I never elected Obama expecting Sunshine, Rainbows & puppy dogs the first day in office

[LynneSin]

George Bush spent 8 years fucking up this country royally. Add in 8 years of Reaganomics another 4 of Bush and some bad choices by Clinton (I love the guy but NAFTA - nuff said) and we have our country in a real pickle of a bind.

Am I giving Obama a free pass the first year because he inherited this mess - hardly. I'll be complaining just as loud as the next person to get it done. However, I still think he's doing an amazing job for what he has been given. I feel like I have a president in the White House that I can trust most of the time (which is pretty good for presidents). And although I don't expect to see 'Sunshine, Rainbows & Puppy Dogs' anytime soon I'd like to think he's taking us into a direction that we might see the sun peaking thru the clouds by the end of his first administration.

I realize that many of you many not agree with me. But I just wanted to say my 2 cents.

[joeybee12]

1. He gets a pass from me on Iraq and Afghanistan...we need years to

figure out this mess.

The economy, he doesn't seem to grasp basic economics other than what his wall Street insiders say.

Gay rights, he sucks.

[LynneSin]

3. I think he's doing better with gay rights than any president before him...

but there is still plenty of room for growth.

I honestly think that Gay Rights will be a Supreme Court matter although it looks like we're getting closer to getting rid of DADT.

[joeybee12]

10. But he's behind the curve where society is at this point...

...I think it's his Reverend Wright period coming through...that guy is pretty homophobic, and I don't see Obama surrounding himself with very many enlightened people...just the same old putzes who've been running the government for a while now.

[LynneSin]

14. I know, it has to be frustrating

But we are still way ahead of the game compared to what we could have had in the white house :scared:

[BklnDem75]

17. Pure crap

How is he behind the curve when people are passing referendums in states like California and Maine? Can you name one president that's done more than Obama on this issue? Perhaps you shouldn't weigh in on an issue when you're pulling stuff out of your ass.

[okieinpain]

36. thank you. n/t.

[liberalpragmatist]

27. Actually Rev. wright is very pro-gay rights

Whatever else you may say about him.

My guess is that Obama may not be personally "bigoted" but that he's naturally cautious and just doesn't get a sense of urgency about this. And he's surrounded by Clinton vets like Rahm who want to avoid any hint of the controversies that dogged Clinton's first year. So that means no gay rights until several other things are done first.

Which is silly, because on this issue they've overlearned from Clinton's failure. Yes, Clinton's gays-in-the-military dispute was a debacle, but it's not 1993 anymore. There would have been no adverse controversy had he moved to suspend DADT within the past few months.

[QC]

31. Excellent post. n/t

[okieinpain]

37. do you really think that. n/t.

[Mari333]

51. man you really dont remember vietnam do you

[graywarrior]

2. [phone]

[doc03]

4. Apparently many did. n/t

[kid a]

5. I agree with you. Well spent two cents.

k&r

Happy Thanksgiving holidays.

:fistbump:

[Beetwasher]

6. Yup, Sums It Up

n/t

[goclark]

7. I am in complete agreement with your two cents

That makes it our 4 cents. :smile:

i never believed that he would do everything according to my time table.

I can't even imagine the mess that he found.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

[tandot]

8. K & R

[HughMoran]

9. I agree with you

The unrealistic expectations thrust on this this man - as if he really was the messiah is not helpful.

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[LynneSin]

15. I stole your pony and potholes are fixed by your governor

so THERE! Rec my damn thread now

:hide:

[tinrobot]

12. There was a puppy dog named 'Bo'

[uponit7771]

13. "...most of the time ... +!!!!!! No one said pledge alegance to Obama, just give him some room

[rbixby]

16. Maybe not sunshine, rainbows and puppy dogs

But I wanted at least one unicorn



Obama bringing the unicorns=epic fail

[LynneSin]

18. damn! are you the fussy one!!1

Welcome to DU :hi:

Don't mind us, we want it now, we want it all and we'll take our ball and go home if we dont' get it

[rbixby]

23. I've been on DU since about 2004

I'm just not a very frequent poster.


