A check in thread for those who will support Obama's re-election.....

[comipinko]

and also will continue to push, prode, even shame him into doing the right things. A thread for those who support him, but would never put the man ahead of good progresive policies. Not lemmings who march blindly to thier doom, but people who speak up against bad policy, where ever it comes from.

WE are the Democratic Party......elected officials are but our servants.We should treat them, and judge them as such.

[WilliamPitt]

1. .

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. yep. K&R n/t

[JanetLovesObama]

3. I have always had his back -

unlike many DUers here.

OBAMA 2012

[comipinko]

4. The point is that HE needs to have our backs. That is how it should work.

It is supposed to be a two way street.

[RC]

15. It is a two way street.

Three lanes going one way and one lane coming back. Guess which end we are on.
Want to hazard a guess on how the traffic lights are synchronized?
Look at the financial makeup of Congress, if you need help.

[comipinko]

17. I get it!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. K&R

[peace13]

6. yes. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Of course. (But it's "their", not "there")

[comipinko]

8. thanks.

[Greybnk48]

9. yes n/t

[AlinPA]

10. I support the re-election of our Democratic President Obama.

[freshwest]

11. Yep.

[Snotcicles]

12. .

[DiverDave]

13. Hold his feet to the fire...well

as much as we can, I guess. What will I do, vote for a republican?
(oh that answer is no.)

I'm not happy with some of the things he's done, and happy with others.
I hope he gets back to the guy I voted for with re-election.

[comipinko]

19. Me too.

[phylny]

14. Of course.

I will happily vote for President Obama.

[Marrah_G]

16. I have very little excitement in regards to the coming election

but I will be voting against what ever wingnut gets the GOP nod. Maybe if he makes some serious moves to the left I'll volunteer again. The honest truth is that I don't like much of where this administration has gone so far. I still have a little bit of hope left that he will change direction.

[lsewpershad]

18. K&R

[WI_DEM]

20. Yes!

[GoneOffShore]

21. I'm there. n/t

[NeedleCast]

22. Yup!

[siligut]

23. ºvº

I have seen Obama's realization, of the dirty tactics republicans use, evolve over the past years. I definitely want to give him another four years to put that knowledge to work.

[lamp_shade]

24. Me

[Logical]

25. I will vote for him and donate money to real dems running for congress!

[comipinko]

26. Smart move. The house IS with in reach. Go left, young man!!!

[FlaGatorJD]

27. I'm in

and I will continue to question his policies too!

[SteveG]

28. Yup

Giving what he has had to work with, he's doing good.

[noiretextatique]

29. i will vote for obama in 2012

and hold his feet to the fire from 2012-2016

[comipinko]

30. as we all should.

[noiretextatique]

33. teddy said it best

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

Teddy Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star
May 7, 1918

[comipinko]

35. Love it!!

[noiretextatique]

37. there are a few folks who need to read this nt

[comipinko]

41. Maybe it will get read if you "cut and paste" it into an OP.

LOL !!!

[JoePhilly]

31. Straight Dem ticket.

[comipinko]

32. Even if the nomonee is an old yellow dog??

[JoePhilly]

65. Well ... rather than play the hypothetical game ... let's look at an actual situation ...

I'm in NC.

In 2008, my choices were Liddy Dole (R - from Right wing crazyland), and Kay Hagen (D from Bluedogistan).

Can you guess how I voted?

A hint ... I certainly was not going to stay home and allow Liddy Dole to hide in the US Senate up in DC so she could avoid Bob's Viagra fueled advances. No way ... I wanted Liddy to be stuck in their house with Bob, praying that Bob had forgotten to take his meds.

[Zoeisright]

87. Yes. Because the alternative is worse.

As anyone who has been paying attention over the past 30 years knows.

[Motown_Johnny]

34. I am not a lemming but I will not shame him in an election year

and I am offended that you would encourage others here to do so.


The guy is the best President in at least 50 years. This type of divisive attack while claiming to support the party isn't helpful at all.

I know you are new here but you need to start catching on to how we do things here. Calling anyone who disagrees with your approach a "lemming" isn't going to make many friends. Some of us do not need instant gratification and actually understand that these battles are going to take decades, if not generations.

