Sliding into the prototypical "Ugly American" mindset

[MADem]

101. Give us this day our daily bread--when does a week go by that someone isn't

railing, in typical sixties-speak, about how Obama is an evil imperialist-capitalist pig-corporate shill in bed with the "banksters?" The fact that he is black does raise the bar for him with some people, I believe--he has to work twice as hard to get half the credit. Women have the very same problem around here in some quarters.

I'd as soon hear Kenyan birth certificate dreck; I come here to converse with Democrats, not people who hate Democrats--and unfortunately, the place is overrun with the latter.

And he may be "responsible for what goes on in his administration" but YOU--yes YOU--and me, and everyone else, here on this board and across this land--is responsible for the laws that are enacted in the country. He's the chief EXECUTIVE, not the chief LEGISLATOR....and way too many people don't quite make the connection that the laws we get are a function of who WE--that's right, you, me, and the milkman and the teacher and that unemployed kid in mom's basement--send to Congress.

Obama is not the King, he does not rule by decree. You want better laws? Spend less time carping at the Chief Executive--that works well for the right wing. Instead, work harder at getting a better Congress. Try getting at least half the Dems to the polls on the occasion of Congressional races--thats the only way we're going to see progress, not by yelling at the POTUS.