Fri Apr 24, 2015, 09:35 AM

SamKnause (12,857 posts)

Mr. President, I take it personally:

1. You didn't hold the Bush administration accountable. (you continued his failed policies)

You intefered when other countries tried to hold them accountable. You referred to torturers as patriots.

2. You didn't hold Wall Street accountable. (too big to fail, too big to jail) Eric Holder has been a

total failure.

3. You kept trying bipartisanship with INSANE people.

4. You filled the White House with Wall Street and Federal Reserve cronies.

5. You referred to Wall Street thieves as The Best and The Brightest.

6. You didn't stand up for the protesters in Wisconsin. (couldn't find your walking shoes ?)

7. You ignored and insulted your base.

8. You didn't fight for the public option.

9. It took you 5+ years to address raising the minimum wage.

10. It took you 5+ years to address police brutality.

11. You ordered drone strikes that killed 4 U.S. citizens. (one was an innocent 16 year old boy)

12. You campaigned for Rahm Emanuel.

13. Your treatment of Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and Julian Assange. (the worst administration

for protecting whistle blowers)

14. Your failure to address the ridiculous and immoral war on cannabis. You laugh and smirk every

time the issue is brought up on social media.

15. The failed Free Trade Deal that you signed with South Korea, that to date has cost the U.S.

75,000 jobs and added billions to our trade deficit.

16. You signed a free trade Deal with Colombia. Colombia, a country notorious for killing

union activists.

17. Your administration pushed Charter Schools.

18. 2009 you squandered your mandate and refused to use the bully pulpit.

19. 2009 you didn't take advantage of the short time the Democratic Party had control of

the Senate, the House, and the presidency.

