# Why aren't Progressives questioning the legality & morality of Obama's drone targeting policy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 11, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-progressives-questioning-the-legality-morality-of-obamas-drone-targeting-policy/652659 "2013-03-11T22:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-progressives-questioning-the-legality-morality-of-obamas-drone-targeting-policy/652659/39 "2013-03-12T14:07:05Z")
To add another ingredient to the soup, one small reason I have not been more vocal on my opposition to this administrations policies in the arena is because Obama has been attacked on EVERYTHING. Nothing he does, even when the idea originally came from a Republican, is acceptable to the _loyal opposition_. As a centrist, civil libertarian, I find many of Obama’s policies to be just as bad as the previous administration and i am not happy about it, but the party of no has pretty much lost all my support these days and last election (for the first time ever) I voted straight D party ticket. Until the Republicans regain some sanity and stop being pandering assholes, I am going to give Obama a pass on many of his activities… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-progressives-questioning-the-legality-morality-of-obamas-drone-targeting-policy/652659)._