I don't disagree with your sentiments or your post.
That being said, I also felt a heck of a lot less free after 8 years of Bush as well.
A huge number my freedoms (along with a lot of due process) disappeared with the passage (and renewal) of the so-called Patriot Act.
I also felt the iron grip of the Federal hand on me increase with the passage of each of these disasters:
- Senior Drug Act (think of it as Federal Welfare for big Pharma)
- No Child Left Behind (in reality its Federal control of schools and No Child Too Far Ahead)
- Sarbannes-Oxley (the Full Employment Act for American Accountants and Auditors or how to continue destroying US business competitiveness in world markets while achieving nothing)
I could give you a similar list for the Clinton administration as well.
So while I believe this administration is an unmitigated disaster, their predecessors were too.
We keep voting for them, so I guess we are getting the government we deserve.