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let's say obama is as great as some of you think.

is he so great that you're ok with him spying on your emails and tapping your phones? because he supports fisa, the bill that allows the government to do just that. of course, he opposed it until he secured the nomination, then switched his position totally.

is he so great that you're willing to follow him into a war with iran? after all, he told aipac that he'd be willing to initiate hostilities in iran to protect israel and prevent iran from having any nuclear capabilities.

this isn't about whether obama is good or bad, but whether any person is good enough to wield this kind of power over our lives. i don't care how enlightened he is; i don't recognize his right to rule me or any of you. he may be a good man, but no man is good enough to rule another.

but more than that, i hate to see deep, thoughtful people like you all place your hopes in an external agent. if this country needs change, why not be it yourself? why engage another to do it for you, and simply entrust him with the most power of any person on the planet? surely there is a spiritual role for obama, but it doesn't involve telling others what to do, or using violence or espionage against them.