But dammit, I want my unicorn!

[kenfrequed]

19. Of course...

Of course it sounds like 'common sense' to give someone a pass when he starts a new job and when he is just getting his feet wet. Unfortunately your grace period coincides with the honeymoon a new president tends to get when first elected. This is often (though admittedly not always) the time when they can get the most done.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. Neither did i and critique of his policy decisions has nothing to do with my expecting to get a pony

[PVnRT]

22. Exactly what I was going to say

Unfortunately, that's the Standard Strawman.

[QC]

25. But, Mom, it's what ALL of the cool kids are saying now!

Frankly, I think that dismissing things like health care, economic justice, peace, equal rights, etc. as "ponies" should draw an instant tombstone.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. i think people should understand that we are nuanced. i like obama a hell of a lot more than bush

(or really any republican and most democrats)i think in every way he is better. however a lot of his policies are continuation of bush era politics, some are too giving to corporations etc. to not articulate my objections to these things would be dishonest on my part and has nothing to do with expecting ponies, hating obama or whatever the fuck

[QC]

30. Nuance isn't real big around here anymore, is it?

[treestar]

40. Nobody is dismissing that

Talk about strawmen.

[QC]

44. Sure they do. The LGBT community here has been accused of wanting a pony for two years now.

Imagine, basic legal rights being likened to a bratty little girl's demand for an impossible present on an ostensibly progressive site. Ugly, but commonplace now.

[LynneSin]

29. There's a difference between realistic and unrealistic critiquing.

Expectations that everything should be fixed by now is unrealistic. That's what annoys the bejesus out of me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. very few have actually articulated that lynne but everyone has a reason to object

to escalating wars, focussing on banks and not as much on job creation, corporate excess etc.

[donheld]

21. I never elected Obama expecting him to spend his first year sucking up to

Goldman Sachs either

[polichick]

38. Not to mention, sucking up to Republicans and religious nutjobs. nt

[budkin]

24. But it's been 10 months and he's held up most of the policies of the Bush Administration. Why??

[Political Heretic]

50. Note that there is no answer.

[azmouse]

26. Agreed.

:thumbsup:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

32. Nor did anyone else who voted for him. Quintessential straw-man

[AllyCat]

34. Me neither. But almost a year into it, I hoped for more than Bush

Now we have escalating war in Afghanistan, no end in sight for Iraq, we have no money, we are sick and getting a corporate sponsored health "care" plan shoved down our throats and out of our paychecks, a rubber stamp for the banking industry to continue to steal what's left of our wallets, and a man who can speak, but won't even attempt to stand up for us. No jobs. Stimulus for CEOs, but nothing to help us.

I'm done.

[RepublicanElephant]

35. thank you for another lesson in political reality 101. nt

[treestar]

39. Rec'd

I cannot believe the unreasonable nature of some people - where do they think they live and who do they think controls the media and how simple do they think things are? Some of them don't even seem to understand that the President is not a dictator - guess they bought it when Bush thought he was?

[Cha]

41. Some have been on him since day

one wanting their pony yesterday..and they rendered themselves impotent by demanding everything according to their agenda.

In the meantime reality is moving its way forward with a president who is making decisions based on what will be good for a solid foundation in years to come.

[bikingaz]

42. keep drinking that kool aid. That's it. Drink it all up.

Yup that will solve our problems

[Political Heretic]

49. Doing what, exactly?

What for that solid foundation for "years to come?"

[gulliver]

43. Yup.

I voted for an excellent President, and I got one. But I do hope for a new Harley to appear in my garage at some point...heck with the puppy, sunshine, and rainbows.

[Name removed]

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[jillan]

46. Sometimes I just want to see him dunk that 3 pointer from his podium.

Frame the shot, and then shoot it, rather than pass the ball around and around and around so it's easier for the other team to try and steal that ball.

[ShortnFiery]

47. Yes, more Surveillance, Renditions, Summary Execution Via Drone, GITMO and WAR in Afghanistan!

No, it seems like a continuation of "American Crusade 2001" to me? :shrug:

[Political Heretic]

48. It's not about speed, its about direction.