Well, we held our breath and stomped our feet and what did we accomplish?

[DainBramaged]

Wait, he's playing 8 dimensional chess with the Republicans.


Wait, give him time, he's smarter then them.


Wait, he's done so much for us (and given so much away).


Wait you say, he's the only hope in 2012 or else we are ruled by the Republicans.


I've come to a conclusion; Obama doesn't give a shit about the little people, those of us who live paycheck to paycheck. Those of us who juggle the funds to either eat or go to the doctor or take care of our kids. Those of us who haven't had a new car in decades, let alone decent clothes or something to make us smile.

Some here will try their best to undermine my OP, others will do their best to shut it down, still others will attack and ridicule me for my thoughts, but I don't give a shit. My health is poor, my job is a dead end, my only goal is to make it to 65 and retire since my Father and brother didn't, and my sister may not. There's nothing I can do to change the course Obama is taking, nothing. I live in a state where they elected a scumbag Puke slug because he lied about giving them property tax relief, but he sliced and diced the safety net to enrich his buddies, and there's NOTHING I can do about it.

Don't tell me to work hard, I did for Obama. Don't tell me my vote counts, it doesn't because billionaire's votes count more. Don't tell me there's still hope, because our President never had a set of balls to begin with and TOLD US to shove it. My beloved ex will have to suffer more if Obama cuts Medicaid to make the Pukes happy, her medications will be cut, her life will suck much much more. All because Obama won't stand up to the Pukes.


I felt like shit in 2001 when Bush stole the election, or rather, his rich friends did. I felt worse in 2004 when Rove stole the election after I worked so hard for Kerry. Now Pukes control everything, and we have shit to show for all of our gnashing and wailing.


Fuck it. We are invisible. It wasn't worth it.

[Skittles]

1. just CHILL, DB - Obama's GOT IT!!!

:rofl:

[hfojvt]

17. yep, progress is being made, things are getting better

even if we don't know it, can't see it, or won't admit it.

That's what they say, although it's not really funny.

[AverageJoe90]

74. Obama may be trying........

but he's still holding back way too much and we've got a LOOOONNNGG way to go before serious progress can truly be made.

[PassingFair]

109. Obama works in mysterious ways...nt

[Rex]

36. OMGZ!

:spray:

[jerseyjack]

48. Obama's got it but

he still don't give a $hit.

[MissDeeds]

54. +1

I don't know how anyone could use that pathetic pic - especially now.

[awoke_in_2003]

81. god (who i don't believe in)...

I hate that pic. Yeah, chill the fuck out- I got this. Bet your ass, he's got this- but we aren't this.

on edit: I am convinced that 3 of the people that have that pic in their sig lines are sockpuppets. They use the same exact verbiage, and make the same NON SENSical points.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

123. ...relying on the same Pavlovian blue link exercise,

even though most of us stopped ringing the bell YEARS ago. One in particular is going to end up in a rubber room muttering "prove it." I gotta admit though, my inner asshole finds them entertaining.

[awoke_in_2003]

124. i won't tell you...

what my inner asshole thinks of them :)

[WorseBeforeBetter]

125. They don't hold much sway on this board, even though...

they think they do -- that's what's so amusing. "DU is not the real world!111!" even though they're here nearly 24/7. You gotta wonder if they truly believe their nonsense, or if they're being paid by the post.

[awoke_in_2003]

126. they believe it...

just like the right wing echo chamber dwellers believe their crap.

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[Blecht]

2. The absurdity of it all is overwhelming

And I find it very ironic that the politician that gave so much hope to so many people is now the cause of overwhelming hopelessness and despair.

[awoke_in_2003]

82. It hurts more...

when you hold out hope that someone is different, and when you turn your back on them they plunge a knife in it. Hell, you know how repub's will act- you expect a dem to be different.

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[Dept of Beer]

10. Give him one more chance. He's just getting warmed up.

[Ozymanithrax]

13. Whom am I giving a chance?

[radhika]

18. He'll really kick-butt in his Second Term

Just wait, he's been saving it ALL up!