For that matter I also find the name Commie Pinko, or a contraction thereof, offensive also.

[comipinko]

39. Well, then this post is not for you?

I am pleased that you are offended. I am , however not offended by your opinion, just bewildered.


lemmings proficiscor eyes publcus, raptor nex.

[Zalatix]

36. Re-elect and hold his feet to the fire! Checking in! K&R

[Taverner]

38. Define "support"

By support do you mean vote for him? Then I support him.

By support do you mean send cash, tear up the pavement canvassing, manning phone banks, putting signs up, then no. I do not support him.

[comipinko]

40. Vote for is support enough.

The rest must be earned. Each individual must decide if it has been earned.

[FrenchieCat]

42. I will vote for Pres. Obama, contribute to his campaign, do what I can for his re-election and

encourage others to do so as well.

What I won't do is wake up Election morning to Republican victories
knowing that I could have done more to control my fate and that of
the United States, after stating that I care about our short and long term future.

I will hold myself accountable when I ask myself if I did all that I could do
to make sure that the results of the elections are the results that are the best ones
for our nation as a whole. I believe that if voters who say they care about the direction of this
country do what I plan on doing, that we will be victorious.

The upcoming elections aren't about who was perfect, or even close to it.
The upcoming elections will be our chance, once again, to elect those who
will best uphold progressive beliefs, while defeating those who would be worse,
given our choices.

[comipinko]

43. Good for you.

[FrenchieCat]

68. Its good for all of us!

That was my point!

[tallahasseedem]

46. Absolutely!

I will NEVER forget the way I felt the morning after Kerry's defeat in 2004...horrible.

[FrenchieCat]

54. I felt even worse as time progressed through the 8 years that we lived under Bush......

I will never forget how that affected my world, and that of so many others.
I don't seek perfection, nor do I expect it.....
I only know that if I don't do all that I can to elect the best future,
than I have to hold myself accountable first,
before I can point to anyone else, because I believe that if enough folks hold my view,
we can get some good things done, even if it won't be everything.

[JoePhilly]

67. Me too.

[great white snark]

70. +1

[struggle4progress]

80. tell it, sister!

[fishwax]

92. good post -- I agree with the gist of both your post and the OP

(That makes DU pretty frustrating at times, but such is life.

[Odin2005]

44. K&R

[tallahasseedem]

45. Checking in!

[OregonBlue]

47. I'm in.

[PRETZEL]

48. I am most certainly in...nt

[backtoblue]

49. K & R

I will vote for Obama again, but I am seriously disappointed in his decision to extend the Patriot Act. With that being said, I would never ever -even on my death bed, vote for a Republican or Bagger. We need progressive leadership and a proactive stance on women's rights and greedy wealth inequality.

[comipinko]

53. Egg-sact-lee

[Nedsdag]

50. Checking in!

Obamabot for life. K&R!

[friendly_iconoclast]

51. K&R

[1stlady]

52. I'm not going to shame him

it says something about your character if you have to try and shame someone. There is no reason to shame Obama, as if the rethugs haven't been doing that since he ran for president in 2007. I will vote for him, because I feel that he is the most qualified person for the job out of all the candidates. Which is the same way I felt in 2008, I thought he was the most qualified person to run the country. But shaming him, hell no!! Thats the job rethugs have taken with pleasure since 2007 or maybe even 2004 when he gave the keynote speech.

[comipinko]

55. That's only for when the pushing and prodding doesn't work.

But I'll keep that "tool" in my box.

[LongTomH]

56. A definite 'Yes' on all counts

My focus however, is mainly going to be on electing Progressive Democrats to Congress.

[comipinko]

58. That , IMO , is our best route.

T
I really think we can re-take the house with enough effort. (NOT by running for the center).The American public likes progresive policies. We must make the contrasts clear. That is a winning stratagy.

[NNN0LHI]

57. I support the Presidents re-election. I won't tolerate anonymous web posters who try to prevent it

People can speak up publicly about what they perceive as bad policy. But President Obama has earned the benefit of the doubt about subjects that most of us do not have the information he is aware of and we don't.

