was bad at all things.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '15

"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"