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In reply to the discussion: Americans Are Outraged Because in Voting for Obama, They Thought They Were Rejecting Bush [View all]tomp
(9,512 posts)199. wow, talk about a "good german."
shameful ignorant acquiescence to power. unfortunately WE get what YOU deserve.
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Americans Are Outraged Because in Voting for Obama, They Thought They Were Rejecting Bush [View all]
kpete
Jun 2013
OP
So he had the liberal view through the key primaries & then switched to the authoritarian view?
limpyhobbler
Jun 2013
#158
So you are telling us that "things can change" and not that things did change?
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#127
That was certainly Bush's excuse too. 'Everything changed after 9/11' and he got the Patriot Act
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#184
But much of what's he's doing is making us less, not more, safe from terrorist attacks.
freedom fighter jh
Jun 2013
#195
The law is the law because Democrats like Obama shamefully voted for it. You clearly do not recall
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#55
The FBI and police departments have been spying on Americans for years and years.
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#146
'I support the Patriot Act'. That says it all to me. Did you support it when it Bush was president?
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#190
Lol, you've got a point, even Britain has, or had before Blair, a fairly responsive government.
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#191
Horse hockey. It ain't the rapist, it's the dress she wore. Blame the victim, no.
grahamhgreen
Jun 2013
#66
Victims my ass. Americans elected all those assholes who voted for the patriot act.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2013
#85
No, you are very wrong. The elected representatives did not represent the will of the people.
grahamhgreen
Jun 2013
#232
Voters also elected Wyden, Merkely, Udall, Feingold and many others who have attempted to
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#110
It's an uncomfortable reality that we elected (and then largely re-elected) the people who did this.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2013
#224
Obama - Protecting The Status Quo Daily - Hope He Enjoys Our Telephone Conversations
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#10
Listen Good President Obama As I Know Your NSA Is Reading This --- As I Type!!
LovingA2andMI
Jun 2013
#156
"Americans" implies most or a majority are outraged, or that more than usual are outraged
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#16
he has an 83 percent approval rating among democrats, so it isn't emerging yet.
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#20
It's old and not news like Benghazi, IRS, AP, Reston and what ever I'm forgetting.
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#72
Buyers Remorse Is An Ugly Revalation - Turns Out That Obama Was An Ad Campaign For The Status Quo
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#8
nope, college age and otherwise twenty somethings, and they love our president
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#211
You don't need to justify yourself to the newbe Ava. As a well known "young person" here
Dragonfli
Jun 2013
#123
Young people are outraged? That's where his highest approvals come from, combined with
JaneyVee
Jun 2013
#25
hasn't let me down once. I don't care nor follow Ron and Rand Paul and what they think.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#30
They are part of team Bush. Looking to fracture. And NO Obama core supporter is outraged.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#36
You don't know shit about Ava, she is no "team Bush" player, the opposite in fact
Dragonfli
Jun 2013
#126
Don't bother to argue with this poster, ask him instead about "first they came for the rich" :)
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#135
"Like a freaking tax attorney who knows the laws so they can get around them."
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2013
#54
^THAT^ I voted for him because I trusted him to do the right things and I think he is.
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#77
Yeah, you go ahead and trust and have your faith. Me, I'll pay attention to what he DOES.
Demit
Jun 2013
#94
I don't vote for someone to micromanage them and I'm comfortable with the decisions he makes.
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#141
And the sock puppets come on liberal/progressive websites to blow more smoke about how
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2013
#59
well they should be, but most Americans are not outraged about this. In fact the public has been so
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#35
you keep claiming that the people demanded that which was done without their consent.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#87
please try to grasp the over all point people try to make when they say something
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#102
I do. You claim the people demanded something they were not told about and which this person's
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#108
my blood boils everytime I hear the words from campaign Obama vs the real Obama
xiamiam
Jun 2013
#37
The President could erase many of the past policies with the stroke of a pen, yet
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#93
Never naive enough to believe he'd be ABLE to end programs institutionalized before
blm
Jun 2013
#57
TeaLeft irrational purityism. 1 issue doesn't mean he is Bush. And no one is being listened in on.
RBInMaine
Jun 2013
#68
Seriously. "TeaLeft", "Professional leftists", the "Where's My Pony?" brigade....
YoungDemCA
Jun 2013
#80
So his support of Bush on Iraq is damning, but Hagel's is reason to make him Sec of Defense, is that
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#97
Skittles said mine in post #9...this "news" is not "new", and I certainly witnessed 'teh ponies' bc
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#152
I think that folks here are upset because they hoped that Obama was a liberal
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2013
#177
Keep your substandard expectations for the United States to yourself
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#180
Yep, and besides that, we are not going to get 65 (D) senators and 260 Reps in the near
Doctor_J
Jun 2013
#228
Many Voted for Pres Obama not once but twice mainly for change but Pres Obama
YeahSureRight
Jun 2013
#193