What happened to the guy I voted for?

[OKDem08]

Seriously: Syria now--WTF! Do you think Obama fully knew on the campaign trail he was conveying meaningless platitudes? He has certainly disillusioned a wide swath of people.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Do you really think he is happy to makeca decision to strike or not to strike? No, this is not a

Slam dunk.

[Phlem]

2. Here's some help

Don't strike and keep the Democrats from starting a war. Why are we the worlds police when things at home are so fucked up.

-p

[RobertEarl]

12. Slam dunk

Easiest decision he'll ever make: Don't strike.

Obama has been hit time and again by the warmongers and he has pretty much satiated them. Now all has has to do is say: NO. Slam dunk, and all us peace loving purists will have his back, finally, for once.

[bunnies]

3. He became the President. nt

[JI7]

4. maybe you were not paying attention, the guy who is President is the same one i voted for

[Tx4obama]

5. Did you really think Obama was the kind of man that would allow children to be gassed and burnt...

... and then not do anything to the person/government responsible?

I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars. - Obama 2008

[PoliticAverse]

7. The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack

"The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. In instances of self-defense, the president would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent." -Barack Obama, December 20, 2007

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/CandidateQA/ObamaQA/

[bluestate10]

15. That statement is true when Congress is willing to get off it's ass and perform it's role.

But, all of us know that Congress is dysfunctional. 50% of Americans would support limited action, I am not among that 50% because I don't see gains for the USA.

[leftstreet]

8. But it's looking like they had the intel beforehand

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023565709

[pnwmom]

20. No, it doesn't. If you read the actual article, it would be clear that while we had

"collected streams" of data in the few days before the attack, the assessment of the data occurred afterwards.

While they say they "collected" the streams of info -- in the past tense; they consistently use the present tense in describing how they "assess" the data and what the data "reveals."

This is in line with how Sybil Edmonds described what happened after 9/11, when she was called in to translate previously taped conversations.

They don't have the budget or the staff with the language skills to translate and interpret in real time every possible significant communication in every hot spot around the world. So often what they do -- as in the case with the Boston marathon -- is go back to the "collected streams" after-the-fact. And at that point the question of how to interpret the bits of information is much more clear. Hindsight is always 20/20.

[Marrah_G]

6. great campaigner

[spanone]

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[lamp_shade]

10. He lost to Obama.

[Brickbat]

11. He never existed.

[jsr]

13. He just won another corporate Employee of the Month award

[bluestate10]

14. More rights for Gays - Done, Saved the Economy from Hell - Done, Improved the

standing of American abroad - Done, Improved Consumer protection from lenders - Done, Increased Green Energy use - Done and moving forward, Got the ONLY national health care legislation EVER approved and in implementation - Done and moving forward.

The President has disillusioned a wide swath of people, 50% of Americans say they could support limited action against Syria. The far Left is disillusioned, but that element would only be happy if the nation has Single Payer NOW, Dammit!!!, rich people stripped of all money and beaten on the nearest lamp posts, oilmen running for their lives. While I agree with the far Left on what they want to see, I think the world would be better if we got changes that the far Left wants, their degree and methods are extreme, IMO.

[HangOnKids]

16. How old are you?

Seriously.

[Skittles]

17. I hear you

something is very off with that one

[HangOnKids]

18. Indeed!

Hope all is well with you.

[Skittles]

19. aw I'm good

have to hurry though; I am late to celebrate some local rich folk getting some lamp post justice

[LWolf]

22. When we elected Obama,

we lost 8 years that could have been spent moving single payer forward. It didn't have to be "NOW, Dammit!!!" It just needed to be on the table. Like so many other things. Who knows what will happen in '16? I don't, but I'll predict now that the Democratic Party won't nominate a liberal from the left of center, there will not be a good liberal/left candidate on the ballot to vote for in the GE, and single payer, along with many other things good for the 99%, will remain off the table. At this point, I don't expect to see "what I want to see" on the table for work, discussion, or progress during what's left of my lifetime.

"Far left?" There is no far left in the United States. There are some people to the left of center, with the rest of the population spread from center to the far right.

[LWolf]

21. He's the same guy he always was.

You read him wrong.