Hearing that Obama bypassed Congress to approve the ACTA just makes me.....so fucking mad. The same president who sat there and acted like he couldn't do shit during the debt crisis but sit on his hands....decides to act unilaterally over this?
I'm seriously considering not voting in this election now. SOPA, PIPA and now ACTA (not to mention NDAA), every chance Obama has had to show he stands with the rights of the common person over the power of business and government, he's chosen to side with more powerful interests.
I really cannot conscious casting my vote for a president who is that deep into the pocket of business, or has so little respect for the magnitude of changes they're trying to foist on people. This is equally as bad as what Bush did all throughout his presidency. I've been on the fence for a long time about Obama, questioning whether I can continue to vote for him despite him doing things I find absolutely appalling. The threat of a Republican president is scary, but right now, Obama is actually doing things that scare me, rather than candidates who scare me with the things that they might do. So while I've been planning to vote for Obama along purely party lines....I think ACTA finally tears it. He wants to bypass Congress' ability to disagree with ACTA completely, and there are FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS HE SHOULD DONE THAT ON ALREADY.