Why I am thankful for President Obama

SabanFan

He destroyed the Clinton Political Machine:
Driving a stake thru the heart of Hillary's presidential aspirations.
Something no Republican was ever able to do. Remember when a Hillary
Presidency scared the daylights out of you.

He killed the Kennedy Dynasty:
No more Kennedys trolling Washington looking for booze and for women at
parties wanting a ride home. American women and Freedom are now safer.

He is destroying the Democratic Party before our eyes.
Dennis Moore had never lost a race - Quit
Evan Bayh had never lost a race - Quit
Byron Dorgan had never lost a race - Quit
Chris Dodd has never lost a race - Quit
Harry Reed, in all probability - Gone
These are just a handful of the Democrats whose political careers Obama has
destroyed. By the end of 2010 dozens more will be. In December 2008
Democrats were on the rise. In the past two election cycles they had picked
up 14 senate seats and 52 house seats. The press was touting the death of
the Conservative Movement and the Republican Party.
In one year Obama put a stop to all of this and will probably give the House
and the Senate back to the Republicans.
He has completely exposed liberals and progressives - extremists, for what
they are.

He is bringing the lesson home very well:
Liberals tax, borrow and spend - Check
Liberals won't protect America - Check
Liberals want to take over economy - Check
Liberals think they know what is best for everyone - Check
Liberals aren't happy till they are running your life - Check

Every generation seems to need to relearn the lesson why they should never
put liberals in charge.

He has brought more Americans back to Conservatism than anyone since Reagan.
In one year he rejuvenated the Conservative movement and brought millions of
Freedom Loving Americans to the streets.
Name me one other time in your life you saw friends and neighbors this
interested in taking back America.

In all honesty one year ago I was more afraid than I had ever been in my
life.
Not of the economy but of the direction our country was going. I thought
Americans had forgotten what this country was about. My neighbors, friends,
strangers proved that my lack of confidence of the greatness and wisdom of
the American people was very wrong. When American People wake up, no
smooth talking teleprompter reader can fool them. Barry woke these great
Americans.

Thank You Barack Obama.

(Forwarded email)

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Rex_B

To be fair the past/current Republican party has done the same here:

"Conservatives" tax, borrow and spend - Check - Yep
"Conservatives" won't protect America - Check - Shambled foreign policy
"Conservatives" want to take over economy - Check - Bailouts Anyone
"Conservatives" think they know what is best for everyone - Check - Un-declared War - Patriot Act
"Conservatives" aren't happy till they are running your life - Check - Yep

gumborue

just stop it! youre ruining the joke.

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Rex_B

It's a stupid joke when it's hypocritical

PURPLE TIGER

There's no possible way to talk about Democrats or liberals and not use the word hypocrisy. They're synonymous!

Liberals think they know what is best for everyone - Check
Liberals aren't happy till they are running your life - Check

These are the two that really tick people off and are definitely owned by the Democrats...and NO...it doesn't take a F*&^%$# village to raise your kids. A little personal accountability and responsibility will do the trick!

Keep America free!...VOTE Conservative!

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Rex_B

Apparently you didn't get it. The "conservatives" haven't done anything different.

martin

the criticisms of obama are no less true for also being true of republicans.

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PURPLE TIGER

If you want to discuss the lesser of two evils...I'll agree on many points. If you want to tell me the liberals are better or as equally bad as conservatives...I'll have to disagree.

Nobody is ever as good as a liberal when it comes to the speed they can destroy something. They're also much better at double standards than conservatives or moderates could ever be.

I've said for the past few years that this is the worst Congress in the history of our nation. Many disagreed but as every day passes it is becoming more apparent they're horrible!

I've also asked many times for examples of how our wonderful Democrats have performed historically in the state of Louisiana yet I'm still waiting for a response. I consider "no comments" to mean they concur that Louisiana Democrats have historically sucked and have been solely responsible for our poor standings in quality of life categories. I'm glad they agree!

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SabanFan

Ahhh, but Obama and his merry band of progressives are the ones running the show now. It's like complaining about Crowton and bringing up Dinardo.

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mobius481

This discussion immediately made me think of this thread. Funny how things shake out when the shoe is on the other foot isn't it?

McCains Missed Votes

LaSalleAve

everyone in Washington is a professional politician. There is no republican and democrat they are all the same party, just some lean more left and some lean more right. they all suck equally.

Rex_B

Sometimes I wonder about you. Nobody cares about the person it's the policies and laws that are made and followed that count..

martin

this is the routine, i have seen it a thousand times:

person 1: obama is terrible, he is a big spender

person 2: yeah, well so was bush.

pperson 1: yeah, i wish bush hadnt spent to much either. at least we agree that obama is a miserable ****ing prick

person 2: i will not agree, i am obsessed with rooting out "hypocrisy" and playing political games or some ****. i will never say obama is bad, just bush, even thought the things i am critical of bush for are even worse under obama.


anyways, for the sake of argument, lets assume everybody here was not a fan of bush's big spending. can we move forward now?

anyways, as far as i can tell, even stalwart conservatives like sourdough and sabanfan are opposed to big bush spending policies, and are therefore not hypocrites, as if mattered a goddamn bit if they were. the issue is policy, not yelling at the opposition or catching them in some inconsistency.

what we need to do as a nation is simply recognize big spending for the destructive force that it is. we need to understand that we can worry about all manner of nonsense, but really matters in the end is economic progress. people with good jobs dont need to care about global warming, they only think they do because they have so few worries. and people without good jobs have ACTUAL concerns. and that is why low taxes matter more than anything.

