the lies of David W, Corn

[NYC Liberal]

126. No, they should NOT get a pass.

I'm glad you say you're willing to give Republicans a pass in order to attack Obama. Thanks, because now I know exactly where you stand. Me? I don't give them a pass and I don't make excuses for them. Obama deals with reality, not some fantasy land where Republicans don't exist and if only he shouts a little louder or stomps his feet a little harder, all the obstruction will just disappear. Because that's what some really believe.

He's told by these people to "use the bully pulpit!" Yet when he does, these people cry, "Oh, it's just a speech! Actions not words!" When he accomplishes something great, or does something that really helps the American people, these same people are either silent or find some reason to complain about it not being "good enough". The DADT repeal was met by some of these people not with cheers for a major victory, but with either silence or even more complaints -- that DOMA and other bad laws are still on the books so it doesn't really matter. It is telling when any mention of President Obama's accomplishments is derided and mocked by these people, but any mention of his perceived failings is lauded and cheered.

It's telling when RUMORS that Obama will be doing something "good" are met with instant suspicision and "Let's wait and see" posts, while RUMORS that he will be doing something "bad" are lapped up without a thought and hysterical outrage ensues without any concerete facts.

But those people -- the people who attack Obama from the "left", who yell and scream about him being "corporatist"/"DLCer"/whatever the current buzzword is, represent a very small sliver of the Democratic party, and even only a tiny fraction of the party's liberal base, over 90% of whom like the job he's doing.

President Obama has been working his ass off for US -- the poor, the working class, the PEOPLE -- for the last four years. If the last year of campaigning didn't wake people to that fact, then I suspect nothing will. For the last year we've seen Obama's accomplishments laid out for all to see and hear, and we've also seen it made very clear what the Republicans have and haven't done, and what they intend to do over the next 2-4 years.

It has been made crystal clear where both parties stand. I stand with Obama and the liberal base of the party.