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In reply to the discussion: Still don't think he's a used-car salesman? [View all]Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Obama has done very few positive things, compared to the crap he's heaped on us:
* Let torturers walk with no repercussions.
* Expanded drone warfare, with 'signature strikes' and double-taps
* Criminalized investigative journalism
* Excessive prosecution of whistleblowers using the Espionage Act
* Declared the power to commit political executions without due process
* Expanded military operations in Africa 217% since taking office
* Destroyed the country of Libya in defiance of Congress for no good reason
* Turned on his own Party to push through the TPP
* Continued Bush foreign policy doctrine in the Middle East
* Expanded unconstitutional NSA surveillance programs
* Grounded a foreign head-of-state's diplomatic plane
There are so many bad policies and positions that I can't even remember them all. And in return, we got what? A few scraps.