It looks like DUers aren't happy with Obama

[steelmania75]

Why so? It could be worse. Can you imagine something bad happening to McCain leaving bimbo running the country? Remember, if it took eight years to screw it up, then it'll take eight years to clean it up.

[Pirate Smile]

1. Only some, certainly not all or even most.

[MadMaddie]

4. I agree with you! It seems that you can pretty much predict

who will have something negative to say.

[Dramarama]

2. Maybe longer.

Like a home. :(

[Wwagsthedog]

3. Time to stop all wars!

[tekisui]

29. It is always time to stop all wars.

[walldude]

5. Yeah a very few... The rest are speaking out about things

they don't agree with, yet they are vilified for daring to speak their minds.

[Political Heretic]

6. You just don't get it do you.

It's not about the SPEED (i.e. why hasn't Obama fixed everything yet). It's about the DIRECTION (i.e. why do the administrations plans seem to overwhelmingly reflect the interest of Wall Street and reinforce the status quo of thirty failed years of corporate capitalism? (vs. a more democratic and sustainable capitalist model))

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. What would you do

if you were Obama?

I can't even begin to understand this Wall Street/banking/global economy mess, so I'm curious as to what other kinds of directions Obama might or should take.

What would you do?

Me, I'd run screaming out of the White House and head for Argentina .........................

[steelmania75]

9. I'd run to Antartica

[Political Heretic]

13. I've only been writing that answer for months.

I'm sorry that you can't understand the current mess. I can. And I've written about alternative ways both here and on my blog. Right now I've just gotten up after graveyard shift and haven't even had my coffee yet, so you go look for that stuff and I'll try to get awake and write another version of what I've been saying as a response for you later.

[SmileyRose]

22. Where were you in the primaries?

He's doing exactly what he said he would so. If you thought Obama was going to sweep in and destroy capitalism you were paying attention. I appreciate the fact that's what you think should be done, but there was not a single candidate, not even Kucinich, that would have done so.

[Political Heretic]

59. No one is asking for him to "destroy capitalism"

I would however like him to turn us away from the unsustainable PLUNDER capitalism of the last thirty years and toward a sustainable market capitalism that includes responsible regulation, worker protections and oversight.

Where was I during the primaries. Right where I should have been - vociferously supporting Obama. But the primaries are over. John McCain was defeated. A good man (I believe) won. Now its time to get to work, and part of that work is not sitting down and shutting up but rather standing up and speaking out for the things that we believe are RIGHT.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I'm not in the unhappy group, not by a long shot.

I think he's a tremendously intelligent and savvy guy, and we are damned lucky to have him.

Rome wasn't built in a day...

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

10. Those that aren't, are people who have been patiently waiting to bitch and whine.

[TexasProgresive]

11. As is their usual paradym the R'Pukes left the country in

a mess for a Democratic president to clean up. What is worse is that there are layers of filth on top of layers. It was their evil intent to make it so complex that no one could unravel it - but I believe our man can do it.

[ConcernedCanuk]

12. Qualify that - SOME DUers are not happy with SOME of his policies

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Giving trillions of dollars to those responsible for the poor people's plight sorta ticks off a distinct crowd.

INCREASING troops in Afghanistan is not favored by the general population, neither is the continuation of the war in Iraq.

BUT

President Obama does not wield most of the power in the USA, and he knows it methinks.

If he moves too fast in the wrong(right) direction,

he may end up at the mercy of the gang that sent JFK and MLK to the beyond before their time.

USA is run by the Banksters . .

never forget that . .

[FreeState]

14. One can support the President and not be happy about all his positions and actions

demanding everyone be happy about everything is not only irrational its harmful in the long rung. We live in a country of many different opinions, going out to attack people or groups that dont agree 100% with him stifles progress and diversity.

[Mari333]

17. amen. nt

[emilyg]

27. Yes.

[Mojorabbit]

28. Thank you. nt

[rurallib]

15. I am far from unhappy. But I will point out that he is doing pretty much

what he said he would do. He said he would send more troops into Afghanistan, take 18 months to extract from Iraq and spend more money on the military. He also never gave any impression that single payer was even considered. As for the economy, that whole thing exploded so fast and so late he never really defined his position.
Many have painted their desires on him and now they are disappointed. I knew what we were getting and knew full well that we would have some fights on our hands to get Obama and congress to move.
Considering McCain was the ONLY other choice a sane person would vote Obama and roll up their sleeves.

