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In reply to the discussion: Obama should never have signed the NDAA into law, signing statements or not. [View all]Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)The signing statement is just a bunch of words on paper that don't mean shit as far as the law goes. What he did with the signing statment was prove what a coward he really is and that all he's prepared to do to defend our rights is give token but empty lip service to them and then trample on them anyways.
And I think it's a gross overreation on your part to say that Obama vetoing this bill would lead to a Republican victory in 2012. People are hungry for leadership, and if Obama would step up to the plate, I think his approval would go up, not down. His signing of this bill is precisely why he's not very popular right now. People see him as weak and always taking the safe route. And with the signing of this bill, he has proven them right once again.