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In reply to the discussion: As much as I like Obama, there's nothing I can say to defend him. [View all]Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)the fat lady sings.....
I don't know what will happen and til all this is passed and there is no going back, I can't make a judgement about Obama.
I'm a bit shook and have questions over this issue and his drone policy and the continuation of Bush's/Chaney's Homeland Security policies, to be sure.
But I still have some faith left in Obama. If I'm wrong, pity the fool for fooling me. The letter and calls he'll get from me will not be pretty or ladylike..... I'm basically a cynic, so this will hit hard, if he turns out to different than what I had believed. I have not trusted a politician for a verrrrry long time, till Obama.
I hear lots of doubt and complaints and many have turned on him. The thing is, what alternatives does he have as president of a house with intractable rethugs?
I don't hear solutions on how he should govern in the situation he's in. What steps should have he taken before or in the future? Just what exactly, people?? It certainly wasn't something he expected and neither did any of us. This congress is historically the worst and most unpatriotic, self-serving m'f'er's I've ever witnessed in over 66 years of my lifetime. There is no precedence set for how things are today.
The bottom line is that the POTUS only has so much power, while the house and states have the power to do the opposite of what Obama or we the people want.
But I am anxious to hear him explain enough for us to get why he's doing this or what his game plan is. In time, we'll know. But until then, we are all shooting in the dark about him.
No one knows anything for absolutely sure. It's time to get over the "instant gratification" and be patient. But still letting him know, what we want and what we don't. Which is no, to cutting SS and Medicare/Medicaid.