In those cases President Obama wins those arguments with me. The anonymous web poster becomes immaterial.

That only makes sense as we approach an election as important as this one coming up this year. The right wing is going to go all out to try to divide and conquer us. Our job is to be smart and not fall for their tactics.

Don

[comipinko]

59. Better to run to the right?

I do not agree. The policies of the left have the support of the American people. We must highlight the contrast, even more with the move right of the gop.When we stand our ground, and even when we push, we win.

[NNN0LHI]

63. I don't care if he has to run out in the street and hand out free turkeys and hundred dollar bills

His number one job right now as far as I am concerned is to get reelected. Because if he can't get reelected he can't run right, left or anywhere else for the next four years.

Don

[comipinko]

64. His number one job right now is POTUS.

Your post plays into one of the biggest problems with our form of government. The "constant election cycle" is bad for our country.

[barbtries]

61. sure.

i'm not sure he listens to me, but i'll keep sending out those emails. and i will vote for him without a doubt. barring a circumstance i cannot foresee and will not contemplate.

[comipinko]

62. Keep sending the e-mails, they don't read them, but they count them!

[FrenchieCat]

69. Actually, activism works, and those communications to Pres. Obama have made a difference,

even if he doesn't do as directed at the exact time that we snap our fingers.

[HuckleB]

66. Yes.

[bigtree]

71. is this where I sign up for my pom-poms and pony?

[FrenchieCat]

73. I can get you some......

cause I do have some to spare.

Always good to be prepared with whatever tools
are required to save this world.

[grantcart]

74. not exactly this is where you go to sign up for 'shaming' the President to do the right thing

and then take credit for it when he does something you approve of.

But of course, IN THE END, will vote for him.




So much shaming to do and so little time to do it.

[kentuck]

72. I will check in but...

where is everybody else?

[Shankapotomus]

75. Ok just to clarify

this is NOT the Lemmings marching to their doom thread? For that I'd have to post in another thread, correct?

[great white snark]

76. Well no shit. Any "lemmings" you perceive are a fantasy.

Just as nobody argues "he promised so everything is ok."

[jimlup]

77. This works for me...

I'm on board for this one...

[DonCoquixote]

78. I do too

Yes, hold his feet to the fire, but also prepare to stomp the hell out of the GOP with a heavy ass pair of boots!

[csziggy]

79. K&R

[Kind of Blue]

81. I'm in and KnR n/t

[ProfessionalLeftist]

82. Yo.

[MrScorpio]

83. Right here, baby nt

[quiller4]

84. I'm in. n/t

[RickFromMN]

85. I will vote for Obama, but for his sake, will still criticize him when he doesn't do what I think

he should do.

I will even vote for Collin Peterson, one of the seven founders of the Blue Dog coalition.
What choice do I have? This is how desperate I am not to have the alternative.

[Zoeisright]

86. Absolutely.

A vote for any other person will result in the end of this country. Bush and Cheney tried to finish us off. The repuke nutjobs currently in the race would completely end the United States of America.

[Tx4obama]

88. So, you think President Obama is your servant?

There's a huge difference between a president and other elected officials that run for office to 'serve' our country - and a 'servant'.

Please explain what you mean by saying: We should treat them and judge them as servants.

I was going to rec your OP, but I think that since it's written in the manner that it is - I'll pass.

[Number23]

89. Is there a point to this?

[ClayZ]

90. Here

K and R

[Lugnut]

91. Checking in.

I think the President knows what needs doing. He's sidetracked by figuring out work-arounds since he has to deal with a bunch of lunatics across the aisle. Anyway, I don't vote for Repugs.

[Seedersandleechers]

93. Voting for Obama

and hope that not facing re-election he gives the repukes hell.

[Greywing]

94. I'll be voting to re-elect our President

I am sooooooo sick of the Repulican lies and obstruction. I am so angry .... I want these people brought to their knees!

[treestar]

95. Are you going to do anything about Congress?

Or keep obsessing over the Presidency?

[vanlassie]

96. you bet