[Dept of Beer]

19. His comfotable shoes were out getting steel toes inserted.

[Ozymanithrax]

25. At this time, if he gets a second term it will not be with my help.

[lobezen]

60. Yeah bring on the

Unicorns that fart glitter! GET REAL! Obama has shown you who he is, why won't you believe him?

[lobezen]

62. What good does a second term do us?

Once things like ACORN, Planned Parenthood, Head Start, Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid are gone they are gone for good.

[Lorien]

63. What scares me is imagining how awful a second term will be

if the first one is this bad. With no reelection to concern himself with will Obama just tear the mask off completely? We'll get screwed no matter who wins. :(

[radhika]

75. I picture him totally invisiible....

he'll realize (if he gets re-elected) it was not about him - it was only to block a surreal cosmic nightmare. A total trash Bagger spinning his/her Endtime psychosis in the Oval Office - and having their fundie-fascist fingers on the nuclear trigger.

[customerserviceguy]

94. If he does manage to get re-elected

chances are excellent that he'll have a Congress that is even more full of tea party types than it is today. Together with Blue Dogs, they'll likely even be able to override his veto pen.

[swilton]

110. He has a veto pen?

[customerserviceguy]

130. Well, the Constitution says it is there

But hey, what's the Constitution mean these days, anyway?

[awoke_in_2003]

84. also known as...

keeping the powder dry. PS- puff, puff, pass.

[awoke_in_2003]

83. sure...

give him a chance- next time he will use lube.

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. I'll vote for that same turd. With you all the way on this.

:grr:

[leeroysphitz]

22. +1

[RandomKoolzip]

4. Wait, hold on - give me a minute...there's a list of Obama's accomplishments

I've been told I need to throw at you....ah fuck it, it can wait.

[polmaven]

46. Well, yeah, 'cause

what he has actually accomplished is just soooooo unimportant. How could we possibly rant about our indignation if he accomplished things? :shrug:

[KoKo]

76. Lilly Ledbetter ACT!

[awoke_in_2003]

85. I've been waiting for that one...

yeah, Lilly Ledbetter passed. Woohoo. Doesn't matter a damn. Wages have been stagnant for the last 10 years, so why not give women a wage hike, and hold off raises overall for just two more years? Either way, there will be no significant wage increases- they will continue to go down. But at least men and women will be paid the same shitty ass wages.

[rusty fender]

5. You got that right!

He doesn't fucking care about us.:mad:

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Without apology to those who hate him, I quote Michael Jackson

Tell me what has become of my rights
Am I invisible because you ignore me?
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now
I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame
They're throwing me in a class with a bad name
I can't believe this is the land from which I came
You know I do really hate to say it
The government don't wanna see
But if Roosevelt was livin'
He wouldn't let this be, no, no
Some things in life they just don't wanna see
But if Martin Luther was livin'
He wouldn't let this be, no, no

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, speculation
Everybody litigation
Beat me, bash me
You can never trash me
Hit me, kick me
You can never get me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

[itsnotaboutu]

91. Dangerous

MJ was a threat to them, he cared about humanity, anyone who is a public figure and speaks truth is dangerous to their ideology and is systematically destroyed.

Your post; :headbang: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[msongs]

6. to be fair, "we" are doing the repubs work for them - cut cut cut while the economy keeps tanking nt

[Newest Reality]

8. There is something missing ...

Perhaps we are not privy to the whole picture, while assuming that we are.

Mark Twain said that a true paranoid is a person with all the facts at their disposal. When you consider the Minitruth machinations of corporate media, that becomes a far more plausible statement.

At this stage, one wonders if the politics are a just a form of management and distraction from the actual game plan? There seems to be a growing disconnect and far to much cognitive dissonance. The tangible results and dismantling don't appear to jibe with the political show.

[Dept of Beer]

12. This is a Democracy!

Surely they would not keep anything from us. :rofl:

[DaveJ]

55. Did Mark Twain really say that?

I like the quote but I Googled it and only found the phrase here.

