The Pursuit of Edward Snowden: Washington in a Rage, Striving to Run the World

[ucrdem]

109. I got over it in 2010 I guess.

I more or less tuned out after the election at least in any serious way because it was too disappointing but by the midterms I realized Obama was in fact keeping his promises though not in a very visible way. His PR basically stinks and always has. Even at the 2012 convention, he didn't sing his own praises, and neither did Big Dog in his big speech. Bill got up and talked about Bill.

So basically you have to either study the NYT print edition, which I don't, or look it up now and again. But it's impressive. Big moments: pulling out of Iraq, ACA, not bombing Iran. TARP believe it or not also seems to have succeeded.


p.s. how I got over the FISA vote: eventually I figured that a) some things a candidate can't say no to if he wants win the White House, but more importantly, b) if the first African-American president is comfortable with that level of security, or feels it will make him safer, I can live with it. It's not like he installed it or can really do much about it anyway.