Reply #51: Good grief... [View All]

[ljm2002]

...did you miss the part where I said that I do not expect the President to do everything that the more left-leaning among us would want?

Yes you can only elect one person President, and that person will never please everybody. To your question, how do I know he didn't listen to these guys? Well I thought I made it pretty clear how I know: 1 - he did not fight for a public option, in fact he dealt it away in a backroom deal; and he did not press to allow the single payer option be heard at all; 2 - he hired the very architects of the financial calamity to fix it, and his Justice Department has not managed to find even one financial executive criminally responsible, in spite of the massive and documented frauds that occurred; 3 - he compromised away an effective stimulus by making half of it be tax cuts -- and although he did make sure that 90+% of the population got cuts, they were a measly $250 on average, AND most people don't even know they got them, AND that is not the most stimulative way to spend government money; 4 - he had his hack Gibbs go out there and talk about the "professional left", a phrase which I see you have taken up as well.

Where did I say Obama's life will end if he is not re-elected? I was commenting on the political landscape. Of course he will continue to have a successful life, and I do not begrudge that at all. However, I do care about policies, and his policies have not been progressive by and large. Yes I'm happy about DADT, but that is a single social issue that directly affects only those in the military. What about the lost jobs? What about the ongoing destruction of the middle class? What about the union-busting that has only increased under him -- and his active support of school "reform" that is really all about union-busting and weakening public schools?

The so-called "professional left" did not do everything in their power to suppress the vote, they merely pointed out its inevitability. I am sure we will never agree on that, but I must ask you: just how influential do you think the "professional left" is? Obviously the President does not listen to them; obviously you do not listen to them; obviously the M$M does not listen to them nor give them a voice. Please explain the mechanism by which they "suppressed the vote"? Unless you mean they did not work as hard as they did in 2008 to get out the vote -- if that is what you meant, then you are making my case for me.

Finally, you're the only one who said anything about the President getting all red in the face. Seems to me there is a continuum from "saying nothing" to "getting all red in the face". The President is at the far end of that continuum, i.e. "saying nothing". I guess I hit a nerve, to get such an absurdly over the top response.