[aquart]

86. What Mark Twain said was "There is no native criminal class except Congress."

[tomp]

99. to clarify twain:

the native criminal class are the sociopaths, the most effective ones, i.e., the smartest, most charming, the glibbest, end up in politics or as ceo's/corporatists.

though far smaller in number than people of conscience, they rule.

[blindpig]

9. Politic by other means are our only recourse. n/t

[DocMac]

11. I likened his strategy to chess here.

But I was assuming he could play the game. He's down too many pieces to recover now.

[RaleighNCDUer]

31. Well, maybe he is playing chess.

Question is, which side of the board is he sitting on?

[bvar22]

34. He is Playing Chess.

Chess is a game where The Pawns are sacrificed to protect The Royalty.

Obama IS playing Chess,
and playing it well.

.
.
.
.

It only sucks if you are a Working Class Pawn.
The Royalty are very much enjoying the game.



Who will STAND and FIGHT for THIS American Majority?
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

[bread_and_roses]

53. Good one. And all too sadly too true (n/t)

[JoePhilly]

118. You clearly don't understand the game of chess.

Most of those who use the chess analogy regarding Obama (whether for him or against him) don't seem to really understand chess.

In your case, you claim that pawns are sacrificed freely. Completely incorrect.

Pawns are actually very important in chess.

When grouped together, they create strong walls and restrict the enemy's movement. As they push forward, they become a powerful offensive weapon.

They can also create powerful outposts. From which knights and bishops can push even deeper into the enemy's side of the board.

Taken together, the pawns are worth 8 points .. only the queen is worth more (9 points) and in high level chess, she is usually traded off while many pawns still remain on the board.

In many high level chess games, the end comes only when every piece as been removed from the board EXCEPT for the kings and a few pawns. One of those pawns crosses the board, becomes a queen, and wins the game. Although in high level chess, the promotion of the pawn is rarely needed.

The player who is losing can see that they can not stop the pawn from crossing, and so they resign. All because of the pawn.

[nashville_brook]

14. Fired up and ready to...

hey wait where'd everyone go?

[Myrina]

15. I am sorry for your frustration ....

.... I feel the same way: lied to, used, further-marginalized.

I barely watch the news anymore, and can't sit through one of his Photo Ops or press conferences. I want to find that guy who threw his shoe at Bush, and have him throw his other shoe at POTUS.

:hug:

[hansagruber]

41. Shoes to throw

There are plenty of shoes available for throwing at my house, too. Oh wait, we will need to keep those because I can't afford to replace them because there is no job - can't even get them at Walmart prices. We've been had and might as well admit it and let the crazies take over. The middle class won't wake up until they realize there are no jobs for their kids - and that being shift manager is the best your college educated kid can hope for. As long as there is enough money to shop at Walmart - it's all still OK.

[Kaleko]

89. Hey, don't outsource the shoe-throwing.

It should be an all-American exercise. ;)

[WingDinger]

20. Wait, over thirty years they have remo0ved all the tools available to deal with downturns.

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[woo me with science]

21. I had tears in my eyes this morning when the last shuttle took off.

Democrats have changed. This country has changed. You are right. We don't have representation anymore.

[Ignis]

33. +1. This sure isn't the party of Kennedy, let alone FDR.

[woo me with science]

114. +1

[hay rick]

59. What goes up must come down.

We used to be able to define a challenge, come together for the common good, and meet the challenge. I'm curious to see what, if anything, will replace the shuttle fleet. One article here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37509776/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/shuttle-successor-succeeds-first-test-flight/

From the article:

"With the shuttle fleet due for retirement within the next year or so, NASA is counting on private-sector launch providers to provide transport services to the space station, so that the space agency can concentrate on more ambitious trips beyond Earth orbit.

SpaceX and the Falcon 9 have become closely linked with President Barack Obama's revised space policy, which calls for the cancellation of NASA's own Ares 1 rocket development effort. Obama visited the SpaceX launch pad and chatted with Musk just before announcing the policy shift at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in April.