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Rex_B

Obama is bad. Bush is bad. Most of the Congress is Bad.

They ALL do the same f'in thing year after year but people support these groups. It's an f'in shame.

I'm just tired of people calling out Obama like what he is doing something that hasn't been done before. It gets old so I bring up the same old argument as well.

PURPLE TIGER

I understand what you're saying and agree with much of it. The problem for this administration started prior to the election. In an attempt to persuade the American public to vote for Obama, we were told this guy was not just the better candidate...not just a different voice...not just a symbol of change...not just an opportunity to elect a minority...etc, etc........we were told this guy was THE candidate of candidates...THE greatest thing since sliced bread...THE best president ever (even before being elected)...THE answer...etc.

You have to be careful when you make campaign promises you can't keep or a reputation you can't live up to. Don't sell your candidate as the greatest then tell people their expectations are unreasonable. If you're going to blame the previous administration and tell the voters you can fix the problems...then fix the problems. Instead we've seen additional problems created and also blamed those on the previous administration.

When you have complete control and a super majority and you can't accomplish anything, then it's YOUR fault. I guess they think the American public is dumb enough to believe the minority is causing the problems.

I agree that Obama is not the only bad president we've ever had...but he is the current one...and he was touted as being a great one before even being sworn in. His party made him a legend before he ever stepped into the White House. His arrogance has not helped either. He's in serious jeopardy of becoming a one-term president and ahead of pace to become the next Jimmy Carter. He needs to change course quickly.

Clinton (or his staffers) saw the writing on the wall and effectively changed before proceeding down the wrong (liberal) path. Obama needs to swallow his pride, tell Nancy and Harry to step aside, and start heading back to the middle very quickly.

I wasn't happy with everything Bush did and I'm pretty sure John McCain wouldn't have thrilled me either but I don't recall either being touted as the almighty.

TERM LIMITS! NO MORE KENNEDY FAMILY!

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mctiger

So the "sins" (for lack of a better word) of Obama are worse because he came in with much greater expectations? I'll buy that. Go to the Saints board and you'll find similar attitudes being expressed about the career of Reggie Bush.

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gumborue

people could just ignore the post. see, now we have 10 posts talking about one post that was a reply to the thread starter.

"Liberals tax, borrow and spend"
taxes increased? i missed the memo.

"Liberals won't protect America"
anyone hear any bombs go off? what did i miss? are we talking about wackjob psycho fort hood dude?

"Liberals want to take over economy" -
please be less vague. what bank bailouts?--not O. Detroit bailouts?--hardly taking over the economy

healthcare reform? no single payer system, or option for it (except for the Medicare/aid that has existed for 50 yrs).

Liberals think they know what is best for everyone -

meaningless platitude

Liberals aren't happy till they are running your life -

meaningless platitude.

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LaSalleAve

they are all crooks, but i seriously don't understand how some can say Obama is worst president ever. You guys had that en-grained in your craw before he ever took office. Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck have obviously done their jobs. I would like to know, how Obama has screwed you personally.

SabanFan

He hasn't screwed me yet. Fortunately he's all talk and totally ineffective at enacting the "change" he promised. If he rams through this debacle of a healthcare bill, then gets his crap and trade through he will not only screw me, but the next 2 or 3 generations of my family.

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BAY0U BENGAL

hey look over here.

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spikke

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rex_B To be fair the past/current Republican party has done the same here: "Conservatives" tax, borrow and spend - Check - Yep "Conservatives" won't protect America - Check - Shambled foreign policy "Conservatives" want to take over economy - Check - Bailouts Anyone "Conservatives" think they know what is best for everyone - Check - Un-declared War - Patriot Act "Conservatives" aren't happy till they are running your life - Check - Yep

Correction:

"RINOs" tax, borrow and spend - Check - Yep
"RINOs" won't protect America - Check - Shambled foreign policy
"RINOs" want to take over economy - Check - Bailouts Anyone
"RINOs" think they know what is best for everyone - Check - Un-declared War - Patriot Act
"RINOs" aren't happy till they are running your life - Check – Yep

PURPLE TIGER

If someone tells me what you should accomplish, I'm not going to hold you to it.

BUT...

If you tell me what you're going to accomplish, you're damn right I'm going to hold you to it.

Obama likes to hear himself speak. He talks too much. He's all talk...and little action. Everytime he speaks he simply provides more ammunition/proof of why he's not the leader he thinks/claims to be.

Fortunately for Reggie Bush he's surrounded by quality personnel and has great leadership (Brees, Payton) above him. Obama has none of these.

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shane0911

Good grief do you need to be hit with a 2x4 to understand? Do you not remember what his campaign was based on? What was that word? hmmm it will come to me, uhhh



C-H-A-N-G-E

Yeah thats it. We got change alright, we found out that dubya didn't have the spigot opened up all the way.

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gumborue

you need the 2x4 if you think there has been change. bush and mccain supported TARP and bush or mccain would have signed a large stimulus bill.

what other change? the gitmo "closing" or the afghan war troop increase? perhaps its the proposed budget increase for the DOD?

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shane0911

Yes, hooked on phonics can work for you too

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