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Or maybe that certain presidents make certain promises and then consistently break them. Obama has been very disappointing, I had high hopes for him.
by rorrr 15y ago
Or maybe that certain presidents make certain promises and then consistently break them. Obama has been very disappointing, I had high hopes for him.
- pacomerh 15y agoYou had high hopes, but with the last president not even hopes. It's totally different, what's worse? Cool graph though.
- Terretta 15y agoRead this: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/01/15/andrew-sullivan-how-obama-s-long-game-will-outsmart-his-critics.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/01/15/andrew-sull...
- InclinedPlane 15y agoWhat's Obama's long game on signing NDAA 2012? There's no excuse for that.
- wvenable 15y agoIt's a budget bill; it gets enacted every year to fund the military. It must be signed eventually (and in this case, on the very last day). Blame your entire government for putting things like the infinite detention of citizens inside of a budget bill.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoI do blame everyone who had fingerprints on it. Obama was not obliged to sign it. He did.
- rorrr 15y ago> It's a budget bill That got to be the stupidest excuse to introduce new horrible laws.
- smcj 15y agoBecause stopping to pay the soldiers who are deployed in two wars at the other side of the globe is a great alternative.
- danssig 15y agoThen why did he pressure congress into making the rules even hazier so he could detain Americans as well?
- wvenable 15y agoI'm not sure why I got downvoted; there's nothing inaccurate about what I said. Don't blame the messenger.
- rayiner 15y agoThe National Defense Authroization Act basically keeps in existence and funds the US military every year. Not signing it would've been a poorly chosen battle. At the end of the day, not only do we have a divided system of power by design, Congress is the first among coequal powers in that design. Laying all the blame at the feet of the president for Congress enacting bad law makes no senss. I think some people love our system in theory but don't like it in practice.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoThere is no excuse for signing a law which effectively puts the US under martial law. Period.