Obama Therapy!!! Ok...name 2 things you like, and 2 things you don't.

[Thickasabrick]

I'll go first. This is therapy, it will be good.

I like environmental reversals he has made thus far, Yucca Mtn, etc., and I like the stimulus plan.

I don't like Timmeh and I don't like the plans for a surge in Afghanistan.

Come on....give it a shot.

[Skittles]

1. I like his reversal of the stem cell research

and the fact that when he speaks he does not embarrass America - I dislike the fact he has not immediately made plans to hold bush inc accountable for their crimes and the lip service he has given gay folk

[dkf]

2. I love stem cells and the focus on alternative energy.

Don't like the lack of personnel at Treasury and the perpetual campaign.

[ErinBerin84]

3. ok

Things I like : the budget (and I like Orzack a lot so far) and his reaching out to the Muslim world in a pretty impressive way so far.

Things I don't like: I don't trust his economic advisors to guard the henhouse, and I'm weary of some of his education plans/charter schools.

[msongs]

4. great personality, intelligent, overturning bush policies (oops that's 3)...

- Us military is by far the biggest component of the upcoming budget
- wants to give our hard earned money to corporate thieves and liars instead of letting evolution get rid of the weak and stupid amongst the corporations.

Msongs

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. I love that he is human. I love that he is the anti-Bush.

I can't say what I don't like yet, because he has had a ridiculously short time to do his work in a very hostile environment with a rabidly negative media.

So, no therapy needed for me really - just chilling out while these nearly impossible problems get worked out.

[FLyellowdog]

6. Hmmm.

I like his reversal on stem cell research and his support of better health care for our veterans.
I don't like that he's reluctant to move ahead on prosecution of people in the Bush administration and that he hasn't gotten the dog yet.

[ruggerson]

7. I like the stem cell EO

I like the stimulus package.

I don't like his asking for a "study" on DADT. 80% of the American people support getting rid of it. He needs to grow a set.

[camera obscura]

8. I like the increased funding for VA, I like the commitment to women's rights.

I don't like the adherence to neoliberal economic orthodoxy or various screw-ups in the cabinet picks.

[AlCzervik]

9. Closing GITMO, that's a big one for me, and stem cell reversal.

2 things i don't like- Rick Warren and his ilk being given a platform.

[Thickasabrick]

10. Thank you all for participating. This is turning into a "crib sheet" for me

I forget all of the good things he has already done in such a short time. Thanks for the reminders!

[Marrah_G]

11. Okay

I like his plans regarding foreign policy.

I like his ideas in regards to alternative energies/science/stem cells, etc.

I dislike his actions/views in regards to equal rights for the GBLT community.

I dislike him embracing the bigoted and extremists in the Religious Right.

[960]

12. I'm going to do 3 & 3.

Environmental Reversals
Stem Cell research reversals
UN Gay Rights declaration

continually giving bigots and corporatists a platform and a seat at the table
backtracking on Iraq withdrawal timetable
backtracking on DATD promises

[Mz Pip]

13. I love it that he is

willing to meet with people who are not pre screened in a public setting. I like his approach to science.

Not convinced Afghanistan is a good idea. I'll wait and see before I pass judgment on this. If we are just there to root out Al Qaeda and keep the Taliban from reeking havoc that's one thing. Taking over the country and installing a govenment that suits us at the point of a gun would not be good. I don't like it that he is even engaging Rush Limbaugh. Rush isn't worth his energy.

[LakeSamish706]

14. I like the fact that he is our President vs GW Bush, and that he is open to...

talking about his mistakes. I don't like the fact that he might be standing in the way of justice with respect to the previous Administration. Don't have a second I don't like.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

15. I like that he's returned Science to its rightful place. I like his budget.

I dislike his attempts to coddle Wall Street. I dislike religion in the WH.

[empyreanisles]

16. I like mostly everything so far, but the big thing for me is Afghanistan.

I think we should cut our losses and leave that region. I am hoping, at the very least, that he comes out with a plan that dramatically reduces our presence there in the near future. A dream for me would be a pullout all together. We can get back at Bin Laden by living our lives with freedom and prosperity. Let him die alone in his cave.

[Thickasabrick]

18. We have similar wishes - thank you and welcome!!

[LakeSamish706]

19. Yep, Afghanistan I agree totally on that... We need to get out of there now...

And take all of our UN people with us.

[Danger Mouse]

17. There are two people specifically that I would like to see post in this thread.

:hi:

[Jennicut]

27. LOL...that would be impossible and we all know it.

I like that Obama is generally unruffled and cool calm and collected. I like that he likes to get out of Washington and stay in touch with the American people.

I dislike Josh Du Bois and his faith office. I dislike the fact that he allowed Rick Warren to speak at his inauguration.

[Number23]

29. Names, please!

:)

[Danger Mouse]

30. Calling out is against DU rules.

:)

[FrenchieCat]

20. Gee, this is going to be hard for me.....

Love his 2010 Budget, appointment for Drug Czar (campaign promise fulfilled for Fed not to go after medical marijuana), Gates cutting a dozen Defense weapons projects, his outreach to the ME (along with not kissing Israel's ass hard to date), and endorsing the U.N. Gay Rights Declaration.

I don't think he has moved hard enough on some of the DOJ cases that started pre his administration. I'd rather have no leaks on some of the announcements he makes before he makes them (the element of surprise is totally absent, and everybody and his mother has something to say before most announcements are formalized-I prefer to see the critics tied tongue while they think about the proposals), and I would have preferred less outrage on the bonuses, because that was a bogus fabrication by the media (which is why they were all smiling last week) after Santelli failed...cause the bonus issue was old, except that the media made it new.

[Thickasabrick]

25. I know that was hard for you. Thank you FrenchieCat!

:hi:

[Usrename]

21. The good things - he is very charismatic and a strong leader.

The bad things - he is very charismatic and a strong leader.

[Thickasabrick]

23. LOL....awesome.

:hi:

[Wwagsthedog]

22. Likes - Willingness to be proactive with the financial crises and

His efforts to engage other countries in diplomacy.

Dislikes - His allowing the military-industrial complex to continue on its way unabated then any war wherever it may be. We need to withdraw all our military from overseas with the exception of Marines who guard embassies and consulates. No more war! Just think how much money that would save. Universal health care anyone?

[GiveMeFreedom]

24. OK, *Laying down on couch*

I love that he is a Democrat in the White House.

I like that he values Science.

I don't like the way the bailout is being handled.

I don't like George Bush any more than he does.

[sandnsea]

26. Lifting the global gag rule, and his wife

I don't like that he gets so much done and manages to take a vacation most week-ends too. And I don't like that he let them take the wolves off the endangered species lift without making sure they wouldn't be hunted.

[Number23]

28. I love that this man is willing to sit down and talk with ANYONE.

That is truly the sign of a great man. Of a great person. The fact that Obama has shown himself willing and able to sit down, talk to and/or engage everyone of all stripes is one of his most fantastic qualities.

I also love that he is so calm and so very intelligent. And I think that his stimulus plan is exactly as bold and aggressive as it needs to be. I also like his reversals on the UN statement of gay persecution and on stem cell research. And I adore his wife. (Okay that's way more than 2) :)

I don't like some of his appointments (Hillary as SoS. I was so pulling for Susan Rice) and I do wish that there was a way to get the troops out of Iraq much sooner. It is taking forever to end something that should never have begun.