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Showing Original Post only (View all)it isn't the legalities...it's the betrayal that's pissing people off [View all]
We can argue the legalities of FISA or secret courts or whatever until doomsday but that isn't what's pissing people off...it's the betrayal of all the things we voted for in 2008
We voted for *the most transparent presidency in history*...ROFL
we all know how that worked out.
We voted for the guy who mocked Hillary Clinton in debates for calling for an insurance mandate...and then enacted one
We voted for the guy who wanted more transparency in government...who is negotiating a trade agreement behind closed doors who refuses to let even elected reps become involved
We voted for the guy who promised that the most vulnerable amongst us would be taken care of....who is now pushing for chained CPI and isn't fighting lowered food stamps while allowing the richest amongst us to get ever richer
We voted for the guy who said he would never sign a health care reform bill without *a robust public option* and then he threw that under the bus without a fight.
This NSA and spying stuff is just the tipping point that made a lot of us say WTF happened to the guy we were working for in 2008?
What happened to hope and change?What happened to government of the people?
The betrayal is what has us so pissed off.
FLAME AWAY