Exactly.
It's astounding how many people don't understand this.
The fucking idiots keep on pointing their fingers at the politicians though. While the real shot callers just sit in the background.
Yep, just like Cartel pointed out. Obama talked about repealing the Patriot Act, and ending the war in Iraq.
Obama probably wanted to (and planed on) doing just that as president. Problem is, it wasn't in the plans.
Bush campaigned as a small government, no nation building conservative. Wasn't in the plans either, look what he did.
Ron Paul could even be president, and I imagine we'd be going down the exact same path. If he resisted, he'd be taken care of.