Obama?

[XemaSab]

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	Awesome!
	4 (40%)
	Meh.
	6 (60%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Common Sense Party]

1. You left out "Spawn of Satan".

That's the tone 'round here lately.

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

21. LOL!

When are the impeachment hearings beginning?!?

[Jamastiene]

2. Somewhere in between would probably be more like it for me.

He has done some good...and some not good. So, I'm in between awesome and meh.

[one_voice]

3. None of the above...

I'm happy with some things. Unhappy with others.

I like him overall. Just not happy with everything he's done/doing.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Ahem.

Corporate Profits Have Grown By 171 Percent Under Obama -- Highest Rate Since 1900
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/corporate-profits-have-grown-171-percent-under-obama-highest-rate-1900

"Average annual corporate profit growth under Obama is the highest since 1900, whereas profit growth declined during both Bush presidencies. As a share of the economy, corporate profits have never been higher.
Unfortunately, this profit deluge has not been shared by workers, whose wages as a percentage of the economy have fallen to all-time lows. Workers also got dinged by the recent increase in the payroll tax, which was large enough to wipe out a minimum wage increase in some states."


8 Huge Corporate Handouts in the Fiscal Cliff Bill
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/8-huge-corporate-handouts-fiscal-cliff-bill

"Throughout the months of November and December, a steady stream of corporate CEOs flowed in and out of the White House to discuss the impending fiscal cliff. Many of them, such as Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, would then publicly come out and talk about how modest increases of tax rates on the wealthy were reasonable in order to deal with the deficit problem. What wasn’t mentioned is what these leaders wanted, which is what’s known as “tax extenders”, or roughly $205B of tax breaks for corporations. With such a banal name, and boring and difficult to read line items in the bill, few political operatives have bothered to pay attention to this part of the bill. But it is critical to understanding what is going on.

5) Subsidies for Goldman Sachs Headquarters – Sec. 328 extends 'tax exempt financing for York Liberty Zone,' which was a program to provide post-9/11 recovery funds. Rather than going to small businesses affected, however, this was, according to Bloomberg, 'little more than a subsidy for fancy Manhattan apartments and office towers for Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Corp.' Michael Bloomberg himself actually thought the program was excessive, so that’s saying something. According to David Cay Johnston’s The Fine Print, Goldman got $1.6 billion in tax free financing for its new massive headquarters through Liberty Bonds."


The Untouchables: How the Obama administration protected Wall Street from prosecutions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/23/untouchables-wall-street-prosecutions-obama

Yes, Virginia, the Rich Continue to Get Richer: the Top 1% Got 121% of Income Gains Since 2009
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/02/yes-virginia-the-rich-continue-to-get-richer-the-1-got-121-of-income-gains-since-2009.html

U.S. banks in 2012 post highest profits since '06
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-usa-fdic-earnings-idUSBRE91P0N820130226?utm_source=Daily+Digest&utm_campaign=de8376aab3-DD_2_27_132_27_2013&utm_medium=email#.US5jjkXSlU8.twitter

This Year’s Subsidy to Wall Street = the Amount of This Year’s Sequester Cuts
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/02/this-years-subsidy-to-wall-street-the-amount-of-this-years-sequester-cuts.html#.US_yiFwwnHY.facebook

Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bailout
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100466032

America faces more than a dozen deadlines, all caused by billionaires and wealth transfer
http://americablog.com/2013/02/america-faces-more-than-a-dozen-deadlines-all-caused-by-billionaires-and-wealth-transfer.html

Bank Bailout 2: Obama Lets Mortgage Abusers Off the Hook
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/09-5

via:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022445620

[woo me with science]

14. +10000

[forestpath]

17. +1001

[tblue]

15. I could throw up.

'Meh' doesn't begin to describe my reaction.

[forestpath]

18. Mine either

[Fire Walk With Me]

22. People do not yet seem to understand that Obama is not a Democrat, or a Democratic president.

Once they realize he is not by any means (drones killing children in more than five countries with whom we are not at war, extrajudicial killings, kill lists, fighting promised transparency, domestic terrorism against the Occupy movement, militarization of police departments through DHS (who have thus far spent $1 trillion taxpayer dollars), extensions on the Bush tax cuts/patriot act/etc., twice signing the NDAA with its section 1021 provision authorizing the indefinite detention of US citizens without trial or representation (then fighting for it in court when challenged by Chris Hedges etc.)...the list is painfully extensive; the truth painfully obvious.

The answer? What to DO about it?

Maintain unity in the actual democratic party in the face of such, by protesting it and demanding it return to what it should be instead of a funnel to oligarchs and corporations. Unify for that, against corporatocracy (which is Mussolini's Fascism), and fight for it! Strengthen the party by fighting together for the New Deal values which are being thrown out the window!

[MrMickeysMom]

5. movement to steal social security through this chained CPI...

HORRIBLE.

It's unbefitting a Democratic president, and his administration must know the backlash he's getting from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.

[duffyduff]

6. He doesn't care at all

The only people he cares about are billionaires and Wall Street crooks.

[Demo_Chris]

7. The elite have never had a better friend in the White House. nt

[840high]

8. You got it right.

[blkmusclmachine]

9. NO NO NO

and NO

[SmileyRose]

10. mixed review

the millionaires who sign my check don't bitch about him anymore. That worries me.

[cbrer]

11. PLEASE! Do not try to pass this man off

As a liberal, or as being on the side of the average citizen. This isn't just the social security thing either.

The wars, Guantanamo, 300% increase in drones, bail outs, and the advance of Plutocracy. For starters.

Or how about health care? Green technology or environment?

Oh I don't know... Prosecution of political criminals? Fucking criminal bankers?

YAY! Sorta' good job on employment, against Republicans bent on corporate domination.

Yes I'm Democrat. Yes I'm progressive. Yes I'm not naïve enough to believe that everything will go our way.

But PLEASE!

[MrSlayer]

12. Leaving lots to be desired. Meh.

The first year is where he and the Congress really blew it.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

13. His lack of patchouli prohibition troubles me, but other than that...

Fucking awesome!

[TimberValley]

16. It would have been interesting to see this poll in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

The numbers probably would have fluctuated very significantly.

[Skittles]

19. unless you're a "loyalist"

in which case your opinion would NEVER waver, no matter WHAT

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

20. I voted awesome

He may not be as progressive as some may like, but keep in mind overall he has governed and what he has gotten done in the past 4 years...all of this in a country that elected George W.....twice!

[Rex]

23. Look at all those Pro Leftys!

It is a conspiracy I tell you!