Mr. President, where are you?

It is well past time for the President of the United States to take a stand. He needs to get off the fence, choose a side (I am no longer convinced he WILL choose OUR side) and take a stand. I think the only thing that stands in between a total corporate takeover and a general nationwide strike, is the President of the United States.

Where in the hell is he?

you more! The President needs to STAND UP!

(Before it is too late)

-PLA

or do we? I'm beginning to wonder. What we have seen from Obama since getting elected is NOT what I voted for. I don't even recognize him as the same man who campaigned back in 2008. A total letdown when what we really needed was a JFK type - and with sooo much potential after 8 horrible years of Bush. Makes me think Nader was/is right. Sigh.. :(

Our party is only as good as our leadership. And our leadership is failing us now!

that means all its representatives, elected officials need to march to the same tune.

The Repubs are firing on all cylinders to make Obama the Commie, Muslim but it is backfiring.
The Teabaggers were whining about the deficit and overspending and now what do they do - the people are up in arms about cuts in services.

LOL!

certainly campaigned that he would).

But I completely agree with you - where are the party members? Their lack of spine is glaring.

From Twitter...

PressSec: POTUS says we must come together & set aside partisanship to fix our budgets. Actions last night in #Wisconsin violate those principles.

Please know, I am NOT directing this at YOU.

I am unimpressed with that response. He needs to be on every TV channel speaking about what is going on. He needs to pick a side and take a stand. Now.

You've gotta be fucking kidding me.

No matter what he does it is not going to please folks!

really?

if what comes out of the white house isn't obama's words/responsibility, then why did we all blame bush for everything? Double standard much?

wow he had some aide take 2 seconds out of their day to post that. way to go Obama WOO-HOO! now that's solidarity if i've ever seen it!!!1! :sarcasm:

You can't "fix our budgets" with a Nation of unemployed people. And whose "actions" is he upset about? Walkers, or the protesters?

TAKE A STAND ALREADY!

and so much effort went into it. :sarcasm:

the middle class, dismantle the unions, and turn us all into slaves of the plutocracy.

I'm not saying he should go to WI. Frankly I think that would backfire. But, I do think he should be using his bully pulpit and whoever is setting his agenda is totally tone deaf. It is almost laughable. Honestly, I think they would fail to reschedule a meet and greet visit to the local Rotary club for a declaration of war in the Middle East. Staying on message only works when it is the most important issue being addressed. School bullying, however important, is not that issue on this particular moment. It could wait until tomorrow or the net day-- or he could meet his scheduled commitment, but wait for the major PR kickoff. :eyes:

We have a people's protest and a people's movement here and the last thing we need is for the debate to become about Obama.

I don't want that and neither does anyone here in Wisconsin other than those on the right. Then there would be screaming about "ObamaCare" and states' rights and how he has buried this country deep in debt and the debate about our loss of workers' rights and other issues in that budget bill would be lost in the tumult over other things.

His support from Washington is fine, just don't come here. This is a people's protest, a people's movement, and as you said it is strong because it is from the bottom up and is honest and sincere and this is where the rubber meets the road and we are getting it done.

:eyes:

I don't think Michael Moore is any great distraction from what is going on compared to what Obama would be.

I'm from Wisconsin, live and vote here, and have to live with the consequences with what happens. It is my opinion and one I've heard expressed by many others here that the president should stay away. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but in this situation I give more weight to anyone who lives here even if they do not agree with me. It just grates a little when we get people from other states who believe they know best what we should do here.

don't have a say?

I wonder what your position was on Bush's absence from NOLA after Katrina. Easy enough to find out.

that makes him a "grassroots person", not an Emperor.

Cutting taxes, blaming the poor and entitlements for the deficit.

if one didn't know any better (and if it wasn't possibly against DU rules) I'd say Obama, by his actions, fits in most accurately with Republican ways of thought, not those of Democrats. If it walks like a duck and acts like a duck...

silence, political fence straddling and something other than leadership based on moral, ethical or humanitaran principles.

This is yet another example of uninspired and decidedly unimpressive leadership. Actually, I'm not even sure that I consider bipartisianship a form of leadership.

The President has taken a stand.

Most modern day Presidential Adminsitrations accomplish 66% of what they need to do through appointments.

He appointed Geithner to be top man at The US Treasury.

So instead of working as he pledged to us in October of 2008, to see that the financial crowd start having regualtions to adhere to, he gave the Criminal Wall Street Forces one of their own.

