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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 09:56 AM Jun 2014

Things Obama could do that wouldn't launch repuke poutrage...

So far all I've got is bring back the Bob Newhart Show or M*A*S*H*.

End two wars, Boo
Provide access to health insurance, Boo
Help women get paid the same as men, Boo
Pay poor people more money, Boo

The First Lady came out in favor of better quality food for our fat, lazy kids and they blasted her. Shit, she came out and said that we need to drink more water and the repukes came out as anti-water.

So, aside from leaving (Before the next Dem takes office in Jan 2017), what could he do that wouldn't piss off the pukes?

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Things Obama could do that wouldn't launch repuke poutrage... (Original Post) NightWatcher Jun 2014 OP
President Obama and Joe Biden jehop61 Jun 2014 #1
Here it is in a nutshell edhopper Jun 2014 #2
None. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Laelth Jun 2014 #3
"Leave office" is the only one I can come up with. JoePhilly Jun 2014 #4
Curing cancer would kill jobs!! MH1 Jun 2014 #5
Great Minds think alike... msanthrope Jun 2014 #7
I was going to say WhiteTara Jun 2014 #6
Advice from Rick Nelson riqster Jun 2014 #8

jehop61

(1,735 posts)
1. President Obama and Joe Biden
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:15 AM
Jun 2014

could resign and let John Boehner take over.......oh wait, Tea Partiers don't like him either.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
3. None. Zip. Zero. Zilch.
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:20 AM
Jun 2014

They've got nothing other than fear, outrage, ridicule, obstruction, and objection. That's the essence of their party's platform for as long as they are out of power. And I'm fine with that. In fact, I'd like to keep it that way.



-Laelth

MH1

(17,595 posts)
5. Curing cancer would kill jobs!!
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:30 AM
Jun 2014

Actually, it would. That's the ironic thing about progress ... or ANY change ... somebody, somewhere will lose a job. So to say "[Doing X] will kill jobs!!" is always a true statement. Doesn't mean that Doing X is a bad thing, or that the job losses can't be mitigated by opening up jobs elsewhere.

WhiteTara

(29,699 posts)
6. I was going to say
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 11:45 AM
Jun 2014

Die. But then I realized they would be furious that he would be given a state funeral.

So, the answer is nothing.

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