Obama Regulatory Review Announcement Finds Few Fans [VIDEO]

Democratic voters have mistakenly believed that Obama and Democrats want what they want. The DLC-contro­lled Democratic Party gives lip service to all populist issues (like ending the wars, living wages, civil rights protection­s, restoring habeas corpus, public healthcare , Wall Street reform, environmen­tal
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Patriot Act Extension Signed By Obama

"Privately­, Obama describes himself as a Blue Dog Democrat." Blue Dog Democrat = Might as well be registered as a Republican http://www­.nytimes.c­om/2010/12­/01/us/pol­itics/01ba­i.html
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Patriot Act Extension Signed By Obama

Obama in his own words: "Transpare­ncy Will Be Touchstone " - http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=72g7qmeP1­dE "On transparen cy", "About inviting the people back into their government again" - http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=K97hvOOdy­_I And "Part of the job of the next American president is making Americans believe that our government is working for them, because right now they don't feel like it's working for them. They feel like it's working for special interests and it's working for corporatio­ns" - http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=K97hvOOdy­_I "We need a president who sees the government not as a tool to enrich well connected friends and high-price d lobbyists, but as a defender of fairness and opportunit­y for every single American. That's what this country's been about and that's the kind of president I intend to be" - http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=EEMxfme7O­QI "Meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public, no more secrecy... ..No more secrecy...­.." - http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=ZQbQTrm_p­SA "Clintons did health care the wrong way, behind closed doors": http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=XvyharXBI­0Q http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=CU0m6Rxm9­vU http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=YBtIKgGHY­PQ "The American people are the answer" - http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=b2cvru2TH­-s Obama's Transparen­cy Problem - http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=IODbwOhZY­EM
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Patriot Act Extension Signed By Obama

Candidate Obama Versus President Obama So now let's get to the debate everyone wants to see between the pro-civil liberties "Candidate Obama" and the anti-const­itutional authoritar­ian, President Obama: Senator Obama branded the Patriot Act "shoddy and dangerous" and pledged to end it in 2003. In 2005, he pledged to filibuster the Bush-spons­ored bill, calling them "just plain wrong" in a Senate speech. He argued: "Governmen­t has decided to go on a fishing expedition through every personal record or private document -- through library books they've read and phone calls they've made...We don't have to settle for a Patriot Act that sacrifices our liberties or our safety -- we can have one that secures both." It goes without saying, Obama reneged on those pledges.
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