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Originally Posted by Freaky_Akula
Is Guantanamo still open?
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Originally Posted by Freaky_Akula
Did Obama approve a 4 year extension of expiring provisions of the Patriot Act? Yes, he did.
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Obama is far from perfect. He's pissed off lots of liberals regarding plenty of issues, but they also know McCain would have been worse, and they know Romney would be worse too, so Obama is still going to get their votes.
The only difference is if McCain had extended the Patriot Act (for example) the left would have gone nuts. Same with the extension of the Bush tax cuts, but because Obama is a Democrat the opposition is not as vocal.
The outcome would have been the same, at a minumum.
Obama has presented one Republican plan after another, but in a concerted effort to defeat Obama, the right decided on day one, to oppose everything and anything Obama wanted, even when the Republicans used to want the very same things.
If a Republican was proposing the very same plans, the righties would be all for it, and the Dems would be outraged.
In reality, the Republicans get more of what they want under Democratic presidents, than they ever could or would get, under a Republican president. It's all pretty laughable.