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Politics
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Miscellaneous
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Fine.
But to Obama there is someone/something higher than us to whom he answers to. Maybe that's a good thing.


>Why not simply promising to the citizens? It's them who put him there, so it's to them that he have to be accountable.
>
>>To whom are they making the promising to?
>>Maybe some believe that they answer to a higher authority than the Constitution if they break their promise to do their best.
>>
>>I think It's all matter of trying to be accountable to someone higher than ourselves.
>>I bet way back when it all started, swearing on the Bible had more significant meaning, like you're promisng God you'll do your best.
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville

No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)
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