Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by GVIrish on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:02PM
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You honestly think that Obama's presidency is what made Trump think it's okay to tweet outrageous stuff and overreact to every perceived slight?
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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by webXL on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:18PM
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To some extent, yes. The base thinks it's fine, and the GP thinks Trump's win was a reaction to Obama. The media loves the tweeting, just like any time they could get Obama to weigh in on the latest racial controversy. So I guess to be fair, the reduction in presidential class is a real team effort!
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by csallen on Friday January 13, 2017 @01:00PM
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Trump's tweets/statements are an order of magnitude more extreme and more frequent than anything we've ever seen. He's also a grown man who's responsible for his own actions, so blaming the media and blaming Obama seems quite partisan. Nobody is making him do anything.
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by webXL on Friday January 13, 2017 @05:22PM
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Nobody is making the media publish every tweet either. It's a symbiotic relationship.
> He's also a grown man who's responsible for his own actions, so blaming...
There's blame to go around. The electorate is ultimately responsible for putting this tweeting extremist in the White House, and if you compare Obama's statements and actions compared to past presidents, then you could say that the "class bar" was lowered enough to where Trump was electable.