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walerosco

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Sun Aug-28-11 08:12 PM
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If Barack Obama was a republican

Edited on Sun Aug-28-11 08:25 PM by walerosco

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKjuV_mneg

Posted on YouTube: August 28, 2011
By YouTube Member: Morrakiu
Views on YouTube: 736

Posted on DU: August 29, 2011
By DU Member: walerosco
Views on DU: 3332

Every other day I see posts like http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x756603 on DU asking and wondering why Obama's poll rating keeping dropping. This video is from a right winger (yes, even this right winger believes he is too conservative) showing his frustration at all the Bush like policies this president is adopting. This content of this video should answer such questions and that is, the center left country doesn't like Obama's center right approach

I know am not the only one frustrated with the course we are heading as a country, the wars, medical marijuana raids, banker bailouts etc etc. I just don't know what else to say :(

Sources:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/04/obama-2006-vs-obama-january-2...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2010-10-07-healthlaw07_ST_N.htm
http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-hispanic-republicans/2011/05/12/obama-on-tra...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/ny-times-reporter-confirm_b_500...
http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/16/school-voucher-washington-dc-teacher-union-o...

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/112795-axelrod-obama-remains...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5084948-503544.html
http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/07/25/secular-coalition-presses-obama-on...
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/05/obama.faith.based/

http://www.aclu.org/national-security/obama-administration-claims-unchecked-a...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34097.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0301/Obama-signs-Patriot-Act-exten...
http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-04-21/bay-area/17193919_1_marijuana-dispensar...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/obama-doj-worse-than-bush

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/politifact...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2007/09/mercado-mosk.html
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-Nominates-Monsanto-R-by-Gustav-Wynn-09...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/07/08/751167/-Obama-White-House-Appoints-F...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/16/obamas-broken-promise-fed_n_500526.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR20090722032...
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/22/nation/na-healthcare-talks22
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/09/08/obama

http://www.thenation.com/blog/36756/blackwaters-new-sugar-daddy-obama-adminis...
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/04-1
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34136023/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-administ...
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/obama-revives-rumsfeld-era-missile-sc...
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/10/26/why_is_obama_easing_restri...
http://original.antiwar.com/anthony-gregory/2011/08/25/on-war-obama-has-been-...

U MAD?

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Pharaoh

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Sun Aug-28-11 08:17 PM
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1. Kicking for truth n/t

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Pab Sungenis

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Sun Aug-28-11 08:31 PM
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3. Kicking again for the truth.

This is not about who will be in the White House in 2013, this is about who is in the White House NOW.

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PonyJon

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Mon Aug-29-11 08:31 AM
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11. Are you all republicon shills at DU? WTF?

Support the man, support the party. If you really believe this bullshit you post go post it at www.heritagefoundation.com .

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bitchkitty

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Mon Aug-29-11 09:50 AM
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14. Kneejerk, bullshit response.

That's idiotic. If the man DOESN'T support the party, then what's the freaking point of supporting him?

I am so damned tired of people telling me, or others who feel like me, that we are traitors to the cause. That's straight out of the Republican playbook, so calling us Republicon shills is rich in irony.

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spooked911

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Mon Aug-29-11 10:07 AM
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18. did you watch the video? I suspect you didn't.

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stuckinarut

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Sun Aug-28-11 08:28 PM
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2. but but but...

A Republican would be so much worse! lol

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walerosco

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Sun Aug-28-11 08:54 PM
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5. Don't get it twisted

A republican would still 100x worse but Obama could be 1m times better if he stopped trying to appeal to the center or what we all refer to as the wing nuts. Yes, he killed Osama, yes he did a very good job preparing the East coast for the storm but this country is hurting and he needs to do much more. Him being better than Bill Clinton just wont cut it anymore

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bitchkitty

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Mon Aug-29-11 09:51 AM
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15. How is he better than Clinton?

Please elaborate.

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walerosco

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Mon Aug-29-11 09:19 PM
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22. I will be the 1st to admit

that he better by a slight margin so here it goes.

Clinton repealed the Glass Steagall act which most economist blame for the 2007 crash while Obama passed the financial reform bill
Clinton signed DADT and Obama repealed it
Clinton failed to pass any HCR bill while Obama passed the first universal health care bill in US history (yea we all know its not perfect but its a first step)

I know theres a few more that am missing, but my home PC is out of commission and thus cannot access my favorite web pages.

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watajob

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Sun Aug-28-11 08:40 PM
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4. IF?!?!

You mean he isn't? Really? Seriously? No, really?!

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Dokkie

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Sun Aug-28-11 09:26 PM
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6. unrec

please try and match it with http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/.

Thanks

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Grassy Knoll

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Sun Aug-28-11 09:30 PM
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7. OMG , You bring up valid points, I'm Switching Partys.....

Bravo on old Fox news talking points.....

Truth doesn't hurt, But being a Republican is going to kill me.

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spooked911

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Mon Aug-29-11 10:07 AM
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17. no reason to go there, the point is that Obama is serious trouble

and in many ways, worse than Bush.

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Lorien

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Mon Aug-29-11 06:20 PM
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21. What Fox News talking points?

You obviously didn't listen to the video.

And if you could be pissed off by a so called Dem behaving like a repug, then why would you "switch parties" to one that holds the same viewpoints? That would be a near lateral move, or jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

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DeSwiss

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Sun Aug-28-11 10:12 PM
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8. Corrected title:

If Barack Obama ~~was~~ is a republican.

- There.

K&R

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Lorien

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Mon Aug-29-11 05:31 PM
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20. +1. nt

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Enthusiast

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Sun Aug-28-11 10:39 PM
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9. This is no laughing matter.

Millions of us need social security and medicare for our very survival.

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pam4water

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Mon Aug-29-11 04:22 AM
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10. Always knew he was and empty suit,

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hopiakuta

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Mon Aug-29-11 08:40 AM
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12. Abolish electoral college & corporate personhood.

Abolish electoral college & corporate personhood.

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Dokkie

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Mon Aug-29-11 09:36 AM
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13. and how exactly is that going to

change anything? If you ask me, I say we need a parliamentary system, a multi party system and a way to recall our elected leaders when they start appeasing their corporate buddies.

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spooked911

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Mon Aug-29-11 10:06 AM
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16. there's a simple reason Obama is pursuing and worsening so many of Bush's terrible policies

it's because they were both controlled by the same evil fuckers-- the corporations and the intel agencies and ultimately the secret societies -- all of which do NOT have our best interests at heart.

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Tue Aug-30-11 12:33 AM
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23. K&R

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Wed Aug-31-11 08:26 PM
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24. K&R

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