In the wake of that announcement, members of Congress and space luminaries such as Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, criticized Obama's policy and said companies such as SpaceX couldn't be relied upon to deliver on their promises..."

I'm guessing we're headed into also-ran status in the space race. It's what we deserve.

[1stBunny]

77. And now Americans are locked out of the space station

if Russia says so.

[woo me with science]

115. I am so angry that we have come to this. nt

[Lorien]

65. Therefore we have taxation without representation

maybe one enormous class action lawsuit is in order?

[woo me with science]

116. It does seem that the title, "representative," should have some guarantee mechanism attached to it.

Voting used to be that mechanism, I guess.

[hfojvt]

23. "always remember to keep riding the storm out"

In the words of Lasher (from Player Piano) "it doesn't matter if we win or lose, Doctor. The important thing is that we tried. For the record, we tried!"

Ir was worth it to try, if only for the record, because you never know until you try.

You can always find negative things if you want to look for them. Your job is dead end. What does that mean? You'd feel better if you could get some promotions? I understood that you were a union worker making decent money. That seems kinda positive to me. You mention a beloved ex, and at least that tells me that you had some time together with a person you loved and who loved you. That you call her 'beloved' makes it sound to me like you should court her again, that you could make her life better, at least in a financial sense as two can live more cheaply than a pair of ones, and she could make your life better.

You sound like you are giving up, or wallowing in despair. I've quoted it before, Charles Stanley's Life Principle #20 "dissapointments are inevitable, discouragement is a choice."

Or as they say in Galaxy Quest "never give up, never surrender"

Or what they heck, surrender if that is what you want to do, but don't give yourself away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av7xWys6gh4

God, I sound like Random Thoughts. Ah well, as Spock said "constant contact does lead to a degree of contamination".

[hay rick]

64. No more contamination for you.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=232759

Maybe you can get the beer and travel money now.

[leeroysphitz]

24. The worst economy since The Great Depression and all this "democratic" admin can talk about

is fucking DEFICIT REDUCTION?

Jesus. Even Bush fucking senior knew when to raise revenue and he had the balls to do and be a one termer...

[Fuddnik]

38. But, he said this morning that more Free Trade Agreements would save us!

And austerity. But, he called it reform.

More of those weasel words.

[placton]

26. yes friend!

you said it all! BIG REC!

[abq e streeter]

27. It saddens me beyond words to have to agree completely with you...Another rec too.

[crim son]

28. You got it. I gave up on him when he extended the bush tax cuts and

bullshitted us about there being no other option. I wish there were a Dem challenger for 2012 because I can't support Obama any more.

[noiretextatique]

29. i graduated from college the year after ronald reagan was elected

i was stunned, horrified, and depressed. i never gave up the struggle, but the selection of bush the junior really woke me up again. i was always lukewarm about obama, but i was elated when he won. i was in a gay bar in oakland when he won, surrounded by other black people. we were all so happy because a democrat won, and that democrat was a black man...a historic accomplishment i never thought i'd live to see. i went outside to call my mother and my sister, and people were literally dancing in the streets. i remember a car full of young white kids who passed by and waved and yelled "congratulations" and "we did it." it was the most amazing feeling of elation...and community that i'd ever experienced.

we were full of hope for meaningful change, and not just because obama was elected, but because democrats also won the house and the senate. finally...i thought...finally we can start unraveling the mess that reagan started. but alas, here we are two years later with rampant unemployment and tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% while ss and medicare cuts are on the table, supposedly to reduce the deficit. and if anyone thinks otherwise, read that ridiculous exchange between carney and a reporter regarding the meaning of "slash" vs. "cut."

i am 52 now, and have been unemployed for a year and a half. my unemployment is running out soon and there are no job prospects on the horizon. i sit at my computer all day and waiting for jobs to be posted on craigslist so i can be one of the first to respond...i figure it is my only chance. and i have a marketable skills and a college degree...i can only imagine how awful it must be for people with limited skills and education.

this isn't the change i hoped for. and unlike some others, i don't have much faith in the democratic party anymore. there are some stellar individuals in the party, but the leadership is woefully out of touch, and increasing purposely ignoring the will, the needs and the best interests of the american public.

