"Obama Doing What Obama Does" But dammit, is he doing it right?

[babylonsister]

First off, he's our president! How cool is that?


Yea, yea, he sucks, he's not doing the right thing, he's moving too fast, he's moving too slow, he's not talking to this one, the rethugs hate him, the Europeans love him, he's calling that one, blah blah blah.

He's doing something, lots of things, and they just might be working. The fact that someone is doing something tickles me pink!

[snowbear]

1. He's so hot, it should be illegal..

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http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/06/25/obama_wideweb__470x437,0.jpg

And yeah. He knows how to do it right. All of it!

[babylonsister]

4. I just was thinking about a DUer, and I forgot your new name.

Hi! And :fistbump: Your lessons won't be forgotten. I am happy so far.

And PS, he is damned hot! His feel for what not to do is impressive to me. He's playing a lot of this by ear, but he's getting it right.

[FrenchieCat]

10. He's got big ears, to better to hears us......

But the status quo is not ready for Change....
one can see that by the media attacks that are coming furiously from many directions.
I think that is the only way they can try to bring him down,
by eroding at his base via a multitude of directions/issues,
and leaving him with less of a mandate on various issues.
Because they can't just come out against everything, as that would look obvious....
instead, there are a lot of unsourced, unnamed, misleading information being put out there,
by our lying media, which includes what some call MSM; as they are after all Status Quo.
The same media that lies to us just about every day, day in, day out.

[PearliePoo2]

30. I just LOVE this picture!

He's so HOT these women can hardly stand it! (and Pres knows it too..check out his eyes and the little sly grin..ha!)
The Sergeant on the right can barely hold still. Yup....what were seeing here is pure honest excitement and unabashed GLEE.
Damn it's all good.
:P

[opihimoimoi]

2. Right or wrong, he is the Man for the nx 4 yrs...He should get our support...not sniping at him

and the Dem Party...

The Pubs reveal their selfishness and poor charactor when abstaining support....

Negativity in these times is NOT APPRECIATED....

[MercutioATC]

5. Ummm...didn't we do the exact same thing to Bush for 8 years?

"Right or wrong, he is the Man for the nx 4 yrs...He should get our support

I don't remember that sentiment when Bush was "the Man"...and you're going to criticize Repubs for acting the same?


That said, it's our responsibility to speak out when we feel the actions of anybody, even the President, are not in the best interest of the country. "He sucks" doesn't accomplish anything, but an honest running critique of Obama's decisions is both valuable and necessary.

[babylonsister]

6. We NEVER did that, because he was never 'the man'. I didn't anyway. nt

[MercutioATC]

7. He got sworn in....twice. That kinda made him the man.

I was responding to the post that claimed (summarized) that the President should get our support, not our criticism and further found fault with Republicans for not supporting Obama.

I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy of that view.

[snowbear]

8. But there were actual reasons for not supporting their pick..

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And we'd be here for weeks if we tried to list them all..

[babylonsister]

9. OK. He was NEVER my man. EVER. I hated the SOB, and do moreso now.

Just had to get that out. :fistbump:

[MercutioATC]

11. Fine, but a lot of Repubs feel the same way about Obama.

...and to defend our criticism of Bush while calling their criticism of Obama "selfish" is childish.

[snowbear]

12. A lot of rTHUGS also like Obama

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Maybe not turtle face McConnell or "3-packs a day Boehner"..



But a hell of a lot of John Q. Public Republicans still support our president.

The pundits, the faux media and the elected dimwits don't matter.

[MercutioATC]

14. Is everybody here drunk or just tired?

I didn't say that ALL Repubs hated Obama.

The point remains. We spent 8 years picking Bush apart. To suggest that Repubs are "selfish" for doing the same to Obama is hypocritical.

[snowbear]

15. Good grief..

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[MercutioATC]

17. Ok, drunk.

...because you're sure as hell not making any sense.

[snowbear]

18. Nope Merc.. You're just trying to insist that we all agree with you..

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And it ain't gonna happen.

DU'ers aren't intoxicated simply because they don't agree with everything MercutioATC says.

