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Well he did win didn't he? ..and by a substantial margin. It's time to spend some of that considerable political capital. What the GOP thinks is irrelevant.
Is 53% what you call a "substantial margin"? It's a very slim majority.
Secondly, if "what the GOP thinks is irrelevant", does that mean that what 47% of Americans think is irrelevant? Is that the kind of American Representative Republic we have? I don't think so.
The country that our founders established gave everyone a voice in their government. Apparently, you disagree with this concept.
I dont know, Im not good at not spending myself But this would be a great thread!
I think the whole country is in the mood for austerity. Not starving, just getting into shape. Im so glad we have even this promise of transparency and communication - so much better than secrecy and hostility and deaf ears. So far so good anyway.
Nancy Pelosi promised that the new Congress (at the time they took over two years ago) would be the "most ethical" and she also promised transparency, etc. She hasn't delivered. Much has been done in secret, and it has been anything but ethical.
I don't think most Americans are behind a decidedly leftist agenda, as we are beginning to see articulated already.
Correct. Nor are they behind a rightist agenda.
WE elected President Obama because he is a centrist. From the far right he and his agenda just look like they are leftist, sitting there in the center.
America is expecting great things from Mr. Obama, and so far he shows every sign of being ready, willing, and able to provide them. I think he has at least one more term in him should he continue on his current path.
WE elected President Obama because he is a centrist. From the far right he and his agenda just look like they are leftist, sitting there in the center.
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Could you give some examples of his centrist positions?
Hahaha, a dictator wouldn't say something mild like "don't listen to Rush." A dictator would throw you in jail and/or cut your ears off for listening to Rush.
Exactly. People who throw around words like "dictator" and "socialism", meanwhile living in our comparatively VERY coddled USA, have no clue. They remind me of my 13-year-old niece shrieking that her home was a "dictatorship" because of her curfew, and slamming her door and crying.
Hahaha, a dictator wouldn't say something mild like "don't listen to Rush." A dictator would throw you in jail and/or cut your ears off for listening to Rush.
A dictator knows to start out slow, so the frog doesn't jump out before it's cooked.
They couldn't accept the fact that their "political Messiah" as some were calling him, was anything other than what they believed him to be, a savior.
And exactly who goes around calling him the messiah? It's not the people that actually voted for him.
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But this would be a great thread! 
