If they're going to manipulate us into voting for them, I'd like them to be held accountable differently for things they told us they "intend to do" compared to things they told us they "promised to do".
Well, there is a problem with that. In searching for a "Promise" quote, I kept seeing this:
"Under an Obama presidency, Americans will be able to leave behind the era of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and "wiretaps without warrants,"
No mention of a promise. On top of that, warrants were issued. You can argue the merits of the warrants themselves, but it wasn't warrantless.
Now, if I missed a quote, please share. =) But, going by what little research I did, he never used the word promise, and did make sure to have warrants.
That what he did and what we wanted him to do diverged is surely an issue. But we aren't anywhere better.
I don't like any of this, but I also don't think it's as black and white as some make it out. How do you balance what you want to do with what is best for the country? Do you sacrifice your own honor to save lives? Maybe he didn't save any lives. But maybe he came into a situation where the intelligence community told him if he shut down the program like he'd intended, it would cost X dollars and cost Y years of intelligence gathering and putting us behind.
I'm not prepared to pass judgement. I don't like it, but I don't think we know the whole story yet.
If they're going to manipulate us into voting for them, I'd like them to be held accountable differently for things they told us they "intend to do" compared to things they told us they "promised to do".