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In reply to the discussion: Duped into voting for President Obama? [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)24. Barack Obama nominated Elizabeth Warren...
to oversee the creation of the consumer financial protection bureau. He nominated Sonia Sotomayor and Elana Kagan to serve as justices on the Supreme Court. He selected the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council Frances Beineke to serve on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission. He appointed Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Chu to head the Department of Energy. Fuel efficiency standards were doubled, and the EPA finally finalized the rules on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.
I think your cynicism is over done.
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Nope i was not duped into voting for Obama but really we did not have a choice.
Thinkingabout
Mar 2013
#2
But.but.but..he only did 99.5% of what we want - where's the other half %? Seriously, excellent...
George II
Apr 2013
#43
Sacrilege! You are only supposed to post positive spin in the altar threads!!!
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#34
Some balsa, but to be fair the villains are made of straw, poppits of "haters"
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#58
Went in fully informed. And, continuing to kick the asses of the haters who choose to be blind.
NYC_SKP
Mar 2013
#10
Barack Hussein Obama will go down as one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen!!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2013
#14
Unemployment dropped by 40% and GDP grew 9%+ per year during FDR's first term
MannyGoldstein
Mar 2013
#29
thanks for tacitly conceding the validity of my observation and remarks again
stupidicus
Apr 2013
#90
admissions as to your struggles with plain and simple english are welcomed as well
stupidicus
Apr 2013
#94
Not I. Unlike some, I can see both sides. To me, his positives are weighted by what he had to
patrice
Apr 2013
#36
Nope. I tagged him as just another 3rd Way politician when he promised to escalate the war
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2013
#52
I feel duped as hell. I heard him say with my own ears at a rally I attended that he
forestpath
Apr 2013
#55
Common mistake you made, not learning the the 3rd way euphemisms for cutting,
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#62
Yes, in thirdwayspeak, "sacrifice" means it's the poor/middle class/elderly/sick who must suffer.
forestpath
Apr 2013
#65
Never felt duped. I'm as proud of him today as I was when he announced his first run.
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2013
#77
Unfortunately I think he'll go down as another Bill Clinton - brilliant man, mediocre president.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2013
#107