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What Would Candidate Obama Say About President Obama (Original Post) NOVA_Dem Feb 2013 OP
No, a GOOD president evolves based on knowledge and facts a candidate doesn't have. graham4anything Feb 2013 #1
So Obama 'evolved' to the Right? That's de-evolving leftstreet Feb 2013 #2
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure- Benjamin Franklin (could be talking about drones) graham4anything Feb 2013 #5
This is a flip/flop of principles rather than an evolution. NOVA_Dem Feb 2013 #4
spin much? datasuspect Feb 2013 #9
That doesn't matter whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #3
Ben Franklin-an ounce of prevention is a pound of cure.Drones are an ounce.Peace is cure. graham4anything Feb 2013 #6
Thanks dude4whatever! whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #8
"Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #7
Geez...I can't even watch the entire minute of that video there are so many bloopers... Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #10
kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #11
kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #12
I think with today's news this post seems to be relevant again. NOVA_Dem Jun 2013 #13
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
1. No, a GOOD president evolves based on knowledge and facts a candidate doesn't have.
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:29 PM
Feb 2013

I wouldn't want a river to remain still.
Nor a redwood seed to remain just a seed

a person grows and evolves

this isn't a stereotype like Ronald Reagan absolutist.

this is a real, living human being.

leftstreet

(36,106 posts)
2. So Obama 'evolved' to the Right? That's de-evolving
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:32 PM
Feb 2013

Why is it always the Democrats rushing to the right? Why don't GOPers ever 'evolve' to the left?

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
5. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure- Benjamin Franklin (could be talking about drones)
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:37 PM
Feb 2013

what does right and left have to do with it.

It's correct to need drones (as the Oregon senator said)

and as Benjamin Franklin said "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
He seems to have been okay with drones in this statement.
To keep a republic, one has to save it from terrorism and anarchy.

NOVA_Dem

(620 posts)
4. This is a flip/flop of principles rather than an evolution.
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:33 PM
Feb 2013

Obama knew what GWB was doing when he made that statement. This is who he presented himself to be to America.

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
7. "Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:39 PM
Feb 2013

"Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency,"

http://www.bing.com/search?q=obmama+transparency+touchstone&form=MOZSBR&pc=MOZI

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
10. Geez...I can't even watch the entire minute of that video there are so many bloopers...
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:44 PM
Feb 2013

-NDAA section 1021 provides for the indefinite detention of US citizens without trial or representation
-7400+ Occupiers arrested, zero wall streeters
-HR347 makes protesting where there are secret service present a federal crime with up to 10 years in prison...Obama assigns permanent SS protection to himself and W Bush
-FBI and DHS have been spying upon Occupy from the beginning, and lied about having done so
-DHS makes police agencies into tentacles via the iWatch program
-DHS are supplying police and sheriff agencies with gear still in current use by the military, sherrifs with armored vehicles
-FISA was just signed into another five years of activity

I could go on

NOVA_Dem

(620 posts)
13. I think with today's news this post seems to be relevant again.
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 10:20 AM
Jun 2013

I posted this when the news was leaked that Holder's Justice department provided questionable legal reasoning for Obama to execute US Citizens without due process.

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