If Tim Geithner had not been an official duly appointed to serve as the head of the New York Fed, and had we a government that cared about justice concerning financial firms, taxation, inflation and other economic matters, "lil Timmy" might be in jail now. As head of the NY Fed in the fall of 2008, Geithner orchestrated the tremendous slant that the money dealings needed to keep the money in the hands of AIG and Goldman Sachs.

That appointment of Geithner showed many of us exactrly who the President works for. To paraphrase what Kucinich once said of Paulson, "We know you are working hard, Mr President. We just don't know whom it is that you are working for - it sure doesn't seem like you are working for us."

(And don't even get me started on his Monsanto appointments. His placement of Valsick and Mike Taylor are helping to ensure that the smaller farming operations more humanely (and healthily run,)are put out of business, while Big Corporate Monoliths prosper and our collective health fails.)

even begin for three years, this is about here and now. he's a failure. failed. fail. But I suppose he won't care. he hasn't so far. I remember when dems led, when it cost something to do it and they did it anyway because IT WAS RIGHT! SO much for that. And so much for Obama. I want to see who is out there to run against him. Would serve him right to lose the nom.

Right now, we need leadership from the Pres. He needs to get off the fence and pick a side to stand on, and then LEAD. He is the President, the LEADER of the country, not the MEDIATOR.

I understand what you are saying, but this is about action and leadership, not accomplishments.

He is leading, he jsut is not leading in a manner that is helpful to 99 percent of the people of this nation.

Those 400 families that Michael Moore told us hold 50% of the assets of the nation, that is who our President is working for, and who he is demonstatrting "leadership."

And that is sad (that it is true, not that you are right)

Takes a lot of concentration to ignore us all and get some work done.

Oh, and Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, who'd I forget? Too many distractions, I can't concentrate long enough to remember.

We all know some of the right things that need to be done. It's just that nobody is doing them.

End the wars.

Cut the Defense Dept spending - and it can be done without sacrificing safety

Raise taxes on the rich; make them pay their fair share; eliminate the cap for SS altogether; if we poor and middle class have to pay on every penny we make - the rich should as well.

End corporate welfare; make them pay their fair share; end corporate tax loopholes; no off shore accounts

Stop outsourcing jobs; initiate tarriffs

Once and for all - we need to end our dependence on foreign oil; create all kinds of incentives for alternate energies

Take care of our own; universal healthcare

Fund education, the arts, etc - smart citizens will help this nation succeed and prosper

I'm sure I missed a few - but this isn't all rocket science. All these things could be done - if people just stopped their partisanship, buried their egos and work together.

It's just sad - that this can be achieved relatively easily with cooperation by all - but from where I'm sitting now and observing - it ain't never gonna happen.

The White House ordered the DNC to not support the Wisconsin protests. His budget targets the very social programs he worked for in Chicago and they amount to very little more than the tax cuts for the wealthy that he gave to the Republicans in his compromise that had nothing for the Democratic side. All I can say is I don't want this man negotiating for me, but we don't have a better choice. We are the country with one party and it is becoming more obvious every day.


When I look at the proposed budgets of both the President and Congress, I see some differences in cuts. However, there is a common thread that makes the weight of the deficit fall onto the shoulders of those who can least afford to pay the bill. The cuts to programs like Community Service Block Grants, LIEAP, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Workforce Investment Act, Head Start and other social programs will decimate the safety net that many people in our country depend on to not starve, not freeze, receive training for new employment receive a boost in education so they can compete in a capitalist society. These proposed cuts will have far reaching consequences; the resulting layoffs from the agencies delivering the services will put undue strain on Social Security; the desperation created by pulling the net out from under the vulnerable will cause a resulting increase in crime as people struggle to survive; the base population will become more unstable and unable to secure even minimum wage jobs because of desperate living conditions; more people will become uninsured as they lose their jobs and benefits; the housing market will tank again because of the lack of access to affordable financing and a lack of potential homebuyers; the children from head Start will not receive the educational boost that levels the playing field. It is clear to me that the costs associated with these cuts will increase the deficit because of the equal but opposite social reactions they will put into motion.

Perhaps he HAS chosen sides, and it looks like its not our side. And that makes me sad.

I had such great hopes for Obama and our country. I supported him through the first wave of strange decisions and concessions to the Republicans because I thought he was saving the big guns for the big stuff, but I am being proven wrong on a daily basis. This only leaves the question of what the hell do I do in 2012? I absolutely cannot and will not vote Republican but I am not sure I can vote for Obama.

etc etc.

I actually feel kind of bad for his defenders, since it's probably getting a little hard by this point.

He's doing what's best for unions by uh...by appearing with Union-Buster-Bush he uh....Jesus Christ...uh...He's lulling them into a false sense of security! That's what he's doing!