How many people feel better about Obama now that Obama gave his speech?

[BigBearJohn]

[FLAprogressive]

I don't.

[saigon68]

23. THIS WILL END POORLY

[FarLeftFist]

1. Probably alot of republicons

And I wouldn't be surprised to see his poll numbers slightly higher by week's end.

[DesertRat]

2. Not me.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Nope, not me.

I heard him, and I still disagree about what he's about to do.

History is not on his side.

[JVS]

4. Not I

[LakeSamish706]

5. Not at all.... Sure would have if he had said we are leaving Afghanistan tomorrow! n/t

[boobooday]

6. We may not agree with him

But he was straight ahead, and at least he didn't talk to us like we're fifth graders.

[imdjh]

17. Or fellow chimpanzees.

I don't recall Bush talking to us like 5th graders. I remember him talking to us like we we're too stupid to know he was lying.

[boobooday]

22. I will accept your revision

But stipulate that it was in the same patronizing way people often talk to children. Daddy-pants.

[Adsos Letter]

44. "NU-KU-LAR"

[eleny]

7. I found his 9/11 opening shocking

So now the death count begins. :(

[saigon68]

25. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE--shades of 9-11

[xiamiam]

8. worse..nt

[jonnyblitz]

9. please.

:rofl:

[yeswecanandwedid]

10. Don't feel great, but he has to deal with it, part of the job description. nt

[bevoette]

11. i never felt bad about him (nm)

[Blue_In_AK]

Worse, actually.

It reminded me of Nixon.

[scarletwoman]

12. I feel very, very sad. It was all bullshit.

"9/11" "Security" "Freedom" -- all bullshit.

What a shame.

sw

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Not I

Vietghanistan indeed.

They have never had a central government. It is a tribal/regional country. He is fooling himself if he thinks he is going to pull them all together.

So off 30,000 more young men and women go to protect the Karzi family's heroin trade.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. Nope. I still think Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. I feel much worse

All that rehashing of the 9/11 lies was truly disgusting. :puke:

[Stinky The Clown]

16. When he invoked 911 he lost me.

I found that disgusting, insulting, and unhelpful. The very best I can say about it is that it is just plain pandering.

[MissDeeds]

40. Me too

Right off the bat, he trotted out that old chestnut. We used to go nuts when Bush did that.

[meisje]

18. I just threw up a little in my mouth

[dana_b]

29. ditto n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. About the same as when I heard the guy with the cowboy boots give the same speech.

[saigon68]

31. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

[Junkdrawer]

20. A Bush speech better read.

Where's Rove tonight?

[Libertas1776]

21. The minute

he started with 9/11 I felt like I was listening to Bush under the guise of an intelligent, eloquent speaker. Empty words, and empty rhetoric. I am so pissed off.

[arcadian]

24. nope

[Neecy]

26. Not me.

First of all, the setting - the thundering music, the prop cadets, the flags everywhere - it was Bushian stagecraft that immediately set my teeth on edge.

The time he spent trying to emphasize that the Karzai government was legitimate was a total fraud. And the buzzwords of the Bush administration were all intact, down to "homeland". He just added a new twist by talking about the morality of America, even as we invade and occupy left and right.

[MissDeeds]

41. + 1 n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

27. I Do Not Feel Better

[ShortnFiery]

28. Nope. I couldn't be more disappointed with President Obama and his Orwellian Speak. eom

[harun]

30. NOPE

[cowcommander]

32. Fuck no

It sounded like something Bush would say!

[cowcommander]

33. Nope

[knightinwhitesatin]

34. these peeps feel better

[debbierlus]

35. Not at all.

[corpseratemedia]

36. what I heard underlying the whole speech was

"it is impossible (or you have to make many distasteful concessions) to implement a truly progressive agenda in our own country."

unlike *freak, Obama knows all the nuances of all the things he's saying. He's far too intelligent to not be "progressive." He understands that this area is the flash point, and he knows this area and it's history and alliances unlike the neo-cons, who were mentally ill and deluded or just lying for oil cos. So he knows the probable outcome...this is politics, if this was a real gung-ho escalation we'd have to have a draft.

The undertone was like, he has no choice, this is american politics, and the pentagon completely dominates foreign policy.

"Get the job done," - before the next presidential election cycle. Then we withdraw. Will aq be broken? I strongly doubt it. I think he does too.

[cbdo2007]

37. He's doing what any other President would have done in the same position.

I know, I know....you'll all throw some favorite politician out there who says they're against the war...

Nope, they all would have done it exactly like Obama did.

[quiller4]

38. I support his decision and the process he followed to reach it.

I've had a family member in Afghanistan twice who is likely to return. I support the addition of 30,000 troops. I did before the speech. I hope the speech convinces some others though I'm afraid it won't.

[cbdo2007]

42. Unfortunately this is one of those times where he's doing what he has to do...

even though many people don't like it, but that is the right thing and they'll find out later.

Just like my Dad on healthcare. He doesn't have health insurance and doesn't support the health care reform cause he's a big time Repube...I just said to him, "That's ok if you don't understand it and don't support it. I'm still going to keep fighting to get you health care reform because it could save your life one of these days."

[MissDeeds]

39. Not me

:thumbsdown:

[branders seine]

43. O-bomb-a

now owns the neocon mantle of power.

[highplainsdem]

45. I don't.

[Clear Blue Sky]

46. Just more of the same...nt

[branders seine]

47. That may be the worst speech I've ever heard any President give.

...and my Presidential speech days go back to Eisenhower.

[OHdem10]

48. Me

[enigmatic]

49. I feel sick to my stomach after hearing it

Very, very sick.

[lamp_shade]

50. Meeeeee

[Raine]

51. The same as before

not good ... I lost my good feeling for Obama a few weeks ago over health care, the enviroment and privacy.

[donheld]

52. no i do not