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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: No Mo Mo who wrote (135519)	8/7/2013 5:49:27 PM
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Ha. Probably. I think what happens to all good men, Obama included, who become President is that they get thrust into this bubble of existence where they are all powerful. They begin to believe that whatever they do is in keeping with their pre-bubble moral compass, oftentimes not realizing that their moral compass was corrupted by the power they are bathed in day in and day out. I also believe that the President is privy to the knowledge of threats that none of us see, threats so severe that they may come to believe it is better to bend the rules and break the laws and piss on the Constitution, in order to save American lives. They believe it in their soul and in very real terms, a good man like Obama, may convince himself he is justified in shredding the Constitution, if it means he can save 1 American life. That's why the job of President is so damned difficult. He has to make decisions every day that represent unfathomable moral dilemmas. It's why I'm glad I'm not President. I don't know if I am intelligent or strong enough to do what those guys do. So I am sympathetic to Obama, but at the same time, I have to believe that there is a better way to combat terrorism and Al Qaeda than becoming a police state. The Patriot Act, the FISA laws, secret courts, the torturing and extraordinary rendition of prisoners, the Drone program, suspension of Habeus Corpus, the NSA Surveillance, and all the other abuses....is this really what we want the USA to be all about? I have to believe there is a higher road and a better way. Of course, I'm not President and I don't see what he sees. So I'll never know if I would act any differently, if I were in his shoes.

To: No Mo Mo who wrote (135519)	8/8/2013 12:10:42 PM
From: No Mo Mo	Respond to of 149317

Fair disclosure: ----------------------------------- Rep. John Lewis: No Praise for Snowden Aug 8, 2013 “News reports about my interview with The Guardian are misleading, and they do not reflect my complete opinion. Let me be clear. I do not agree with what Mr. Snowden did. He has damaged American international relations and compromised our national security. He leaked classified information and may have jeopardized human lives. That must be condemned. “ I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders. In fact, The Guardian itself agreed to retract the word “praise” from its headline. “At the end of an interview about the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, I was asked what I thought about Mr. Snowden’s actions. I said he has a right as an individual to act according to the dictates of his conscience, but he must be prepared to pay the price for taking that action. In the movement, we were arrested, we went to jail, we were prepared to pay the price, even lose our lives if necessary. I cannot say and I did not say that what Mr. Snowden did is right. Others will be the judge of that.” johnlewis.house.gov