[deutsey]

50. Oh, stop looking for your pony

:sarcasm:

Seriously, I feel for you. :thumbsup:

[noiretextatique]

105. thanks...and nice to see you

i am the former noiretblu and i remember you :hi: job prospects are improving, so hopefully i will be working soon.

[deutsey]

121. Ah, yes! I remember you as well!

:hug:

I hope your prospects continue to improve!

[hay rick]

69. "The leadership is woefully out of touch...

purposely ignoring the will, the needs, and the best interests of the American public." Sad. True. Well said.

Good luck with your job hunting.

[noiretextatique]

106. thank you...at least i am getting responses and interviews now

so i hope to be working soon.

[The Big Vetolski]

73. I hear you. I hope more of us hear from you. I stand on the edge of

the ghetto(really just a few blocks away), just a paycheck away from homelessness myself, and fear for the future. I have lost faith in the entire American power structure, at least what faith I had that they might give those like me a chance out of their own free will.

Thanks for posting. I was stationed in Vallejo for awhile. Is the Golden Gate still pretty, at least?

[noiretextatique]

107. i love the bay area...it is a beautiful place

at least i have the natural beauty here to keep me UP. good luck to you, my friend...these are some scary times.

[PassingFair]

111. Hang in there Noire....I feel like the table is being slowly tipped....

I just don't know how it will feel when I hit the floor.



“ Reckless fools lost first because they deserved to lose, and careful, wise men lost later because a world-wide earthquake doesn’t ask for personal references. Edwin LeFevre, 1932

[LanternWaste]

30. I never kicked, stomped nor held my breath.

I never gnashed, wailed, kicked, stomped nor held my breath. Petulant children and radio demagogues do that, not adults.
Nor will I allow my own frustrations prevent me from attempting to see the US governed in a just a viable manner, see a more peaceful family of nations, and ensure a cleaner environment for future generations of humans, animals and plants.

However, I certainly won't tell you anything-- as you've already said you'd refuse that, nor will I ridicule your position-- regardless of whether someone "gives a shit" or not. And while you yourself may believe giving up is the your only viable option, I like to think that when presented with only two options, there's always three or more options in the hall that I simply fail to see yet.

[nikto]

35. Would you give up if you were in the shower-line at Auschwitz?

I wouldn't.

I'd sing a song & crack jokes, and keep visualizing a better age.

I'd help the elderly along & hold their hands, while singing,
"All You Need Is Love".

Never giving up makes all the difference.
Especially if there is no hope.



Oh, what bunk.

[lunatica]

37. Did you ever really think they gave a shit about us?

I never did. But then I'm a little more aware of the real history of this country than the average American. Hidden under the myth of how great this country is are lots of very dark things. It's just that now many of them aren't being hidden so well anymore.

One good example is we act shocked that our government renders prisoners to other countries for torture believing this is something this country never did before. Yet in Fort Benning in Georgia is the School of the Americas where the US Department of Defense teaches military people from other countries, mostly Latin American countries how to torture effectively. This school, renamed The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC or WHINSEC) by Congress rather than shut it down, has been located in the US since 1984.

No, they don't give a shit about us. They never did. It's just better for us in this country than it is in so many others. Even now we're better off than people in the Middle East, India and Central and South America, among others. Europe is OK, but that's not such a large portion of the world.

[hansagruber]

39. Does he care?

Well said.  Couldn't have said it better.  Just hoping to keep
my job until I turn 65.  Then - nothing.  Just medicare and
maybe I can sell my house and afford an apartment.  Maybe. 
Don't know what the house will be worth and if anyone will buy
it.  The Big O does not need little guys anymore - maybe he
never did.  We just bought into the whole pr spiel so he could
swing that minority, "underdog" thing. I love the
part about he will "turn left" during the second
term? Huh?  These must be the same folks who believe that
angels walk through the day with you and that the meek shall
inherit the earth mantra. I have no idea who replaced
"candidate" Obama.  How can he even listen to his
own recorded speeches?

