Let's Try It This Way...Under What Instances, Is It Okay To Praise The President On DU ???

[MADem]

383. I'm not "implying" anything. I am coming straight out and saying what I just said.

A lot of the griping has to do with personalities, associations, and blue links.

My post doesn't "appear to imply" anything. I think I'm quite forthright.

The vast majority of critical posts take swipes at "the BOG" and criticize personalities. They use terms like "the usual suspects" and "worshippers" and other loaded language. I've rarely--if ever--seen a thread that consisted of pure and reasoned "arguments." There's always got to be some of that dissing, trashing and "trolling from the left" bullshit that is tiresome in the extreme (the old "He's a rightwinger" meme that is just so lame and tiresome).

I don't think even Bernie Sanders, in his heart of hearts, thought Obama should have proposed a public option. Why? Because some efforts are a complete and total waste of time and serve only to delay (or defeat) implementation of the best deal available--even if it is not optimal.

Obama had to dance with the ones what brung him--AND the ones what was brung to the legislature. We did a good job bringing him to the White House, not such a swift job giving him a legislature that could help him get the damn job done.

That's life.

I'm in the half a loaf crowd; even though I, personally, have no need for Obamacare, I know that it benefits a large number of people and I'm glad they have access to health care. It's a start.