"I didn't send anyone to Afganistan either so I guess we're both better men than the President."
In fact, you did send men and women to Afghanistan, just as you sent troops to Iraq and Libya. When the persons you voted for (or didn't vote for) do things, good or bad, they do so in your name. THAT is what the Wall Street Occupiers have seen. And that is why they are angry. Remarks like 'he's done more than 99.99% of the people who post to this site' is childish. Yes, Obama has--and he's also done more evil and harm than 99.99% of the people who post to this site. And that's why people are pissed off. The days of
'WE DIDN'T KNOW (Tom Paxton)
"We didn't know", said the bourgomeister, "about the camps on the edge of town It was Hitler and his crew that tore the German nation down. We saw the cattle cars, it's true, and maybe they carried a Jew or two" They woke us up as they rattled through, but what did you expect me to do?"
CHORUS We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing. You can't hold us to blame, what could we do? It was a terrible shame, but we can't bear the blame. Oh, No, not us! We didn't know.
"We didn't know," said the congregation, singing a hymn in their church of white "The Press was full of lies about us, Preacher told us we were right. The outside agitators came, they burned some churches and put the blame On decent southern people's names to set our colored people aflame And maybe some of our boys got hot and a couple of niggers and reds got shot They should have stayed where they belong And Preacher would've told us if we'd done wrong."
"We didn't know," said the puzzled voter, watching the President on TV. "I guess we've got to drop those bombs if we're gonna keep South Asia free. The President's such a peaceful man, I guess he's got some kind of plan. They say we're torturing prisoners of war, but I don't believe that stuff no more Torturing prisoners is a Communist game, and you can bet they're doing the same! I wish this war was over and through, but what do you expect me to do?"
Words and music by Tom Paxton Copyright 1965, United Artists Music Co/EMI'