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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident Obama is truly a great man
I may not agree with many choices he makes. But I am glad to see that he is doing what he believes is right for our country. Obama has done some bold moves this last week or so which was pretty much not the case for many years of his Presidency. As I have said before, he has already secured a second term and there is no need to play it safe anymore. So, he is finally revealing what he wants people to remember him for when he leaves the office and that is inspiring. Obama has nothing to lose but everything to gain moving forward with what he believes is best for our country. On that, he has my support because it is rare to see a moderate politician (which is the majority of politicians in the American political theater) take such bold moves during an election year or even mid term election year. Taking a stand for what you communicate is imperative to inspire and create a base that are passionate about what they believe and practice. Lets hope he can carry this momentum over the summer into the fall IMO.
mylye2222
(2,992 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)mylye2222
(2,992 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)great man, albeit with a huge task dumped on him and just as little support from the left as the right.
babylonsister
(171,042 posts)how thrilled I was at him becoming President, and how quickly that went downhill.
I maintain he's an exceptional man with our interests at heart.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)Cha
(297,027 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)the left. Howard Dean was dismissed w/o a thanks. He made it clear that he didnt need the left. Rick Warren, really? Rahm, really? They were just the beginning. Conservative after conservative were appointed. Tim Geitner, Lawrence Summers, Ben Bernanke, William M. Daley, Jeff Immelt, Dave Cote, Jeb Bush, Robert Gates, Gen Stanley McChrystal, Jacob Lew, Jeremiah Norton, Gen Petraeus, John Brennen, Chuck Hegal, Michael Taylor, James Comey, James R. Clapper, Robert Mueller, Michele Leonhart (DEA), Lois Lerner (IRS)
And >>> Penny Pritzker.
Not a single one that the left would approve.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)"which was pretty much not the case for many years of his Presidency"
He ALWAYS has been....you apparently haven't been paying enough attention. Obamacares is HUGE and is much more than Health Insurance reform....
But I guess saving thousands of lives doesn't register in your world view...
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Can't even take a complement to Obama. Back to ignore, you are truly antagonistic regardless of whether someone agrees with you or not.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)pathetic.....
He spent the first few years getting the ACA passed.....but some seem to discount HOW big that really is...and I am sick to death of this...
I was unemployed for the last 3 months....this is the third time in less than 10 yrs. This time was different....this time I had affordable health insurance. I went on Obamacares....DO NOT try to tell me that wasn't a HUGE relief. I personally KNOW the difference.
I started back to work just THIS week.....this period of unemployment was sooooo much less stressful BECAUSE of what this President did for ME!
Thank you President Obama....I for one will NOT stand by and let others minimize your work!
stone space
(6,498 posts)On Tue Jun 3, 2014, 09:03 PM an alert was sent on the following post:
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VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)Please.
When someone partially agrees with you, it's better to speak positively of that agreement than complain about the parts they didn't or still don't agree.
This also goes for dealing with Republicans as well.
- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)it was a compliment on one hand and a backhand on the other.....
Like I said....I am not going to allow his good work to be marginalized.
By the way....would you dare ask a man to "be more gracious"? Sounded sexist to me....
ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)...that until now, I did not know you were a woman.
Yes. I would tell a man to be more gracious in victory.
- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)a Progressive path.
And I'll call him out whenever he strays...
mountain grammy
(26,605 posts)carry us into November and a new Congress.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)how's it playing in Flying Monkeys Media? I don't watch, so I don't know if he's getting covered at all, or if it's "coverage", as in, 5 sec. of video, and hours upon hours of repuke "critique".
hmmmm....I wonder how Harry Truman, or FDR or Lincoln would have looked if every breath they took, 24/7 was sent into the blogosphere kaleidoscope, echochamber, hall of mirrors, propaganda Ma$$Media, and micro-analyzed, torn to shreds, rewritten?.....
mountain grammy
(26,605 posts)when my blood needs a good boil.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Unparalleled intelligent and genius, he stands alone as the wise helmsman of our nation.
Many times I go to bed praying for a tenth of his wisdom, yet I awake as a mere citizen, fundamentally unable to manage my own affairs.
He guides us and gives us his wisdom.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Because if it's not, it's absurd, creepy, and North Korea-ish as hell.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)mwrguy
(3,245 posts)Botany
(70,476 posts).... the republicans got together and set up a plan to work so as to hurt the American economy
and the American people and they set up a blue print to block everything The President would
try to do in order to hurt him politically.
Sure I have some issues w/ his agenda but his inner core of kindness shines through his
very being. I have always thought after being President he would make a great school teacher
or principal or even a great middle school gym teacher because he really loves kids and at times
he is a kid at heart.
BTW under President Obama the world's stockpile of nuclear weapons has been cut in half.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)I bear witness that there is no President but Obama and I bear witness that President Obama is the messenger for All.
Amen.
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McCain just wants a taste.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)President Obama has accomplished a great deal
treestar
(82,383 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)That's a rediculous statement. On numerous occasions over the past 5 years he has made very tough "bold" decisions that were not politically safe and went against the grain. I guess you werent paying attention.