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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton on Iraq vote: ‘I still got it wrong. Plain and simple.’ [View all]johnlucas
(1,250 posts)I had fun with that post.
ELECTION SPOILER: Obama wins in a LANDSLIDE
Yeah it's no wonder Hillary lost to him in 2008.
Obama was destined. Can't beat that.
He IS the transformative President.
You read this 2008 article from Salon & it becomes clearer to you.
Obama and the dawn of the Fourth Republic
After his Presidency, the way the political structure in this country works will be realigned & redesigned.
Even when he's not pushing for anything, just him being in office is causing things to change before your eyes.
Do you REALLY think we would see marijuana decriminalized without him being in office?
As soon as Obama said that gays should have the right to marry, opposition to gay marriage collapsed.
That's why you're seeing all of these gay marriage bans overturned by higher courts.
He got in a national health care plan when nobody else could do it.
He destroyed the image of Democratic Presidents being weak on defense when he got Bin Laden & when he arranged the Somalian pirates takedown.
No more Dukakis caricatures you'll see from Republicans on this issue.
Yet he also doesn't lead with the sword pumping up new wars instead pushing diplomacy first.
My beef with Obama is that he doesn't do enough with the obvious power he possesses.
He can transform the nation ENTIRELY on every level & I know he has the power to do it.
All he has to do is say it & it will come into action.
That bullshit about 'my position is evolving' on the gay issue.
I knew he was bullshitting from day one on that.
He was playing political games sort of like Lincoln on the slavery issue before he got into office.
As soon as he said itright in front of gay Robin Roberts no lessthe gay marriage debate crumbled overnight.
He can do this with so many other issues just lightly using that bully pulpit of his.
Why won't he change the narrative on the tax issue by putting the burden of taxes back on the rich where it belongs?
They have been passing off their responsibility to the so-called Middle Class for over 30 years now.
Even world's richest man Warren Buffett came out & said the tax rates are unfair for the non-rich.
The lowest you should go should be 50%.
Why won't he speak up for net neutrality?
He spoke up for equal pay for women instantly & got the Lilly Ledbetter act passed.
Obama speaks with the necessary moral edge that can transform how the entire country operates.
America can be an example to be proud of instead of a place where the people have to distance themselves from their government.
I hope in the last 2 years of his Presidency after we run these Republicans out of the House in 2014, he will lay the groundwork for the Progressive arc that will sustain for the next 4 decades.
Hillary will follow right behind him & extend that further.
These measures from Barack & Hillary will absolutely DESTROY the Republican Party.
And folks here who lament over the Democratic Party being pulled to the so-called "Right" need to understand that if you destroy that Republican magnet, then the pull will be over.
It ain't gonna get any better until that organizing body known as the Republican Party is destroyed.
That scatters the coalition & weakens their ability to influence policy.
With them gone, the national discussion can become reasonable again.
We'll see how Hillary acts once she gets in office.
Obama set the tone & transformed the country.
Hillary's job is to extend the effects of this transformation.
By 2024, we won't be humoring gun nuts bringing AK-47s to public places & idiotic governors denying their own citizens Medicare expansions.
The one thing I can say about either of them is I don't have to be embarrassed when my President is on the world stage.
Bush Jr. was embarrassing in everything he did.
John Lucas