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Mon Mar-21-11 08:07 PM
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How many more crises can Obama have thrown at him? |
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Before he throws his hands up exclaiming "It's just not worth it!"? (metaphorically, of course)
I may not agree with tacts he has chosen, but in modern American history a President has never had so many domestic and global problems as Obama has faced.
I salute your fortitude and calm under pressure, Mr. President.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:11 PM
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Edited on Mon Mar-21-11 08:11 PM by MannyGoldstein
I'm of the opinion that FDR had more crises and worked hard to do the best for the most.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:20 PM
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2. A once-in-history President to be sure |
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Unfortunately, the right has been trying to destroy his ideas and programs since they were implemented.
I still salute Obama's staid determination.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:25 PM
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7. Yes, I agree. FDR also didn't try to help Corporations most. |
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He wasn't bailing out banks first with almost all of the governments resources, and then claiming that people had to help themselves because the government was out of money.
He resisted going to war instead of being a warmonger who deliberately extended one, continued a second indefinitely, and started a third. (While still telling people that they had to help themselves because the government was out of money! Funny, there seems to be money for those wars.)
Comparing Obama to FDR really shows clearly what a f*ck-up Obama is today.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:33 PM
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10. Well, there's pre-game and there's post-game |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:35 PM
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11. Pre-game was speculation. Post-game was results. |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:35 PM
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12. If Obama can't handle the pressure of pleasing the rich, he shouldn't be seeking a second term |
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Edited on Mon Mar-21-11 08:57 PM by somone
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:01 PM
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Tue Mar-22-11 12:02 AM
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43. Be fair now - he couldn't have expected that he'd hit the trifecta |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:23 PM
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3. Which crises are you refering to? |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:48 PM
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20. Here's a partial list |
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Bush's two wars: Iraq and Afghanistan The oil spill in the gulf The economy, jobs, and housing Japan's nuclear plant and tsunami recovery assistance Libya etc...
If I were President Obama I'd say: Take this job and show it!
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:10 PM
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32. I would say three of those aren't really "his crisis". |
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:17 PM
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33. He is still having to deal with them all. |
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And the crisis at the nuclear plant in Japan is going to be an American problem more and more as time passes.
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:46 PM
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36. Really, could you expand your answer. |
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As for Japan, how will it be a presidential problem?
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:56 PM
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39. TEMPCO said today the rods are damaged and now leaking into the sea.... |
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So, once all that crap comes across the sea to Alaska and California and Washington state it will be a huge problem for us in the USA!
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Tue Mar-22-11 04:39 PM
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44. How does that work, exactly? Do they have little teeny outboard motors attached to them? |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:24 PM
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4. His kids might demand a cat |
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:eyes:
There is only ONE domestic and global problem : RICH PEOPLE
The voters gave Democrats and the Obama Administration a mandate for change starting in 2006.
Wha happened?
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:24 PM
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5. High gas prices? I can't think of any other ones |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:42 PM
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16. a General Strike ?!?!? |
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or a natural disaster
or a successful terrorist attack
or an epidemic of some type (bird flu kinda thing for real this time)
Israel in an all out war
Iran announcing it has nuclear weapons
need I go on?
High gas prices are an inconvenience but hardly a crisis.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:25 PM
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6. his amount of crises is pretty standard really. not that special nt |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:30 PM
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shooting himself in the foot, he isn't going to have any toes left.
This latest adventure was purely of his own doing - the classic self-inflicted wound.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:31 PM
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9. There was no need to "do" anything about Libya or to expand the war in Afghanistan |
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Those two crises are totally self-inflicted.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:51 PM
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25. wow. I guess you didn't see all the photos of the Libyans that were shot into pieces by Gaddafi's |
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hired mercenaries. Do you also think that the USA should not have done anything about Hitler too?
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Mon Mar-21-11 11:19 PM
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40. Gaddafi is a tyrant, but he's not committing genocide |
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This is a civil war, one of dozens going on in the world right now. Should we intervene in every one?
(Or, interestingly enough, only in the countries that have oil? See a pattern?)
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:36 PM
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13. Crises are just part of being president |
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anyone running for president who doesn't think ahead of time about what they may have to deal with has no business running in the first place.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:37 PM
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14. Comes with being President. |
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They have all had domestic and international situations to deal with. Ever see how fast presidents age?
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:37 PM
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15. Dennis Kucinich is about to introduce an impeachment motion |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:46 PM
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he walked back that statement today on MSNBC, pulling what I call "a Beck" and saying that he was just raising the question. He also questioned the constitutionality of the War Powers Act. If he can get the SCOTUS to rule that the WPA is unconstitutional then he would be able to make a case for impeachment, until then he is simply making a fool of himself.
He will be on The Ed Show soon so we can watch that and see if he makes any news.
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:02 PM
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31. I knew it wouldn't go anywhere |
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I question Kucinich's choice and timing of battles.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:43 PM
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17. I hope there's no alien invasion coming up this year. |
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It's getting hard to keep track of all the fires as it is.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:47 PM
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19. the "We Can Know" crowd says Jesus comes back May 21st |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:49 PM
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22. "And he's gonna be pissed." |
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:22 PM
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34. "Jesus is coming....... Look busy" |
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:48 PM
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21. Dumped on him by Republicans! (media forgets that bit) |
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A+ Internationally for Obama. D- domestically vis-a-vis workers
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:49 PM
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24. Hmm. All good points... |
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I think I'm starting to develop a steely dislike for him. A creeping feeling of being hoodwinked.
There are no crises. He created all the current and former messes by trying to build consensus (a naive concept) and act constrained under pressure. Perhaps it was his goal all along.
Run as a Democrat, govern as a republican.
Thanks, DU for setting me straight. Now who should I vote for? An Independent?
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:53 PM
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26. Meh. He asked for the job. |
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Not much wasn't known going into it.
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Mon Mar-21-11 08:54 PM
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27. Allow me to be K&R #1 !1 I salute your fortidude and calm, Mr President!1 |
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:02 PM
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30. Thrown at him? Say what? He's a wealthy, powerful pol, how are any of these |
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things thrown at him? How is he experiencing any suffering?
What a bizarre object of sympathy, a president, in the midst of so much genuine suffering in the world.
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:26 PM
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35. Poor stressed-out Mr. Obama.... this Preszidential thing is tough work... |
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I feel sorry for Mr. Obama.. I'm sure his kids go to bed hungry and he worries where his next meal will come from and how is going to heat his 3rd floor walk-up.
Not unlike the American people who are suffering while their jobs are shipped to CHINA and the military spends $436 Million-a-day in Afghanistan.
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Mon Mar-21-11 09:53 PM
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38. Leave Obama Alone! Poor little Obama. |
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Gimme a break. If the job is to tough for him he should have just stayed home.
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Mon Mar-21-11 11:27 PM
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But being supportive of a Democratic president is not welcome on DU.
Thanks for trying, though.
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Mon Mar-21-11 11:32 PM
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42. The GOP is working on it as we speak |
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Next manufactured crisis: Obama Invites Asteroid to Visit Earth
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