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In reply to the discussion: it isn't the legalities...it's the betrayal that's pissing people off [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)rather than the Supreme Leader of a fascist totalitarian state?
Because when people elected a man who had taught constitutional law, they were thinking "He gets it - he'll change things?"
Because said constitutional law professor and senator had made multiple statements decrying the surveillance under the Bush administration, so it was reasonable in the extreme for voters to believe that they were indeed voting for more moderation on just this issue?
Because instead what the voters got was an attack on press freedoms that was unprecedented?
Because if one were to accept the logic of your statement, any time we elected a president we would be electing a potential dictator?
Because for all of my lifetime, Republicans have been the ones who don't seem to consider preserving constitutional liberties for the poor and vulnerable important, and therefore it is even more essential that the Democrats do?
What I object to the most is that you seem to equate support for a president with support for EVERY SINGLE POLICY of that president. That's not the stuff of democracy.
President Obama asked us to hold his feet to the fire and to push on some issues. Perhaps he doesn't like hearing about this one, but the country will be stronger for it. His children will be better off for it, as will ours.