[Jakes Progress]

40. We let them in our party.

And they stole it. Obama stands several steps to the right of Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.

He is a post-Democratic-Party Democrat.

[Javaman]

42. I hate to tell you this, but...

we have been invisible to them for a very long time.

They all succumb to beltway fever. They all live in a bubble and they all are as clued into our plight as a flea is to rocket science.

They haven't given a damn about us in a very long time...if ever.

[COLGATE4]

43. I hear you and think you've really described how I feel. After everything,

we are just (still) invisible. Truly, it wasn't worth it.

[Myrina]

44. ... as the House gets ready to approve a $649 BILLION military budget ...

Are you fucking serious, Washington DC? :wow: :mad: :wow: :mad:

[drpepper67]

45. Maybe not as fast as you'd like.

But there are things going on today that would have been deemed impossible 10 years ago.

These things take time.

[Jackpine Radical]

47. Things going on…You mean like dismantling SS and MC?

A Democratic President throwing the 99ers under the bus?

You're right.

10 years ago I would have thought those things inconceivable.

[Chef Eric]

57. It's fitting that you've named yourself after liquid manure, because your post is bullshit. nt

[drpepper67]

127. I was thinking of gays in the military and gay marriage.

And I'm not sure what you mean by "liquid manure".

I'm a Doctor. My last name is Pepper and I'm 67 years old....

[WillyT]

49. K & R !!!

:kick:

[svpadgham]

51. "Billionaire's votes count more."

They don't even have to vote.

[mzteris]

52. they elected a scumbag puke slag

because they didn't vote for the gd DEMOCRAT.

He may not be perfect, but he's a gd sight better than what we would have gotten with McCain or what we could get with a Bachmann or any of those other miscreants.

You focus on what he hasn't done. Have you taken a good look at all the good things that WERE done? Of course not.

[Fire1]

66. +100,000,000. n/t

[BulletproofLandshark]

80. I'm not sure McCain would have been any worse.

Then again, I'd prefer to face my attacker than have them stick a knife in my back like Obama has. But keep waving those pom-poms in vain.

[Fire1]

119. I totally agree. I just had no idea the back stabbers and racist

were in the democratic party. I know now.

[blkmusclmachine]

56. Workers/Middle Class/Poor, all totally invisible to this "Democratic" Party:

They spend their time in Cocktail Parties & golfing with their buddies over at the GOP, while Rome burns. They have the audacity to blame us for their own reckless abdication of Office, and then send us the bill for reconstruction.

[slay]

96. You pretty much nailed it

sad to say - but at least many here at DU are finally now realizing and acknowledging this.

[Fire1]

120. If you're invisible to the democrats can you imagine what you are

in the republican party?? LOL!!!!

[Harry Callahan]

58. It is quite possible that you could be out of breath and have sore feet.

[Odin2005]

61. He's a University of Chicago man, that tells you everything you need to know.

The UofC is RW Neoliberal central.

[swilton]

112. U. of Chicago

Leo Strauss - The political philosophy that the elite should use deception, religious fervor and perpetual war to control the ignorant masses - father of neo-conservatism.

[Electric Monk]

67. The "Big 3" automakers are all still in business. I thought that might be a bigger deal to you?

I've seen how intense you get about Made In America when it comes to what we drive...

:shrug:

[Fire1]

68. And alot of us are still in our homes thanks to HAMP. n/t

[ProgressIn2008]

70. Obama never cared about anything but Obama, but that's pretty typical.

Put one's "faith" or "hope" in pols, and one will be hurt. Same as it ever was. If there are solutions, they'll come from elsewhere.

[defendandprotect]

71. +1 --- Time to be thinking of 2012 and what we're going to do ...

do we want more of this -- ?