[groundloop]

19. Well spoken

There are certain things I wish he'd do differently, but when thinking about all that's been accomplished so far I'm thrilled. And when taking into consideration the pair that we'd have had we somehow lost the election, well......

[LWolf]

16. "It could be worse."

You are correct. It could be much worse.

It could also be better.

"Better," for me, would be getting, not the lesser of 2 evils, but an actual left-of-center, non-corporate/new dem president.

I didn't expect to be happy with Obama, since I wasn't happy with the policies he campaigned on.

It's not personal. If he could be moved just slightly left of center, I'd be content. He doesn't have to be off in left field with me, lol.

Other than the economy, which is a nightmare I don't expect to wake up from this year, if there is one thing he could do to send a little "happiness" my way, it would be to dump that POS Arne Duncan, appoint a liberal EDUCATOR to be secretary of education, and drop the tools of the privatizers, charter schools and merit pay. There are better, healthier ways to reform the system.

Or, if he wants to make my profession a continuing nightmare, he could drop the pandering to insurance companies and work aggressively for universal, single-payer, not-for-profit health care.

Either of those would make me happy. Both would make me delirious.

[SmileyRose]

18. Netvocates are like ants

Between those still with their noses bent out of shape over Hillary not getting the nod, those who disliked him long before the primary was over because he isn't progressive enough to suit their tastes, and those who aren't even Democrats but slept in a Holiday Inn last night so they think they can drop by and be posers........ well

I'd say 99% of DU is still 120% behind Obama. That 1% makes a lot of noise and post a gazzion times a day about how concerned they are that DU is turning on Obama.

[DJ13]

37. I was against Hillary for the same reason Im not completely happy with Obama

Hillary was a known entity, she and Bill had ties that were too close to corporations.

So far as Obama, his current dealings with the economy are nothing but Clinton v.2, and thats unacceptable.

[Cleita]

20. That's not really true. I'm quite happy to have someone with brains running

this country for a change. I am not happy with the direction he is going in with health care but hopefully he will learn quickly from his mistakes and make the necessary changes before it gets out of hand.

[Fuzz]

21. We're never happy because we don't have to make decisions, just complain.

It's fun that way.

[Dinger]

23. I Am Happy With Obama,

but not with everything he's doing. I realize it will take time, so I am trying to be patient. My big thing is arne duncan, who I think sucks bigtime.

[Mike 03]

24. I'm thrilled with President Obama, and I write him every week to tell him so.

I am just worried he will burn himself out trying to please the people who cannot be pleased by whatever he does.

[orleans]

49. next time you write him could you please remind him that MILLIONS

of us are anxiously awaiting some type of health plan? i'm getting older and i've been waiting...waiting...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. The "Not as bad" argument? Again?

That's had a long and continuous run for the last 20 years.

[blogslut]

26. I learned the hard way

Politicians are politicians. Bill Clinton taught me that.

I knew exactly who I was voting for when I voted for Obama. I knew that he was the most likely Democratic candidate to win and that if he fulfilled even 1/3 of what he promised, I would be happy.

I also realized that he had a unifying quality that I haven't seen in a long damned time. I've grown quite weary of political polarization. I'm sick to death of "Us vs. Them". I want stuff done.

So far, President Obama is getting stuff done.

[Raine]

30. I'm thrilled with Obama

haven't been this happy with a president ... ever! :bounce:

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[orleans]

50. hey newbie--would you still be using those words "whips" "chains"

and "slave" if he was white?

you sound a bit ... you know...

[NeedleCast]

32. I'm Happy!

I think Obama is doing an excellent job. Not perfect...but I never expected perfect.

[bridgit]

33. I remain in the *realistic* group, always understood the hope & change draped in poetry...

as just that; words of 'hope & change draped in poetry', always knew it would be a shit sammich, knew was not going to be easy to disengage our armed forces not in today's world, knew he'd be blamed for it, knew too many would drift away; knew that once Obama got in there he'd take a look around after sit downs with the truly grim & dire faces America has to offer and here we are at the very beginning of a process that really only has 4 years to start make any sense and we're no different in that regard; it's Democrats in general, and we're stepping too early into their frame of us as a will-nilly fly-where-the-wind-blows party I did think his 'online wit'da Prez' gig the other day just wasn't enough as he seemed to trade one (1) Obama Girl for three (3) Obama Valley Girls...

