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1-Old-Man

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6. Obama wasn't in charge of anything when he was 18 or 19

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 10:02 AM

Jun 2013

But he is today. Get it? Today he is the President, today he is responsible for the actions of all of the Executive Agencies. Today he can make a difference.

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It's not Obama's fault if people haven't paid attention [View all] struggle4progress Jun 2013 OP

Exactly. blm Jun 2013 #1

True Enough, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2013 #2

New words we'd like to see in the dictionary: Zorra Jun 2013 #3

You know not everyone is so easily fooled treestar Jun 2013 #7

Well, some of us see more and more of our rights repeatedly being restricted or taken away as Zorra Jun 2013 #12

That does not make every single trumped up treestar Jun 2013 #20

So here's what I'm seein: I took th'time t'write a thoughtful post, struggle4progress Jun 2013 #10

Too bad LWolf Jun 2013 #14

The buck might stop with Obama, but why do so many of you seem to ignore that it might stop earlier? Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2013 #16

Because it didn't stop. LWolf Jun 2013 #17

This is a very flippant response siligut Jun 2013 #18

+1 LWolf Jun 2013 #13

Yeah but isn't he just the handsomest President we've ever had? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #15

Acting within the dubious law cannot be conflated with compelled by the law as a deflection tactic TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #4

If you don't like the effin FISA courts or the thinking that's behind Maryland v Smith, struggle4progress Jun 2013 #9

There is also the issue of whether there are criminal prosecutions treestar Jun 2013 #5

Obama wasn't in charge of anything when he was 18 or 19 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #6

Bush disidoro01 Jun 2013 #8

no, but almost every liberal and progressive was outraged about the degree of the surveillance state Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #11

I think that you described to a T what has angered progressives. Beacool Jun 2013 #19