Because it won't only be about Social Security and Medicare --

this is an administration moving further to the right than anyone could

have imagined --


Most of us don't get up in the morning thinking about how to gain power over other

people -- but many elites do.

Most of us don't think in terms of acquiring things on levels which are suicidal --

but many elites do.

Howard Hughes, for one, wanted to own the USA.

Most of us don't do harm to ourselves and others for profit --

Most of us don't want to see destruction of nature -- we understand and feel the

spiritual renewal that nature brings --

And that's why, imo, when we think about elites and how far they are likely to go,

we don't understand the true dangers of the rising of the right --

[unkachuck]

72. K&R....n/t

[johnaries]

78. That's right. Obama hasn't accomplished ANYTHING.

Except that he's accomplished more than any President since FDR.

http://www.blueoregon.com/2010/12/obamas-accomplishments/

Nope, not worth it. :sarcasm:

[johnaries]

79. That's right. Obama hasn't accomplished ANYTHING.

Except that he's accomplished more than any President since FDR.

http://www.blueoregon.com/2010/12/obamas-accomplishments/

Nope, not worth it. :sarcasm:

[Kablooie]

87. All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds. -Pangloss

[cottonseed]

88. boo hoo hoo

manic progressives

I feel the same way about Pontiacs.

[sce56]

90. Yep I got a "Campaign email" today here was my response!

With the President putting Social Security and Medicare on the table he has lost all of my support! I would rather see a Republican in the White House than a Faux Democrat and if I don't have a good choice than I will not vote for the Democrat for first time in my life!
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On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Jeremy Bird, BarackObama.com <[e-mail]> wrote:

2012
Ricardo --

The President's 50th birthday is coming up on August 4th.

Help grow this campaign today But he doesn't need a post on his Facebook wall.

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Thanks,

Jeremy

Jeremy Bird
National Field Director
Obama for America











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[swilton]

113. In 2012, I will and would rather vote for a REAL democrat

rather than someone who just had the DP after his name.

[slay]

93. I agree with your conclusion

sadly - but it's just too obvious to ignore at this point - Obama has betrayed us. I put in over 100 hours volunteering for the guy. :( :grr: :mad:

[Palmer Eldritch]

95. Well, why don't you just give up then???

I've never seen so much energy wasted wallowing in negativity.

[slay]

97. Welcome to DU!

what is your advice then Palmer Eldritch? Obama has betrayed us - nobody will challenge him from the Dem side. What do you suggest?

[rubberducky]

98. OMG, you didn`t get your pony!! You have nothing to smile about!!!

Heavens to mergatroid!!!! I would guess that alot of us on this board are in the same boat as you, but ranting and whining is not going to change anything. Are you running for any local office so you can change things? SSDD

[certainot]

100. individually we may have done much for him but collectively we have failed him like gore and kerry

anita hill and clinton and van jones and ACORN and all the others who have come forward and have been beaten by the invisible political 2x4 of talk radio- the right's best weapon because it is invisible to the left.

many of us can and have done many things we could call getting obama's back but for 20 years, since reagan killed the fairness doctrine, there has been NO organized effort by the collective left to mount any challenge to the right wing radio monopoly that punches at all things liberal all day long.and i'm not talking about a radio host being partisan, i'm talking about well coordinated campaigns organized by paid think tank professionals who can feed 1000 of the largest radio stations with lies, distortions, and swiftboating and have those campaigns repeated over and over by trained liars protected from truth by call screeners with sophisticated software who not only make sure they are seldom challenged, but allow paid callers to reinforce the propaganda.

while the left complains about obama's balls and spine, the right gets its balls from limbaugh, and the radio monopoly. and for those who would argue why would they get his back, if he spits on them, i would say again, the collective left that pledged to get his back never did in respect to teh right's most important weapon.

and all because there is NO mainstream liberal organization or dem effort doing anything to monitor the radio as it has been creating this alternate reality and intimidating media and politicians, or doing ANYTHING to get in their face and end their free speech free ride. occasional quotes of limbaugh's racism or lies don't count.

