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In reply to the discussion: I trust President Obama [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)64. "I cannot name one thing he has earned true criticism for, I really can't."
The vast majority of the betrayals on this list had nothing to do with Republican obstructionism:
Corporate and bank-cozy appointments, over and over again, including major appointments like:
A serial defender of corrupt bankers for the SEC; the architect of "Kill Lists" and supporter of torture, drone wars, and telecom immunity for the CIA; and a Monsanto VP who has lied and been involved in extremely disturbing claims regarding food safety for the FDA. An Attorney General who has not prosecuted a single large bank but wages war against medical marijuana users and *for* strip searches and warrantless surveillance of Americans. And let's not forget Tim Geithner.Bailouts and settlements for corrupt banks (with personal pressure from Obama to attorneys general to approve them),
Refusal by Obama's DOJ to prosecute even huge, egregious examples of bank fraud (i.e, HSBC)
signing NDAA to allow indefinite detention,
"Kill lists" and claiming of the right to assassinate even American citizens without trial
Expansion of wars into several new countries
A renewed public advocacy for the concept of preemptive war
Drone campaigns in multiple countries with whom we are not at war
Proliferation of military drones in our skies
Federal targeting of Occupy for surveillance and militarized response to peaceful protesters
Fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for warrantless surveillance
Fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for strip searches for any arrestee
Supporting and signing Internet-censoring and privacy-violating measures like ACTA
Support for corporate groping and naked scanning of Americans seeking to travel
A new, massive spy center for warrantless access to Americans' phone calls, emails, and internet use
Support of legal immunity for telecoms/warrantless wiretapping
Support of legislation to legalize massive surveillance of Americans
Militarized police departments, through federal grants
Marijuana users and medical marijuana clinics under assault,
Skyrocketing of the budget for prisons.
Failing to veto a bipartisan vote in Congress to gut more financial regulations.
Passionate speeches and press conferences promoting austerity for Americans
Bush tax cuts extended for billionaires, them much of it made permanent
Support for the payroll tax holiday, tying SS to the general fund
Support for the vicious chained CPI cut in Social Security and benefits for the disabled
Social security, Medicare, and Medicaid offered up as bargaining chips in budget negotiations, with No mention of cutting corporate welfare or the military budget
Advocacy of multiple new free trade agreements, including The Trans-Pacific, otherwise known as "NAFTA on steroids."
Support of drilling, pipelines, and selling off portions of the Gulf of Mexico
Corporate education policy including high stakes corporate testing and closures of public schools
Entrenchment of exorbitant for-profit health insurance companies into healthcare, through mandate
Legal assault on union rights of hundreds of thousands of federal workers
New policies of targeting children and first responders in drone campaigns,
New policies of awarding medals for remote drone attacks,
Appointment of private prison executive to head the US Marshal's office
Massive escalation of federal contracts for private prisons under US Marshall's office
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A cheney II maladministration would not care about anything he would have done to prevent
Amonester
Jun 2013
#140
The OP is the weekly "we love Obama" propaganda posted in GD. I am not sure why they
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#20
95% of the democratic party strongly supports Barack Obama. Personally, that is 100% of
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#38
No they dont. Both side definitely squabble about issues and policies. And
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#75
+1000, this blind 100% support is as bad as the GOP did for BUSH. Embarrassing. n-t
Logical
Jun 2013
#108
The wallets of the majority of Americans outright disagree with you. I'd really love it
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#134
Dredging up old stories and any anniversary to not criticize PBO but to accuse him of heinous crimes
freshwest
Jun 2013
#117
And I don't trust the "Drs" Paul, Glenn Bekk or any other supposed "libertarian".
baldguy
Jun 2013
#28
That's a great point. Which, for me, makes the non-stop incessant "blame Obama"
Number23
Jun 2013
#106
In a democracy it is the reponsiibility of the people to hold its public servants accountable.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#45
Your trust and a couple of bucks might buy a bad cup of coffee somewhere.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#55
It's truly disgusting that so many of the President's most ardent supporters/defenders here
cali
Jun 2013
#69
"I cannot name one thing he has earned true criticism for, I really can't."
woo me with science
Jun 2013
#64
I reckon the OP's POV is all of that is either good, well intentioned, or he was forced by secret
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#68
You have a good start there for a slogan" the reality creating community" can use to silence dissent
Dragonfli
Jun 2013
#78
The genius behind the "I trust ..." bumper-sticker logic is it can be reused with the next president
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#79
You trust a man that let Wall Street off the hook and yet sicks his dogs on medical marijuana
Downtown Hound
Jun 2013
#80
You didn't! Chastised for noticing that once. But both are Libertarians, the new sacred cows at DU.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#122
There have probably been essays written on the subject of Presidential Trust ever since the
bike man
Jun 2013
#97
The people who are saying he's "lying" to get the country into war with Syria just make me
Number23
Jun 2013
#105
I hate the 470X income inequality gap which has not changed one bit on Obama's watch.
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#130