• RunningInRVA
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    6 months ago

    Congress extended it. Obama simply didn’t veto it. Perhaps that makes him complicit but it sailed through the Senate in a 67-32 vote which is likely to never happen ever again and a veto would only get overridden by Congress, which makes a President appear weak.

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      6 months ago

      No perhaps. He spoke against. Under his presidency the added rolling phone taps. That is just as bad as W. I guess he is a little better because he didn’t lie about an attack on America to pass it.

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        6 months ago

        What would you have liked him to do in order to stop it from passing?

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            6 months ago

            67-32

            A veto wouldn’t have made a difference.

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              6 months ago

              Actually, you can, but they can send it right back overriding his veto.

              It would be an empty gesture

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              Yes you can. They have an opportunity to override afterwards, but the veto both signals the President’s opposition and gives members a chance to change their vote.