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Originally Posted by Robbie
I've heard that said for the last few decades.
The problem I have with that is...every Pres. is already a longtime politician before he becomes Pres.
And when they put together their campaign teams...it's always full of Washington insiders. And many of those insiders have worked for previous Presidents.
So I don't buy that these politicians running for Pres. are somehow naive and innocent.
Do you think McCain was when he was running against Obama in 2008?
Hell no. He knows everything that goes on in our govt.
As do most of those Senators and Congressmen.
And they all have staff members with either current of previous ties to the President's office.
Sure, there are some things that President's have top secret knowledge of.
But NONE of those things were what Obama promised.
So I can't give him a pass on that. Lying about being transparent about creating a new health care law for instance...how did becoming Pres. suddenly change that?
He simply lied.
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I don't believe every Congressman and every Senator is in the know about everything the government has going on. McCain might know more than most. A first term Congressman would not.
But McCain would also not be aware of every promise the President has made to another country or their leader, verbal or otherwise, and McCain might not have full knowledge of future plans in certain countries, or treaties.
It's very different when you are on the top.