Be Honest. Obama has taken to the Presidency Like a Duck To Water

[Solomon]

It's rare to see someone so well-suited to a particular job.

[SeaLyons]

1. Wholeheartedly Agree!!!

I think he's doing a great job.

:bounce:

[TheDebbieDee]

2. Pres. O. has only been in office 12 weeks, but I'd swear

that this man was BORN to be President.

To me, it seems as though he is the RIGHT man at the RIGHT time, after 8 years of W. idiocy.

He's definitely a bridge-builder, not a bridge burner.

[Captain Hilts]

4. I think it's a young man's job. He's got the right attitude.

I think Hillary would be good too, but I think he's doing well and has the right temperament for the job.

[SharonAnn]

51. I agree. Born to be president!

[Captain Hilts]

3. He really wanted it. Gore didn't. GWB didn't. Kerry didn't. Obama did.

So'd Hillary.

It's good to be a Democrat.

[MessiahRp]

6. I don't believe for a second that Kerry and Gore didn't want to be President

But they also didn't have 8 years of President Fuckup making the path any easier for them either. For Kerry, had Katrina/Bush's Response happened before the '04 election, we'd have been in his second term.

Rp

[Captain Hilts]

7. I think Kerry wanted it, but not enough people wanted it for him. He didn't generate...

intensity.

[MessiahRp]

8. I think he was the victim of three things...

1. A corrupt voting system rigged so that he would lose, particularly in Ohio where they had the Chair of the Bush Campaign in Ohio as the Secretary of State in charge of the elections there.

2. A fairly new war that hadn't been completely proven to be a boondoggle yet and a compliant media still working on its behalf.

3. A lot of Democratic Insiders working on Hillary '08 and not wanting John Kerry to be elected. There is no bigger traitor than James Carville.

Rp

[Captain Hilts]

10. Aren't conspiracy theories fun?

[MessiahRp]

15. Which part of what I said was a "conspiracy theory"?

Since almost all of this has been documented pretty thoroughly on DU I find that statement to be a bit obtuse.

Rp

[goclark]

37. James is a puppet

He knows he works for his ugly wife.

[politicasista]

18. You don't need to slam Gore and Kerry just to praise Obama and Hillary

Obama is president.

Gore is a strong environmental activist.

Kerry is a strong senator with an independent voice.

Hillary is now Secretary of State.


In addition to Obama's political skills, because of them and what they went through, we have President Obama.

They are all working hard and we need to move on from who wanted more than who. That talk only helps the GOP.

Again, let's move on.

[phleshdef]

24. I think GWB DID want it. The difference is. Obama has the right intentions.

[politicasista]

25. Yes he does

At least President Obama shows a lot of respect for his fellow dems than most here do.

Why people feel the need to dump on good people to praise our president is mind-boggling. Why did Gore and Kerry do to Obama and Hillary? :shrug:

[SharonAnn]

52. Nah. I think Rove really wanted GWB to be president. GWB just wanted to win;.

He's competitive and he'll do anything to win, even cheat. And that showed up in the presidential election.

I don't think he really wanted the work of being president, just the "adulation".

[mwei924]

53. They all wanted it otherwise they wouldn't have gone through over a year of endless campaigning.

..but obviously not everyone can get it and very few are actually good at it.

Gore and Kerry wanted to be President. Maybe even more than Obama because they were expecting to be "next in line". They just weren't very good at campaigning.

[Voice for Peace]

5. Agree.

[Solomon]

9. Whether you agree with him or not, the man is definitely

capable.

On reflection, it's precisely because he's so capable that the right-wing is organizing so much hate.

Yesterday a caller on Hannity's radio show (yes I'm enjoying the shadenfreud) read a statement she had prepared about how Obama was destroying America and at the end her voice got shaky and she said, " Sean I just want to cry". And I yelled out, "please, please, cry for everybody, please let me hear you cry". LOL And I felt no guilt over wanting to hear their "pain".

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. "Like a duck to water"?

I'd prefer that the water that this duck inherited wasn't the polluted mess that his predecessor left. The fact that he's comfortable with it gives me some distress.

Habeas Corpus seems like a really good idea, until you're the one who must "produce the body".

[WI_DEM]

12. Basically he is the same guy he was during the campaign "no drama Obama"

He is supremely self confident without being arrogant, and he knows who he is and what he wants to do. It shows thru.

[uponit7771]

13. ...and seems to be enjoying what he's doing to some degree.

[Puzzler]

14. Ditto!

.

[Laelth]

16. Opinion contained in sig. line. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[BlooInBloo]

34. :))))))

[Cha]

17. President Obama had a strong foundation

made of reality to build on and it's only getting stronger.

