Time to Talk Some Smack (by BooMan)

[kpete]

Time to Talk Some Smack

by BooMan
Tue Dec 21st, 2010 at 06:07:01 PM EST

The Senate passed a test-vote on START ratification with 67 votes. What this means is that the president is going to succeed in his number one priority foreign policy item in his first two years in the White House.

He also just completed a total repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, and in a manner far superior to doing it by executive order, as many impatient people insisted that he do. He's going to get the 9/11 Responders bill passed. He is the only president in our history to successfully pass a bill to establish the right of access to health care for all our citizens (not to mention, the subsidies to make sure people can access it).

He's already the best president of my lifetime and he has six years to go. It's not even close. I'm basically at the point now where I don't even want to hear the complaining and griping. He's about the last person in Washington DC who deserves criticism. When you get done handling everyone who makes his job difficult, then you can get to him. Wake me up when someone has his back on Guantanamo. Wake me up when he can get some money to conduct a trial for an al-Qaeda suspect.

And he did all this with a 60-vote requirement, a Party of No opposition, two shitty wars he didn't start, a seven million job lost deficit, and a bunch of people calling him a Kenyan socialist Nazi who wants to kill your grandma and turn the country over to Sharia Law.

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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2010/12/21/1872/9583

[tularetom]

1. An impressive resume to be sure

We need him around for a second term where he doesn't have to please anybody in order to be re elected.

But if he fucks with Social Security it won't happen and he will be remembered not for his many accomplishments but for being the man who destroyed the most popular program in the nation's history. His enemies in Congress and the media will hang that label on him at every opportunity and the public will be pissed off enough at him to buy into it.

[impik]

7. Who said he's going to "fuck with SS"?

Other than some nameless and baseless internet rumor?

Take a breather, you'll break something.

[tularetom]

9. Actually he already fucked with it.

The "temporary" reduction by 2% in SS payroll deductions that he tossed into the extension of the bush tax cuts has effectively reduced the rate of new SS funding by about 16% a year. A fact not a nameless and baseless internet rumor. Do the math and you'll understand.

And if you believe that he's going to restore current funding levels in the middle of his 2012 reelection campaign I want some of what you're smoking. He'd be crucified for "raising taxes" which was exactly the box he was in before he cut the tax deal. With one stroke Social Security has become permanently underfunded.

I'm almost 70 years old, dude. It'd be real hard to reduce my benefits and I probably won't be collecting them for an awful lot more years anyway. So cutting SS is no big deal to me personally. I hope the program is still around when you are ready to benefit from it.

[JoePhilly]

2. I think the reason no one has commented yet it that ...

He has done so much good in 2 years, people are speechless.

I am sure those who love to bash him will arrive soon.

But he has done so many good things in UNDER 2 years (yes, its still less than 2 years), that it is hard to imagine, particularly given the relentless obstruction from the right, and the hand wringing from the left.

My sense is that Obama simply moves forward.

He does not internalize the absolute hate from the far right, nor does he panic when Huffpo bloggers rip him.

[tblue37]

4. As much as I like Al Gore, one thing that always bothered me about him as a presidential candidate

is that he was so easy to stampede. I am glad that Obama is not.

[tularetom]

8. One thing that always bothered me was his choice of a running mate

That became even more apparent as the years went on and Loserman's true colors began to appear.

His leadership in the DADT repeal has redeemed him a bit but I still wouldn't have wanted him a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.

[Empowerer]

3. K&R

[AtomicKitten]

5. Watch Rachel tonight. Her first segment echos this.

She was quite brilliant as always.

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[Phx_Dem]

10. He speaks for me with this line . . .

He's already the best president of my lifetime and he has six years to go. It's not even close. I'm basically at the point now where I don't even want to hear the complaining and griping. He's about the last person in Washington DC who deserves criticism.

Amen.

[BeFree]

11. Pelosi is the one to blame

She got the house together to get all this done. Obama is lucky to have such a mentor.