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Barack Obama isn't going to do a thing that doesn't benefit Barack Obama in some way, shape or form. He is a politician. That's what they do. A Snowden pardo
by MrZongle2 10y ago
Barack Obama isn't going to do a thing that doesn't benefit Barack Obama in some way, shape or form.
He is a politician. That's what they do.
A Snowden pardon does nothing but possibly threaten Obama's legacy. Which, at this point in all administrations, is the primary focus of Presidents.
- abecedarius 10y agoPardoning Snowden would encourage whistleblowers under the Trump administration, which could help rescue Obama's legacy from its current obvious fate.
- ajkjk 10y agoMy impression is that his legacy is pretty positive. Whether or not you agree with that, it definitely rules out the word 'obvious'.
- abecedarius 10y agoI meant two things: normalizing and expanding the security state to hand it over to Trump, and many of the more positive developments immediately repealed. No, these haven't happened yet, but they're the obvious default course of events now.