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In reply to the discussion: it isn't the legalities...it's the betrayal that's pissing people off [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)32. I totally agree
The job of the President is to make shit sandwiches taste good. Obama is extraordinary at doing this (just see how many people now approve of things they didn't like invasions and wiretapping).
Obama is one of the best shit sandwich salesmen the country has ever seen. The American people picked a good one.
But of course, for the sentient beings, this isn't about Obama. These issues are right or wrong, no matter what shit seller is doing the selling. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of sentient creatures left on this earth
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it isn't the legalities...it's the betrayal that's pissing people off [View all]
backwoodsbob
Jun 2013
OP
Authoritarianism sucks. I hope that with each passing day more and more people can disabuse
stillwaiting
Jun 2013
#17
Obama and his Administration have done (and not done) enough to warrant the criticism
stillwaiting
Jun 2013
#21
His ruinous education policies which undermine the very foundation of democracy,
duffyduff
Jun 2013
#110
The two party system is a tag team that advances its agenda by deception.
Eddie Haskell
Jun 2013
#81
Its not that the president of the US is weak its that if one of the political parties wants to
cstanleytech
Jun 2013
#106
+1. there's more on that list too. said he'd end the war & expanded it, said he'd close
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#77
You gave me a great tip about track bowling ball, so I will refrain. LOL. (this time)
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#54
Why does our Constitutional Law Professor President now hate us for our freedoms?
90-percent
Jun 2013
#62
whether they *are* blackmailing or not, they have the capability. they possibly even have the
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#75
a cheesy bad movie but there's lots of food for thought in it -- has the same scenario
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#117
But, he did keep his campaign promise to escalate the war in Afghanistan.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#74
Mostly if you didn't know you were voting for the lesser of two evils then........
nolabels
Jun 2013
#83
but, but. what about the relaxed confidence, the great smile. the awesome wife and kids. and the abs
KG
Jun 2013
#85
Right You Are - When Politicians Make Promises They Don't Intend To Keep - There's A Place In ...
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#93
I just came back to respond to this thread a second time. You nailed it. nt
Poll_Blind
Jun 2013
#116