[quote=briansd1]Allan, mandate or overeach? That is the question.
I say that Obama had a mandate so that’s why I feel that his panchant for bi-partisanship let some good opportunities pass by.
On the Patriot Act, Guantanomo, etc… you repeatedly said that Obama should have ended those policies. Do you have believe that Obama had a mandate to do so?[/quote]
Brian: Did Obama have a “mandate” to end the destruction of our civil liberties? Is that an honest-to-God fucking question? Seriously?
I could give a flying fuck if the president has a mandate or not: I expect him to protect my individual liberty and my constitutionally guaranteed civil rights. Mandate? Are you for real? You have opined previously that Obama was right for continuing these policies lest he appear “soft” on the War on Terror. What supreme idiocy is that? Yep, better to destroy our rights than be perceived as somehow soft. Do you remember Ben Franklin’s dictum on security versus liberty?
As to Obamacare: Given the public polling numbers on Obamacare’s popularity, do you think it was mandate or overreach? At less than 38% popularity, it appears like overreach to me.