20. You offered up CPI for Social Security.

21. You promised transparency. (your definition of transparency must be different from mine)

22. You have disenfranchised young voters.

23. You represent the needs of the wealthy and the super wealthy. (you ignored the cries of the 99%)

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Mr. President, I take it personally: (Original post)	SamKnause	Apr 2015	OP
Take it somewhere else.	TreasonousBastard	Apr 2015	#1
They left out that he had his DoJ help local police brutalize OWS protestors. nm	rhett o rick	Apr 2015	#100
No, with the 2016 campaign already heating up this is exactly the place where this	totodeinhere	Apr 2015	#102
Agreed...	elzenmahn	Apr 2015	#121
Because President Obama is going to be on the ballot in 2016? ...	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#131
His twin will be on the ballot.	840high	Apr 2015	#135
President Obama is an only child (to my knowledge) ...	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#138
President Obama has a sister who lives in Hawaii!	akbacchus_BC	Apr 2015	#155
A discussion is a civil matter amongst civil folks ...	NotHardly	Apr 2015	#126
Maybe you should	Jakes Progress	Apr 2015	#128
No. In fact i'll give it a K/R	840high	Apr 2015	#134
take the facts somewhere else?	Skittles	Apr 2015	#150
Why should he take it somewhere else?	akbacchus_BC	Apr 2015	#154
"real Democrats"	BainsBane	Apr 2015	#158
Jury results:	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2015	#156
No, and I will recommend too	Katashi_itto	Apr 2015	#163
You take it somewhere else.	Fantastic Anarchist	Apr 2015	#169
^^^THIS^^^	L0oniX	Apr 2015	#176
:D	Fantastic Anarchist	Apr 2015	#178
LOL, loved your informed and detailed post. You are a genius! nt	Logical	Apr 2015	#175
+1	L0oniX	Apr 2015	#181
Although I think this would be out of place any other time	marym625	Apr 2015	#2
I missed this, can you show what remark please?	RedCappedBandit	Apr 2015	#24
sure	marym625	Apr 2015	#27
Ty!	RedCappedBandit	Apr 2015	#29
Interesting	Liberalynn	Apr 2015	#49
Chuck Schumer came out against TPP or FT? Both? I missed that.	GoneFishin	Apr 2015	#63
The link:	Liberalynn	Apr 2015	#76
Progressive is the term used in the late 19th century and early	JDPriestly	Apr 2015	#73
Thank You!	Liberalynn	Apr 2015	#82
I use both terms. Sometimes in the same sentence.	JDPriestly	Apr 2015	#85
And for those of us who aren't liberals, too.	Fantastic Anarchist	Apr 2015	#174
It's also an umbrella term for those of us who aren't liberals.	Fantastic Anarchist	Apr 2015	#172
And it was a fantastic movement. I wonder what would have happened if Theo Roosevelt had bucked the	Dark n Stormy Knight	Apr 2015	#101
I love being called a liberal	marym625	Apr 2015	#109
Well Said!	2banon	Apr 2015	#152
Really.	SusanCalvin	Apr 2015	#140
The fact it's secret is just too telling	marym625	Apr 2015	#141
And the fact that Republicans support it	dflprincess	Apr 2015	#149
I have no doubt that he does see it too.	SusanCalvin	Apr 2015	#161
exactly	marym625	Apr 2015	#167
I would like to see a list of what President Obama has done you find exceptable, hope	AuntPatsy	Apr 2015	#3
I'd comment, accept I'd be ridiculed. n/t	meaculpa2011	Apr 2015	#5
I see what you did there.	Scuba	Apr 2015	#11
Aren't you the clever one!	RiverLover	Apr 2015	#20
Acceptional reply	Flo Mingo	Apr 2015	#35
Again, Please Take This Comment As One That I	ChiciB1	Apr 2015	#77
(the poster was teasing the person they replied to)	cyberswede	Apr 2015	#83
Ok, Got It...	ChiciB1	Apr 2015	#94
I think normally people overlook spelling errors, but it was intended as a critique of the OP...	cascadiance	Apr 2015	#122
Sorry, I Missed The Pun...	ChiciB1	Apr 2015	#97
Word. n/t	Alkene	Apr 2015	#127
Pff. Don't hold your breath.	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2015	#6
I think he has done some wonderful things	marym625	Apr 2015	#19
marym625...	ChiciB1	Apr 2015	#62
Thom Hartmann- clip COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO- Obama & RAHM EMANUEL	Rockyj	Apr 2015	#104
No, but seems very many want to put us under a rock	marym625	Apr 2015	#110
+1	Liberalynn	Apr 2015	#70
When Prosense did that	treestar	Apr 2015	#48
I think it's only human nature to dwell on the things you disagree with rather than the	totodeinhere	Apr 2015	#103
Actually, dwelling on what is wrong is the only way to make things better.	bvar22	Apr 2015	#114
I Will Preface This Comment By First Saying...	ChiciB1	Apr 2015	#69
All that was in the past...	sendero	Apr 2015	#4
And YET - he won BOTH of his elections with OVER 51% of the vote.	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2015	#7
I feel like I'm supposed to apologize	JustAnotherGen	Apr 2015	#17
This is not about that	marym625	Apr 2015	#21
I disagree with many points in the OP - here's one	JustAnotherGen	Apr 2015	#23
I disagree with you	marym625	Apr 2015	#26
Actually, President Obama STRENGTHENED Dodd-Frank. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#132
Not when he signed the budget at the end of 2014.	marym625	Apr 2015	#136
Hope O'Malley gets it	Caretha	Apr 2015	#142
No apology necessary. You did the correct thing and kept another Republican out of the	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2015	#22
For the SCOTUS alone . . .	JustAnotherGen	Apr 2015	#25
Oh yes! And you've helped make AG Loretta Lynch a reality! Forgot about that.	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2015	#30
SCOTUS, yes.	SusanCalvin	Apr 2015	#162
In 2008, a lot of us were willing to take a chance on him.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2015	#34
Not a " high Bar.”.?	busterbrown	Apr 2015	#41
I didn't run for office.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2015	#45
Good...So keep sitting on your hands.	busterbrown	Apr 2015	#50
No, that was how I accepted I bore some blame.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2015	#65
Your over thinking a bit.	busterbrown	Apr 2015	#130
Humanity doesn't even have the digging technology to get under that bar	TheKentuckian	Apr 2015	#118
Politics is not the good guys vs. the bad guys.	JDPriestly	Apr 2015	#84
Yep.	Thespian2	Apr 2015	#143
don't forget just how bad voting for his opponent in either of those elections	rurallib	Apr 2015	#125
Out of the 36% or so of eligible American voters who bothered to vote?	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2015	#33
No, that "36%" was 39.9% in 2010 and the I believe the 18% was only in California in 2014.	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2015	#38
