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Originally Posted by Itse
Heh. None of that is particurarly strong criticism.
ISIS, maybe. The whole talk of a "weak" president is such a 'Murican talking point. It's one of the many things Russians and Americans have in common, all this worry about "looking strong".
Deteriorated relationship with China? That's pretty new to me.
Personally I'd talk more about things like
- most anti-whistleblower president in history
- drone-bombing campaign
- generally letting the military intelligence apparatus run wild
I could come up with more.
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I am surprised no one mentioned the eradication of the 4th amendment despite his promise in to 2008 to reject the use of national security to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. NDAA is arguably more instructive and unconstitutional than the Patriot Act, which Obama has not revisited despite election promises. Frankly the only reason these issues are even brought up the Obama administration is because of Edward Snowden illustrated that everything Obama and others in government have promised to do or told you about domestic and international surveillance is a lie. The cosmetic reforms proposed by Obama to address these issues will give the American people greater confidence that their rights are being protected, even as intelligence and law enforcement agencies, along with the courts, continue to eviscerate those rights.
Obama is charlatan for the corporate state that America has become, who peddles “hope and change” as a commodity to be consumed like so many other worthless goods. He speaks in the classical liberal rhetoric of FDR but his words almost never match his actions. At least Bush and the Republicans are honest about their alliances to the industrial war machine and their pro-war, pro-business, anti-worker polices. Obama smiles and lies through his teeth pretending to care about democratic values, while his track records shows nothing but the opposite.