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In reply to the discussion: WHY CAN'T PRESIDENT OBAMA GET ANYTHING DONE!!?1!! [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)93. The vast majority of betrayals on this list
had nothing to do with Republican obstructionism:
Corporate and bank-cozy appointments, over and over again, including major appointments like:
A serial defender of corrupt bankers for the SEC; the architect of "Kill Lists" and supporter of torture, drone wars, and telecom immunity for the CIA; and a Monsanto VP who has lied and been involved in extremely disturbing claims regarding food safety for the FDA. An Attorney General who has not prosecuted a single large bank but wages war against medical marijuana users and *for* strip searches and warrantless surveillance of Americans. And let's not forget Tim Geithner.Bailouts and settlements for corrupt banks (with personal pressure from Obama to attorneys general to approve them),
Refusal by Obama's DOJ to prosecute even huge, egregious examples of bank fraud (i.e, HSBC)
signing NDAA to allow indefinite detention,
"Kill lists" and claiming of the right to assassinate even American citizens without trial
Expansion of wars into several new countries
A renewed public advocacy for the concept of preemptive war
Drone campaigns in multiple countries with whom we are not at war
Proliferation of military drones in our skies
Federal targeting of Occupy for surveillance and militarized response to peaceful protesters
Fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for warrantless surveillance
Fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for strip searches for any arrestee
Supporting and signing Internet-censoring and privacy-violating measures like ACTA
Support for corporate groping and naked scanning of Americans seeking to travel
A new, massive spy center for warrantless access to Americans' phone calls, emails, and internet use
Support of legislation to legalize massive surveillance of Americans
Militarized police departments, through federal grants
Marijuana users and medical marijuana clinics under assault,
Skyrocketing of the budget for prisons.
Failing to veto a bipartisan vote in Congress to gut more financial regulations.
Passionate speeches and press conferences promoting austerity for Americans
Bush tax cuts extended for billionaires, them much of it made permanent
Support for the payroll tax holiday, tying SS to the general fund
Support for the vicious chained CPI cut in Social Security and benefits for the disabled
Social security, Medicare, and Medicaid offered up as bargaining chips in budget negotiations, with No mention of cutting corporate welfare or the military budget
Advocacy of multiple new free trade agreements, including The Trans-Pacific, otherwise known as "NAFTA on steroids."
Support of drilling, pipelines, and selling off portions of the Gulf of Mexico
Corporate education policy including high stakes corporate testing and closures of public schools
Entrenchment of exorbitant for-profit health insurance companies into healthcare, through mandate
Legal assault on union rights of hundreds of thousands of federal workers
New policies of targeting children and first responders in drone campaigns,
New policies of awarding medals for remote drone attacks,
Appointment of private prison executives to head the US Marshal's office
Massive escalation of federal contracts for private prisons under US Marshall's office
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Then run someone as a Rpublican and primary the current office holder. At least make him face a
kelliekat44
May 2013
#62
I don't agree with pressing blame in this case....it achieves nothing. What's done is done.
Sheepshank
May 2013
#17
Handing anything to the GOP, anything at any time by flaking out...is so not a viable option.
Sheepshank
May 2013
#12
But the list of things that could have been accomplished within the administration without
JDPriestly
May 2013
#56
I thought he had a majority in the house a while back. So what would be the dif now?
L0oniX
May 2013
#27
...and because not enough Democrats showed up in 2010, the result thus being the GOP takeover.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#26
No such thing happened on the West Coast. Oregon set midterm turnout records in 2010
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#80
Then explain to me why Russ Feingold lost? Your theory doesn't hold up in all instances.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#81
Oh, I will vote, I will donate money, I will probably even work for a campaign or two.
MadHound
May 2013
#42
Well, that is really up to the Democratic party and its candidate now, isn't it?
MadHound
May 2013
#50
Nope...you are barking up the wrong tree...my insinations are in your own mind
Sheepshank
May 2013
#73
That's right If the 2nd Amendment stands then so should the simple majority to pass a bill No 2/3 bs
judesedit
May 2013
#48
You cannot fix shit! This will continue until we take campaign money out of the picture and fund
Dustlawyer
May 2013
#54
Finally, someone who gets it! They cannot see the forest through the trees!
Dustlawyer
May 2013
#109
Because he did not pressure Harry Reid to kill the fillibuster. Or, bring it as an issue to
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#58
1) Offer Lieberman a cabinet post (or, use your intel to figure out what he wants and then get it)
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#98
Not buying it. Obama is a skilled political operative who can figure out how to manipulate one
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#115
I think Job ONE is to get more Democrats elected. ESPECIALLY at the state level.
calimary
May 2013
#64
I am with you about fighting tooth and nail in 2014 and I will once again be manning the phones
rhett o rick
May 2013
#83
Maybe you should read past the subject line. I don't think the OP is 'anti Obama'.
randome
May 2013
#88
He's going to get the Social Security cuts done. As soon as the Repubs stop blocking him.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#90
The only real way to move forward and address our challenges is to remove the
spicegal
May 2013
#101