ok, so 51% of 39.9% is 20.3% or so, and 51% of 57.7% is 29.4%	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2015	#46
Those who don't vote, don't count.	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2015	#58
Thank you for succinctly, in your header, stating exactly the reason	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2015	#60
Taking my words out of context is beneath an intelligent person like you, Erich.	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2015	#72
And	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2015	#98
YES!!!	busterbrown	Apr 2015	#42
A majority means intelligence?	former9thward	Apr 2015	#89
A majority means democracy. But you knew that. eom	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2015	#148
Did you vote for him because of the stuff listed in the OP?	Scootaloo	Apr 2015	#160
I'm guessing you won't be voting for him next time around then?	underahedgerow	Apr 2015	#8
A lot of his voters from 2008 won't be voting for ANY Dem next time around, due in large part	Doctor_J	Apr 2015	#16
Dude, rainbows could come shooting out of Obama's behind and that won't change the minds of	underahedgerow	Apr 2015	#37
That'll teach Obama a lesson!!	JoePhilly	Apr 2015	#107
You would think it would teach the party movers & shakers a lesson	Doctor_J	Apr 2015	#111
Teach them what ... to force Warren to run?	JoePhilly	Apr 2015	#113
no, to adopt an agenda different from the one in the op	Doctor_J	Apr 2015	#120
Bingo! Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding.	2banon	Apr 2015	#153
I'm surprised at how people can dismiss this list so easily	el_bryanto	Apr 2015	#9
It's simply because	sharp_stick	Apr 2015	#12
Ah - so you are saying that Obama hasn't been too cozy with Wall Street?	el_bryanto	Apr 2015	#14
No	sharp_stick	Apr 2015	#18
+1 n/t	JTFrog	Apr 2015	#31
+1. n/t	obnoxiousdrunk	Apr 2015	#44
+1	Buzz Clik	Apr 2015	#53
So which parts do you feel 'bullish' about?	daleanime	Apr 2015	#68
I agree.	Xyzse	Apr 2015	#15
you are barking up the wrong tree,	NM_Birder	Apr 2015	#10
Yea just the Tea Party..	busterbrown	Apr 2015	#43
There's absolutely nothing in your list that's not spot-on. Sure feels like betrayal to me.	Scuba	Apr 2015	#13
What does #22 refer to?	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2015	#36
He also moved to open up the Atlantic to oil drilling.	Broward	Apr 2015	#28
Thank you.	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#96
In his 7th year, not one day free of US war.	morningfog	Apr 2015	#32
And this was written in 2012..	busterbrown	Apr 2015	#40
then vote Republican next time	SCantiGOP	Apr 2015	#39
If it got the People to fight back, as they did W, yes, absolutely	Demeter	Apr 2015	#55
is that the bar now, for progress?	Skittles	Apr 2015	#151
Yeah ..We'll all do that just to piss you off.	L0oniX	Apr 2015	#171
Go eat a fucking donut.	Fantastic Anarchist	Apr 2015	#179
Wow 23 things	treestar	Apr 2015	#47
You take it personally?	Buzz Clik	Apr 2015	#51
Same goes for Obama feigning emotional injury.	TheKentuckian	Apr 2015	#112
I could add to the list, but what would be the point?	Demeter	Apr 2015	#52
gawd	Buzz Clik	Apr 2015	#54
I am very interested in your additions !!!	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#56
Thank you for the affirmation, Sam	Demeter	Apr 2015	#57
Have a safe and wonderful weekend.	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#59
A lot of half-truths and hyperbole	emulatorloo	Apr 2015	#61
This message was self-deleted by its author	Corruption Inc	Apr 2015	#71
Sure why not, Mr or Ms Corruption Inc.	emulatorloo	Apr 2015	#81
Which party controlled the Senate in 2005? Which party holds it today?	TheKentuckian	Apr 2015	#117
K & R	GoneFishin	Apr 2015	#64
IMO, you're a bit RW harsh with the 23 personally offended list. But there is some degree of Truth,	Sunlei	Apr 2015	#66
The Truth Hurts	Tace	Apr 2015	#67
This is a DUzy	LordGlenconner	Apr 2015	#74
Is he Third Way Yet.	Phlem	Apr 2015	#75
There is a wide spectrum of ideology that	floriduck	Apr 2015	#78
My hat is off to you, Mr Sam Knause.	truedelphi	Apr 2015	#79
where is the story where he said he takes the opposition personally?	grasswire	Apr 2015	#80
Good question.	emulatorloo	Apr 2015	#86
I did not misinterpret anything.	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#91
The link:	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#87
Ok thanks for providing the link. Appreciate it.	emulatorloo	Apr 2015	#93
You are most welcome.	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#95
Same to you SamKnause	emulatorloo	Apr 2015	#99
Here's some things left off the list	LordGlenconner	Apr 2015	#88
"[I]f American workers are being denied their right to organize when I'm in the White House, I will	midnight	Apr 2015	#90
Thank you.	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#92
You left out allowing	cwydro	Apr 2015	#105
Thank you.	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#108
True dat.	cwydro	Apr 2015	#166
The bastard made it rain on my birthday !!!!!	JoePhilly	Apr 2015	#106
You ought to rename this thread "The Emoprog's Twenty-Three Theses"	Blue_Tires	Apr 2015	#115
http://www.diagonale.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/07-Illustration-von-Samuel-Goodrich-The-Wooden-Ho	blkmusclmachine	Apr 2015	#116
Liberals expected the pendulum to come back our way and it simply didn't.	EEO	Apr 2015	#119
Alfred McCoy explained Secret Government is why the pendulum won't swing back.	Octafish	Apr 2015	#124
+1 ^^^. . .n/t	annabanana	Apr 2015	#170
truth. n/t	PowerToThePeople	Apr 2015	#164
I also take it personally.	Octafish	Apr 2015	#123
I wish I could disagree.	99Forever	Apr 2015	#129
+100 I also decided	840high	Apr 2015	#137
# 24	swilton	Apr 2015	#133
Thank you for the addition.	SamKnause	Apr 2015	#139
This the best and most complete list of Obama's "populist" hypocrisy I have ever seen published.	DrBulldog	Apr 2015	#144
K & R	AzDar	Apr 2015	#145
Then there is this list!	rgbecker	Apr 2015	#146
Nearly every point is false or extremely oversimplified	bhikkhu	Apr 2015	#147
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Apr 2015	#157
I'm sure grateful that doesn't say McCain and/or Romney after Mr. President, though.	C Moon	Apr 2015	#159
I'm not so sure about that, for this reason:	Art_from_Ark	Apr 2015	#165
He's a great ...	Fantastic Anarchist	Apr 2015	#168
If this list pisses off people then you did the right thing.	L0oniX	Apr 2015	#173
It saddens me that the list is correct.	Vinca	Apr 2015	#177
Here it is toward the end of his tenure and you come up with 23 things that...	TreasonousBastard	Apr 2015	#180
LMAO	L0oniX	Apr 2015	#182

