Matt Bors for August 13, 2014
Transcript:
Homespun Charm Offensive President Barack Obama: Yup. We tortured some folks. President Barack Obama: The NSA's lookin' out for you like a nosy neighbor should. President Barack Obama: Haha! That John Brennan sure can spin a yarn to Congress! President Barack Obama: You can't make a war on terror without breaking a few hundred thousands lives.
It’s not Bush derangement syndrome. Obama is guilty of the NSA spying and his CIA director Brennan did lie to Congress, but the torture WAS under Bush, the NSA spying program started under Bush, the War on Terror was under Bush, and the Bush administration did lie to Congress on a regular basis.
Obama has his issues, but the majority of the issues are due to continuing Bush policies. That doesn’t excuse Obama, but it does mean we shouldn’t be pretending they started with Obama.