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In reply to the discussion: The used car salesman strikes again [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Bully Pulpit and urged us to call our reps and Senators and urge them to re-consider that section of the law.
But so far, he has only taken to the bully pulpit twice. In the summer of 2013, he took to the bully pulpit and tried to convince us that we need more war against the people of Syria (As if the secret funds that backed the rebels are not enough.) Only 17% of all Americans wanted that war.
And now of course, he is trying to get us to see that we have to stand tall against Russia.
He loves the notion of "spreading democracy around" to other places on the globe that are threatened. But tragically, he is not so definite about American citizens having democracy here in the USA.
And I wonder if you would even be able to offer up the citation of Section 702, without the fact that Snowden, Greenwald and The Guardian made a point of broadcasting that information last summer. I don't think that section was widely talked about back in 2006, and even if it was, Google does a good job of hiding seven year old history behind more current news.