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Logical

(22,457 posts)
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 11:23 AM Jun 2013

IRS Scandal! Benghazi Scandal! NSA Scandal We attack ONE of these and we are Obama haters!

Very very few DUers are attacking the IRS scandal or the Benghazi scandal. Because they are not scandals.

But a majority here think the NSA spying on us is not acceptable. It is not about Snowden. It is about if we want the NSA collecting and storing the information on us. Many of us DO NOT!

That does not mean we LOVE Snowden. Or hate Obama. But it means we are not happy with Obama embracing and extending the shit Bush did with the Patriot Act and the 9/11 hysteria.

So drop the BS about us loving Snowden. The only reason we support Snowden is because he exposed stuff that has started a discussion about if we want this type of spying.



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IRS Scandal! Benghazi Scandal! NSA Scandal We attack ONE of these and we are Obama haters! (Original Post) Logical Jun 2013 OP
Kickity-rec! Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #1
K&R for most of your post. Skip Intro Jun 2013 #2
Yes, I see your point also! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #3
Sooooooo meta alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #4
Ahhh....somebody needs a nap! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #6
Thank you... sibelian Jun 2013 #5
Speaking for myself, I'm irritated ... Recursion Jun 2013 #7

Skip Intro

(19,768 posts)
2. K&R for most of your post.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 12:02 PM
Jun 2013

But there are real unanswered questions about the Bengazi and IRS scandals, more so the IRS scandal, that need to be answered. Some want to sweep those under the rug. I want the answers, so I guess I'm one of those few you speak of on those topics.

I am glad to see most of those paying attention outraged by what we're learning about the NSA deal, though. The ones who run around the board calling racist and Obama-haters those of us who put the Constitution and our core rights and freedoms above party and politician are transparent in their agenda and demands for blind faith in our government and current president.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
4. Sooooooo meta
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 06:10 PM
Jun 2013

Blah blah blah people on DU say X about other people on DU blah blah blah.

Our own little gossip site.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
7. Speaking for myself, I'm irritated ...
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 07:01 PM
Jun 2013

... that so many people are shocked -- shocked! (your winnings, sir) -- that the law passed in 2008 was actually implemented.

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