Obama’s Path From Critic to Overseer of Spying

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by vienna

Not all that unusual: the history of the office of President is rife with changes of position by officeholders once they are sworn in as President. This is true of both parties. Sometimes it is a case of deliberate deception on the part of the candidate pre-election, but in many cases, the change results from a sudden awareness of actual situations faced once one sits in the Oval Office. It is one thing to criticize the person in office while campaigning or make unknowledgeable promises based on perceptions; once faced with the facts, limitations, or aspects hidden, for one reason or another from public knowledge (or sometimes from the actual Presidents themselves), not to mention the myriad of political cosiderations, the old saw of "the best laid plans" has a harsher ring of truth. I have often tried to imagine what it must be like to be a newly elected President and get the first official status briefings from the various Cabinet members, Department chiefs, national security/military chiefs, etc. Imagim=ne the things the new President hears we have no concept of...


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I don't buy that. I think any one with common sense knows a lot is going on behind the scenes and pretty much what is going on, most us average types can figure that much. I think he preached a hard party line to get in office and knew he would play the game in office. It's pure politics, say one thing, do another. We all knew Bush was doing a lot of spying and why he was, but the fact is Obama expanded it more to spy on Americans than the enemy.