[butterfly77]

19. Correct!

[Raffi Ella]

20. SERIOUSLY!

He's so calm, cool and collected and that smile is ever present. I can't even verbalize how it feels to have a Democrat in office -FINALLY! But to have a Barack Obama in office is almost too good to be true.

I LOVE My President! :dem:

[Demi_Babe]

21. totally agree

[Turborama]

22. K&R

He certainly seems born for this particular post.

[Peacetrain]

23. Yes he has!! Been very gratifying

[Top Cat]

26. I agree......

[ClayZ]

27. He is the best!

K and R

[saltpoint]

28. Voters got it right this time. And not a moment too soon.

Recommended.

[BlooInBloo]

31. Americans can always be counted upon to do the right thing...

After they've exhausted every other alternative.

-Winston Churchill

[saltpoint]

32. Hey there. A good Tuesday evening to ya.

Churchill could do the hard-hitting addage about as well as anybody.

But we Americans are learning. We're still young punks, really, but we're getting better. I think Al Gore and John Kerry deservd far better than they got.

But Dubya's out of the White House and we got us a real good man in there now, with a great First Lady, two up-and-comin' younguns, and a cute dog to boot.

Not bad for mid-April!

[BlooInBloo]

29. Wish I had been for him from the get-go instead of Edwards. (No knock on Edwards.)

[saltpoint]

33. I'm a deep-boned pro-Labor voter and loved John Edwards, still do, and

don't hold his erotic extra-marital adventures against him.

We had 8 good folks running for office. I did prefer some over others but would have given heart and soul to whichever prevailed.

The stakes are always high and higher still after 8 years of lying and thievery by Bush / Cheney / Rice / et al.

When Obama destroyed HClinton in the Wisconsin primary, I knew it was over. Carter only barely defeated Mo Udall in Wisconsin in the 1976 primary and then went on to win the nom. Obama won in a landslide in Wisconsin.

I love seeing you on these boards, BlooInBloo.

[BlooInBloo]

35. :) Good to see you again, too. And yup, a deep bench was our greatest strength....

Back to work for me. (holds nose)

[mkultra]

46. I feel the same way

I personally enjoy the thought of erotic extra-marital adventures. Beside that, i love edwards. Now i love Obama too.

[firedupdem]

30. K&R... n/t

[960]

36. Unfortunately, you're right. I just wanted someone who would help

clean up that toxic water rather than just swim in it.

[soulcore]

38. He sure has!

It took almost no time at all to start shitting on the constitution and helping the rich get richer, just like his predecessor!


Habeus Corpus? What's that? So much for that whole constituional law scholar thing....

[Solomon]

40. Damn. What took you guys so long?

LOL

Pretty slow this time.

[soulcore]

41. Please, prove me wrong.

Explain to me why I shouldn't be worried about continuing the failed policies of the last administration.

Tell me why I should sit back while Habeus Corpus is gutted and the constitution shredded.

I'll wait patiently.

[Solomon]

42. Nobody said you should just sit back.

What's wrong? Too much rain to go teabagging today? Get your ass out there and protest! By all means!

[soulcore]

43. Assumptions only make you look like an ass.

I have no use in Astroturf movements attended by rabbid right wingers.

I want the change I voted for, and so far I ain't getting it.

But keep following your party blindly, it's exactly what happened to the right wing over the past 8 years.

[Solomon]

44. Now who's making assumptions?

The bitter burns doesn't it.

By the way, I hate Obama's dog.

[soulcore]

47. And how do you feel...

...about Bagram and the continued denial of Habeas Corpus rights to detainees?

[soulcore]

48. No thoughts on torture and Habeas Corpus?

Imagine that.

Your silence is consent, and I will not consent to more torture and wars.

[Solomon]

49. There you go making assumptions again.

How long has Obama been in office? You could have not even opened this thread, but you felt the need to bring your bitterness in here after post after post of beautiful things said.

Go start your own misery thread and gather all the miserables in one place if you want. I promise you. I won't go on your thread and sling crap. Is that a deal?

When you find yourself in a hole, you should stop digging.

[soulcore]

50. I'll sling "mysery' alright...

...especially when it involves high crimes against the constitution. Just as the Right Wing did for the past 8 years we are very quickly starting to put party above policy.

You're continued silence on the actual issues speak volumes. Here's to more torture and ignored human rights! :sarcasm:

And to answer your question: He's been in office 4 days shy of 3 months, plenty of time to write up an executive order restoring the right of Habeas Corpus, it was after all a campaign promise.

[Solomon]

45. delete

dupe.

[Orsino]

39. That's not necessarily the highest possible praise...

...but yeah, in the useless "seems presidential" category as well as by many more substantial measures, Obama's got this presidenting thing well in hand. Good to see!