[MercutioATC]

19. Never suggested they had to.

All you've really contributed to the conversation is pointing out that not ALL Republicans hate Obama. You're correct.

Are you really going to tell me that you feel that Repubs who criticize Obama are just being "selfish" in light of the fact that we spent 8 years criticizing Bush? Isn't is more realistic (and mature) to admit that they're doing exactly what we did...they just have different political views?

[Politicalboi]

20. 8 years compared to

7 and a half weeks. And an election decided by the Supreme Court. And election irregularities in 04. We had more of a right to complain about Bush. He cheated.

[MercutioATC]

21. I give up.

Nobody here is capable of following a single line of discussion.

I honestly regret my attempt to make a logical statement.

[snowbear]

22. Isn't it like 3:00 a.m. in Ohio?

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Get some rest and try again tomorrow...

[MercutioATC]

23. 4:00, actually...but I work an unusual schedule.

Regardless, you're right. People are free to view a situation however they choose.

My frustration with extreme views is my issue.

[snowbear]

24. Good..

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Then we can go to bed and still be friends in the morning..
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Wait..

That may not have come out right?

[opihimoimoi]

13. There is a HUGH DIFF between the two situations....We now have a NATIONAL CRISIS on our hands....

During Bushies time...he was doing things NOT of the GENERAL INTEREST but of SELF INTEREST....

President Obama is doing his best for ALL OF US....COUNTRY FIRST is REAL with him....not so w Bush...

[MercutioATC]

16. Like two office towers blowing up, two wars, and an economy going to hell?

Oh wait, those were Bush's two terms.

Actually, times of crisis are when many big decisions are made. That's the MOST important time to be vocal about what you feel the government is doing right or wrong.

Your passion is evident...but there are millions of Americans who felt the same passion for Bush - and feel equally negative emotions toward Obama.

Saying that we're right because...erm..."we're right" is just infantile.

[amandabeech]

25. You're dealing with really, really young people.

"He's hot!!!" "How cool is that?"

I agree with you, but then, I'm really middle aged and I have my own criticisms of the new President even though I got out there and phone banked for him.

[MercutioATC]

26. I'm only 41....I didn't think I was THAT out of touch.

...but, apparently, you're right.

:)

[amandabeech]

27. It's not about being out of touch.

It's about having out grown "Tiger Beat" magazine or it's present day equivalent.

Some of us do it when we're twelve, but some of us take considerably longer.

[MercutioATC]

29. I get you.

I think it's all about perspective...and that's difficult to gain without some life experience. I love my girlfriend to death and she's very intelligent but she's quite a bit younger than me and we occasionally have "perspective" issues.

Thanks for the encouraging words :)

[amandabeech]

31. Any time! n/t

[HysteryDiagnosis]

32. In order for him to be the man, he would have had to have been

elected. This simply was not the case. He was selected.

www.unprecedented.org

[Political Tiger]

3. As far as I am concerned

President Obama is doing right and he's doing it right and he's alright with me! :)

[obiwan]

28. Define "doing it right".

[Beacool]

33. Too soon to tell.

Ask me a year from now. Two months in office is not enough time to assess any presidency.

:shrug:

[Marrah_G]

34. I like some of the things he does.

Other things I don't like so much.

This is an improvement of the last resident of the White House with whom I never agreed.

[Bluenorthwest]

35. Yeah, well I don't like hearing that

theives who brought our nation to its knees deserve great rewards from taxpayer money, while teachers need to be held to the fire of inspection and vetted for 'merit'. I do not like bandits being protected as useful and righteous people whose 'talent' must be retained, while hearing that GLBT people are just not good enough to have equal rights, according to some God who thinks theft is to be rewarded, but love is to be punished. What God is that? Which one teaches that criminals should get a bonus, but families should get oppressed?
Sick of the double standard Republican method of morality, which is thus: speak out against gay people while aiding and abetting great fraud. Speak out against working people like teachers, while giving cover and large checks to crooks, goniffs, theives, highwaymen, robbers, villians, criminals and conmen. Sorry, but I just do not see any of this as decent. Accountability for innocent Americans, bonus pay for the guilty. Not my sort of ethics.