Response to SamKnause (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 09:36 AM

Mr. President, I take it personally:

1. Take it somewhere else.

100. They left out that he had his DoJ help local police brutalize OWS protestors. nm

102. No, with the 2016 campaign already heating up this is exactly the place where this

121. Agreed...

131. Because President Obama is going to be on the ballot in 2016? ...

135. His twin will be on the ballot.

138. President Obama is an only child (to my knowledge) ...

155. President Obama has a sister who lives in Hawaii!

126. A discussion is a civil matter amongst civil folks ...

128. Maybe you should

134. No. In fact i'll give it a K/R

150. take the facts somewhere else?

154. Why should he take it somewhere else?

158. "real Democrats"

156. Jury results:

163. No, and I will recommend too

169. You take it somewhere else.

176. ^^^THIS^^^

178. :D

175. LOL, loved your informed and detailed post. You are a genius! nt

181. +1

2. Although I think this would be out of place any other time

24. I missed this, can you show what remark please?

27. sure

29. Ty!

49. Interesting

63. Chuck Schumer came out against TPP or FT? Both? I missed that.

76. The link:

73. Progressive is the term used in the late 19th century and early

82. Thank You!

85. I use both terms. Sometimes in the same sentence.

174. And for those of us who aren't liberals, too.

172. It's also an umbrella term for those of us who aren't liberals.

101. And it was a fantastic movement. I wonder what would have happened if Theo Roosevelt had bucked the

109. I love being called a liberal

152. Well Said!

140. Really.

141. The fact it's secret is just too telling

149. And the fact that Republicans support it

161. I have no doubt that he does see it too.

167. exactly

3. I would like to see a list of what President Obama has done you find exceptable, hope

5. I'd comment, accept I'd be ridiculed. n/t

11. I see what you did there.

20. Aren't you the clever one!

35. Acceptional reply

77. Again, Please Take This Comment As One That I

83. (the poster was teasing the person they replied to)

94. Ok, Got It...

122. I think normally people overlook spelling errors, but it was intended as a critique of the OP...

97. Sorry, I Missed The Pun...

127. Word. n/t

6. Pff. Don't hold your breath.

19. I think he has done some wonderful things

62. marym625...

104. Thom Hartmann- clip COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO- Obama & RAHM EMANUEL

110. No, but seems very many want to put us under a rock

70. +1

48. When Prosense did that

103. I think it's only human nature to dwell on the things you disagree with rather than the

114. Actually, dwelling on what is wrong is the only way to make things better.

69. I Will Preface This Comment By First Saying...

4. All that was in the past...

7. And YET - he won BOTH of his elections with OVER 51% of the vote.

17. I feel like I'm supposed to apologize

21. This is not about that

23. I disagree with many points in the OP - here's one

26. I disagree with you

132. Actually, President Obama STRENGTHENED Dodd-Frank. n/t

136. Not when he signed the budget at the end of 2014.

142. Hope O'Malley gets it

22. No apology necessary. You did the correct thing and kept another Republican out of the

25. For the SCOTUS alone . . .

30. Oh yes! And you've helped make AG Loretta Lynch a reality! Forgot about that.

162. SCOTUS, yes.

34. In 2008, a lot of us were willing to take a chance on him.

41. Not a " high Bar.”.?

45. I didn't run for office.

50. Good...So keep sitting on your hands.