When this goofball campaigned in 2008, he promised that he would respect the Constitution, and push for reforms of laws passed under Bush, that established abusive government powers of surveillance against the American people. Once Obama became President, his promises of reform quickly faded. What’s actually happening now is that Obama is using the power of the White House to push to make Bush's unconstitutional laws even worse.
A perfect example is Obama’s recent activity on the Patriot Act, the foundation for the government’s system of surveillance against the American people. President Obama is sending representatives to Capitol Hill to push for the expansion of the power to spy on American’s Internet use through National Security Letters that are not even approved by a court of law, but are certified by the very law enforcement officers who are directing surveillance to take place. What the fuck? Obama’s effort to expand the spying powers of the Patriot Act are aimed at Americans’ use of the Internet, to go beyond simple communications to encompass practically everything we do online.
This summer, Obama gave a speech to a Netroots Nation gathering, asking liberals to have patience with him, because he just needs more time to work on fulfilling his promises. Obama’s attempt to expand unconstitutional spying powers, however, should serve as a reminder to you liberals that Obama has been using much of the time he’s had in the White House so far to actually make things worse.
In the 2012 election, why should liberals work to help to give Barack Obama more time to take America in the wrong direction? Then you have the Republicans candidates that are supposedly going to make a run at the office next year - Mike Huckabee is stuck in the last century, Ron Paul is convinced of the existence of a secret treasonous superhighway (what? equipped with a cloaking device?), and Sarah Palin wants to push her version of radical Christianity down your kids' throats. Do you find that scary? I do.
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