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lunatica

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3. So?

Reply to craigmatic (Reply #2)

Wed May 9, 2012, 05:24 PM

May 2012

When you're President of ALL Americans no matter what party they belong to then pevery single move you make is political. It can't be helped nor can it be done in any different way.

What his personal opinions are is really secondary. He has to govern for all of us at the same time. I would hazard a guess that he was pressured by most Americans to say what he said today. Just like LBJ was pressured to sign the Civil Rights Act. This is how human rights get enacted every single time. Pressure from the people.

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Maybe I'm cynical but I think he thought this way all along just by looking at his own expeariences craigmatic May 2012 #2

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