DUer's can be unhappy about all sorts of stuff, maybe it has nothing to do with Obama that's prolly the best way to look at it :kick:

[stillcool]

34. I'm not happy or sad..

but then my expectations are for progress, not perfection.

[kestrel91316]

35. A few noisy trolls are whining about him. Most of us are really happy.

Thank you for coming here to gloat. Enjoy your stay.

[liberalsince1968]

36. How much worse could it be than Obama following Bush's torture secrecy policies?

[Diane R]

38. Real DUers are thrilled with Obama.

[EFerrari]

40. Then there must be a group of us who are Unreal DUers because we have reasonable differences

with him and feel no need to fake climax. :silly:

[orleans]

52. if i wasn't so damn tired--i'd really be smiling at this:

"we have reasonable differences with him and feel no need to fake climax."

i couldn't agree more.

[DainBramaged]

39. And my "Impeach Obama Now" thread got locked even though it was a parody.

Pity

[orleans]

51. link? n/t

[DainBramaged]

53. Here, enjoy.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5346722

[orleans]

54. omg--thanks--i really did enjoy it

and the picture krispos42 used when locking the thread was the cherry on the cake!

thanks for the laugh.

[Obamanaut]

57. Quite often the deliberate flame bait threads are locked. Justified! nt

[alfredo]

41. The most unsettling thing to happen to a Democrat is to win. We're anarchist

at heart. It's much more fun for us to be in the trenches. We can govern well, but being in power feels a bit uncomfortable. It's an ill fitting suit, it isn't us.

[Marrah_G]

42. Why would you think that?

Most Duers are definitely happy with Obama. Alot of people disagree with him on issues here and there. But very few are "not happy" with him and none think McCain would have been a better choice.

[Warpy]

43. Sorry we don't move in lockstep

but when he screws up, expect to read all about it here first.

How else would they know if we didn't tell them?

[corruptmewithpower]

44. Gee Wizz! Give the Prez a chance.

Other than myself, I can't think of a reasonable alternative to take over the reins of this big rig.

[Birthmark]

45. I'm not unhappy

A moderate Republican is a big step up from the neocon nightmare of the last eight years.

[AZBlue]

46. SPEAK FOR YOURSELF ONLY.

Do not dare speak for me if you're going to get it so catastrophically wrong.

[specimenfred1984]

47. The old "it took 8 years so it'll take 8 more years", OK

That fully explains the credit default swap fraud, WMD lies, torture, conspiracy to commit war, bank fraud, health care fraud, insurance fraud and the fascist gov't the U.S. has to deal with now.

Sure thing.

[lamp_shade]

48. Look closely and you'll see that it's a small but very vocal handful.

An interesting post from yesterday suggested that... "Bitterness from the primaries predisposes people to go for the false dichotomies posed by MSM"... Hmmm. I note that some of the most-used criticisms come almost word-for-word directly from the rants of the likes of Hannity. I notice that these critics often word their Subject Line so as to attract other critics and invite them to post their rants, as evidenced by the fact that the thread often morphs into a scary circle jerk of un- or mis-informed judges waving their pitchforks and screaming for revolution.

[timtom]

55. It could be worse?

My deal breakers:

Get out of Iraq -- NOW
Get out of Afghanistan -- NOW
Universal, single-payer health care
Prosecution of the entire Bush cabal, a la Nuremberg
Rebuilding the American infrastructure with a solid plan
Complete reversal of all Bush signing statements
Completely voiding Patriot Act (I and II)
Dissolution of the Federal Reserve

That's just for starters.

We have seen nothing resembling that, but those are just MY deal breakers.

[harun]

56. I think people were afraid Obama might get sucked in to the sycophantic

bubble all presidents seem to get pulled in to and the comments he made last week on Health Care and Decriminalization are confirming those fears.

I for one want his ear to stay with the people, not with what his advisers think he should hear and say.

[geek tragedy]

58. It's the fringe kook Naderites who would have whined

no matter what he did.