Who is Barack Obama?-By BOB HERBERT

Obama’s Credibility Gap

By BOB HERBERT
Published: January 25, 2010

Who is Barack Obama?

Mr. Obama is in danger of being perceived as someone whose rhetoric, however skillful, cannot always be trusted. He is creating a credibility gap for himself, and if it widens much more he won’t be able to close it.

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Mr. Obama promised during the campaign that he would be a different kind of president, one who would preside over a more open, more high-minded administration that would be far more in touch with the economic needs of ordinary working Americans. But no sooner was he elected than he put together an economic team that would protect, above all, the interests of Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry, the health insurance companies, and so on.

How can you look out for the interests of working people with Tim Geithner whispering in one ear and Larry Summers in the other?

more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/opinion/26herbert.html

Then we can try again. The ears are shut, the eyes blinded, and the mind is empty. But, he's got his Nobel! and a dog.

spending freeze. Obama said NO. I can assure him that he will get many less votes frm progressives than he will ever win from repugs, who are already criticizing him and his freeze. They have spent 1.2 trillion on bush tax cuts, 1 trillion on Iraq and Afghanistan, and now it comes out of the hides of those that elected him, not those who benefited. Good luck with that Plouffe.

we were treated to creepy outdated posturing about being bipartisan. With those idiots who drove this country off a cliff, and whose popularity had fallen to 29%.

That has been an astounding depressing failure in a politician who carried so many of our hopes for significant, practical change.

A Democrat going Herbert Hoover instead of FDR. I just could not have predicted that. Although his once or twice praising Reagan did scare me somewhat.

After some charming speeches about us not having to worry about the government standing up for us.

I would worry far less if he pushed up the date to get rid of the Bush tax cuts on the super rich.

Have you no faith in him?







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Tansy Gold, who was appalled on 11/24/08 and is still amazed at how much fucking up Obama has done in this year.

when they see our President Obama proposing a McCainiac Spending Freeze!! Geez, eh?

Goldwater would escalate the war. . . . . .




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I think he's a firetruck chaser.

He took our money, then he departed from the ideals we hold dear.

There's virtually no difference in his war policies and those of his predecessor. His economic policies have addressed the concerns of Wall Street and big banks. His health care policies were almost completely controlled by the industries that require oversight on this issue.

He's got some explaining to do. He has not fulfilled his promise. When you run on HOPE, you'd better not deliver cynicism. He needs to get out his speeches from 2008 and reread them. Figure out why Democrats elected him. It wasn't to give Bush policies a third term.

because yes he was shoved down our throats, and anyone who wanted to know who and what his credibility was would have had a damn hard time finding any legit info on him! Since he destroyed his records or froze them.. And would have questioned fake anti war tapes..and the such...

To anyone who tried to find out about his background..there were no questions of his credibility!

He was one of the first columnists to speak disapprovingly of some of Obama's moves. From what I have read of him, he rarely pulls punches.

He surrounds himself with the wrong people.

My impression of Obama is he is a smart guy who knows it is important to listen. You can't win over crowds like he used to unless you have the ability to read a situation.

I hope he changes how tone deaf he is to what is happening in this country and changes his policy accordingly. I hoped his attempt at bipartisanship was just an act to turn the public against the GOP. But part of me seriously wonders if he was actually naive enough to think the GOP would support big government, tax and spend policies that help the middle class. Of course not, if those policies work it debunks the entire GOP philosophy. You might as well ask Islamic clerics for bipartisan efforts on trying to prove Hinduism is the one true faith. Good luck. The GOP isn't going to willingly encourage their political and ideological self destruction just to help the American people by supporting government spending and more regulation. I hope Obama knows that.

Even right wingers, when you talk to them, many will admit to being screwed by the oligarchs and plutocrats. Now Obama is cutting deals with them.

Look at the one from "Ann S MI" and how many recs it has.

This should strike fear in the hearts of the Democratic leadership.

Obama reminded me of Madonna, not the best singer but great at marketing herself. The man talked platitudes for most of the primaries. It was all about the ambiance, the adoring crowds and lots of talk about hope & change, blah, blah, blah........

If I wasn't so angry, I would laugh. The left and the media carried this man on their shoulders and shoved him down our throats. Many of us had to hold our nose to vote for him because "what choice did we have?" Well, no more!!! That was the last time I will ever vote for a Democrat just because they have a "D" after their name.

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By breaking campaign promises.