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I noticed a few threads on here recently attacking President Obama for not accomplishing anything, and I also just noticed Bill O'Reilly was saying the same thing recently,hence, the parrots started chirping after digesting their talking points.
But let's remember his biggest accomplishments first: He stopped the hemorrhaging of our economy, started to repair our standing in the world internationally, and worked to end the disaster that was the Iraq War, all left for him as holdovers from the previous 8 years. He started an uphill climb to repair the wreckage he was left, with a radicalized Republican Party trying to impede his every effort to fix our country.
In light of what he was left, and the systematic obstruction he faced, he has done a respectable, if not admirable, job thus far.
Excellent article. Not surprised that most of the follow-up posts contain the usual say-nothing-loudly blah blah blahing from the right-wing shills.
I'm still trying to understand the logic of Putin "owning" Obama on Syria. It's the most senseless criticism yet from the Bushbots. If anything, Putin and Syria got owned, hard.
I generally agree that President Obama has been a better president than some would admit. I have especially liked early focus on improving services to Vets, which had been sadly neglected for many years.
Excellent article. Not surprised that most of the follow-up posts contain the usual say-nothing-loudly blah blah blahing from the right-wing shills.
I'm still trying to understand the logic of Putin "owning" Obama on Syria. It's the most senseless criticism yet from the Bushbots. If anything, Putin and Syria got owned, hard.
Take it from someone who is so far removed from being a "Bushbot"... you are an Obamabot!
Newsflash!
Obama's approval rating is underwater, and drowning. YOU can stop rooting for the loser, it isn't working anymore!
1) He is not Bush (who was universally hated abroad)
2) The ability to speak clearly and convincingly, without embarrassing an entire nation
3) The ability to use diplomacy without religious influence and polarizing rhetoric in a way that is relatable and respected internationally, with the possible exception of Israel.
Those are only three examples, but that is enough.
who are you talking about ?
obama is the laughing stock of the world, an embarressment of monumental proportions,
and I hate to let you down, but hes now hated more than Bush ever was.
he doesnt speak clearly, he READS clearly, TOTUS is the brains of the bunch
omaba's idea of diplomacy is to send in the drones to slaughter your children in their sleep.
thats not diplomacy, thats murder.
btw...
I have friends @ the onion, I sent them a link to this thread, they are ready to offer you a job.
I find your #1 and #2 unfathomable. Obama's foreign policy has been a disaster. The promise of Arab spring has been squandered. Supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has been a disaster, as many expected. The MB used brute force to destroy democracy in Egypt. Obama's handling of Syria is utterly idiotic. Full of miscalculations at every step. Even Britain would back the US. Obama now is the man of words and no action.
His clear speaking as everyone now knows was the work of teleprompters. On his own he falls on crutch phrases. GWB was a fumbler no doubt. But Obama is not a nimble orator.
As for #3, Obama is exposed. He will be forever the Commander in Chief over the preventable disaster in Benghazi and the awful poker player that let Russia look brilliant with Syria.
You can tell where some supporters are coming from when the even suggest his foreign policies have been a success: On many of the current events programs (and no, I don't mean only FOX) even some of his supporters say he has blown it many times, especially on the Syria issue.
I noticed a few threads on here recently attacking President Obama for not accomplishing anything
What you're noticing is a penchant of today's Republicans, neocons, Tea Partiers, libertarians and other right-wingers to lie, deceive and ignore the reality, in the interest of denying (and also obstructing) improvements that could be credited to this administration, in a petulant and self-centered effort to gain power to further foster the exploitation society for the benefit of those who already have so much at the expense of those who are most vulnerable in society. Since their basic aims are inherently and blatantly immoral, they need to engage in scurrilous tactics to hide the corrupted nature of their intentions.
1) He is not Bush (who was universally hated abroad)
2) The ability to speak clearly and convincingly, without embarrassing an entire nation
3) The ability to use diplomacy without religious influence and polarizing rhetoric in a way that is relatable and respected internationally, with the possible exception of Israel.
Those are only three examples, but that is enough.
You gave me three points that have nothing to do with "restoring our reputation internationally". And even if these three did have something to do with that, it was all undone by one word:
Tell me, is cutting the national debt, still on the list becaue they just keep making up crap for the ignorant lefties to repeat..
I used to wonder about this because I have seen liberals acclaim Obama for fixing Bush's profligate spending and show graphs on the deficit that indicate he is cutting it.
I couldn't understand how the debt could have gone up faster than it did under Bush if Obama was cutting the deficit.
Then I saw the explanation. And, as is typical of liberals, the explanation rests on their lies. What they do is to not count the stimulus as deficit spending. But they do count the reductions from it as reducing spending. So they leave the impression that Obama is trying to rein in Bush spending. But what he's actually doing is counting not having another trillion dollar stimulus as reduction of spending. So what he's reining in is his own spending, not Bush's.
Excellent article. Not surprised that most of the follow-up posts contain the usual say-nothing-loudly blah blah blahing from the right-wing shills.
I'm still trying to understand the logic of Putin "owning" Obama on Syria. It's the most senseless criticism yet from the Bushbots. If anything, Putin and Syria got owned, hard.
Remember, this is the FOX News/Glenn Beck crowd, they are not exactly grounded in reality.
What you're noticing is a penchant of today's Republicans, neocons, Tea Partiers, libertarians and other right-wingers to lie, deceive and ignore the reality, in the interest of denying (and also obstructing) improvements that could be credited to this administration, in a petulant and self-centered effort to gain power to further foster the exploitation society for the benefit of those who already have so much at the expense of those who are most vulnerable in society. Since their basic aims are inherently and blatantly immoral, they need to engage in scurrilous tactics to hide the corrupted nature of their intentions.
Very, very well said.
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