re: #191 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

I do think that the domestic surveillance argument largely got dropped by the left, and that this is to some extent hypocritical.

I’m not sure that’s entirely true - to the extent that “the left” exists in America it seems fairly clear that they oppose the decision and indeed the Obama administration’s policy here. For example:

dailykos.com

motherjones.com

However, one of the main arguments against the expansion of powers was “Once expanded, these will be very hard to get rid of.” I certainly blame Obama for making the problem somewhat worse, but I really doubt he would have come up with any of this on his own.

Pretty much how I feel about it.