democracy and free speech can't last if the corporations and billionaires can create think tanks that can coordinate and feed a lineup of professional lying blowhards and give them a guaranteed free speech free ride on 1000 radio stations protected by call screeners and paid callers, reaching 50 mil a week.

those limbaugh megastations are the political power centers in this country , from which made-to-order national constituencies (called dittohead teabbaggers) can be created in days and weeks to stop or push anything the think tanks want. they will continue to take the US to the edge of fascism until the left starts picketing them and shaming their local sponsors, including the universities that endorse them by broadcasting sports on those stations.

the GOP HAS to take it to the edge because limbaugh and hannity have been telling tens of millions there is no problem not raising the debt ceiling and the GOP pols know if they don't go along they will be named. and they are also emboldened by the fact that if there is a meltdown the loudest voices in the country will still be their paid blowhards, lying and inciting and blaming and distorting and deflecting and excusing with no worries of being challenged by the left, who know nothing of what is happening outside of TV and print.

obama's opponent in this is team limbaugh and the GOP teabaggers and its media they have educated and enabled, and he can sit in his easy chair and say anything he wants while the left plugs in their iPods and blogs about obama's corporatist balls.

there IS a possibility of default if the ignorant GOP limbaugh dittohead base has it's way, that is the pressure on much of the GOP, and obama has and avoid that possibility and maybe give the idiot fucking republicans something to save face , even if the left is going to whine he has no balls while not getting his back where it counts the most.

[meow mix]

101. k&r

[ThomThom]

102. I totally agree

people that say just chill are the fools of the day

[olegramps]

103. Maybe the best thing would be for the Republicans to prevail.

Rather than being slowly squeezed to death by our own capitalizing party of do-nothings perhaps the working class would finally come to their senses if the Republicans and their wealthy conspirators could put the final coup de grace to the Middle Class. What can be said about stupid working class folks who have been brain-washed to the extent that they believe the absurdity that unions are their enemy and management their saviors all the while their jobs have been out-sourced, pensions cut and health insurance canceled. Maybe when the only jobs they can get is cutting the wealthy robber barons lawns and scrubbing their toilets while their wifes are taking in laundry and their kids hawking newspapers the will realized they have screwed their own themselves. When public education has been destroyed with the help of Obama and the only schools that exist are for the wealthy maybe, just maybe they will realize they fucked their selves and destroyed their kids future for decades to come.

[uponit7771]

104. lofl...I knew it wouldn't take long

[Curmudgeoness]

108. We tried that experiment. Bush and buddies beat up these people.

And still you have a lot of them singing with that choir, albeit with shabby robes. You just can't fix stupid.

[Pisces]

117. Maybe better for you and your agenda.

[olegramps]

129. Can't you understand that I am fully committed to protection of the working class.

When union membership was 36% of the work force, the average worker enjoyed their highest relative share of the wealth that they produced. The highest management made something in the neighborhood of about 30 times what they payed their average workers. And the top income tax brackets were over 80%. Today it is hundreds of times and even as high as 1000 time with rediculously low taxes on the wealthy.

Aa a result of what has transpired in the last 40 years the top 1% have more wealth that the bottom 90% combined. My dream would be to see American workers totally unionized as for example as in Germany where the working class is enjoying a high standard of living, guaranteed pensions, health care and yearly one month vacations and the economy is thriving. If the workers what fair just treatment there is only one way to achieve it; UNIONIZE AND DEMAND YOUR FAIR SHARE. I just wish my fellow American working class folks would wake up and stop believing the bullshit that they are being force feed daily by the propagandists that now control the media.

[TK421]

122. YOU NEVER LOVED HIM!!!@!$$$@!$ ( not mine...I forget who to give credit for that one, sorry )

[theFrankFactor]

128. The most encouraging thread on DU and here's why...

It is about reality! As more of us admit the reality of the situation we come closer to a solution. I am heartened by this much more than the ignorance of the facts. I'm with you! When the majority of Democrats join us we may have the power to really make a difference. We need major systemic reforms.