A health care bill will pass, but Obama has lost my trust

[jeffbr]

By prior arrangement, some kind of health care bill will pass, but the whole fiasco has opened my eyes about his leadership style and management skills.

It's not just health care, it's a whole range of other progressive issues as well. I now question his true motivation and his vision for his presidency.

The pride in November and January has deteriorated to a point where it's hard for me to defend or even like who I worked hard to elect. It's hard to defend someone who is not willing to defend himself against swiftboating and distortion - day after day, week after week. The inescapable conclusion is that Obama didn't care anymore, or he never really cared to begin with.

I'm not a ten-dimensional chess player. All I know is he looks weak. The last straw for me was when he invited Sgt Crowley to the White House to kiss his lying ass. It's like he was scared of white people. From then on, except for a few perfuntory performances, the leadership was absent.

I did not care about Bill or Hillary Clinton, but I have to say this much about Hillary: She had a specific health care plan. She went down in flames for it, but she spoke up, and she fought a good fight. A version of her plan still lives on in TennCare in Tennessee, and it's a lifesaver for many people.

[babylonsister]

1. Awww, your concern is noted. So you came all the way over

here from - ahem - wherever you were to tell us how disappointed you are. Got it.

[scheming daemons]

7. At least this one has good grammar and spelling

...and doesn't type in ALL CAPS.


Gotta give him credit for that.

[lamp_shade]

2. Poor jeffie.

[aintitfunny]

3. I question your true motivation and vision for this country.

You seem to have a specific agenda. I do agree you are not a ten-dimensional chess player. I don't think you would qualify as a 1-dimensional checkers player.

[Curtland1015]

4. Call me crazy, but I'm going to wait and see the bill before I pass judgment.

I'm weird like that.

[stray cat]

5. Who do you trust and what do you actually trust them to do?

What did you trust Obama to do if he ever really had your trust?

[Bandit]

10. "Beginning on Day One"..."One Brigade a Month"

Notice the quotation marks? I did not make those statements, Obama did

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[scheming daemons]

8. Of course!

They've been lurking since 2001 though, dontcha know.

;-)

[H2O Man]

9. oh

[flaminbats]

11. strange..because I feel the opposite is true

I doubt health care will pass this year, even with a Democratic majority in Congress. But I still trust Obama, and haven't lost faith in this fellow's diligence. He's only been in power for 8 months, and man he's got tough skin!

Obama supporters like me didn't know it would be this much torment. Town-hall meetings resemble lynch mobs, Governors like Sanford..who claim God is now partisan, and these cockroaches coming out of the woodwork..calling Obama a NAZI? :crazy::crazy::crazy:

now I know why a two-party system is needed..when the lynch mobs, screamers, and neocon fanatics come out for vengeance against morality. At least Democrats have a refuge to go for support and a little morale boost. :kick:

[emulatorloo]

12. So you already heard his speech to Congress and saw the final bill (which doesn't exist yet)?

Ok then!