An alternative view from a “lackey butt-kissing shit”

[Savannahmann]

107. The other points were burrs on bushes that scratch your leg.

Annoying, but hardly significant. Most of us have suffered a scratch or two, and ignored them as insignificant.

The burr under the saddle so to speak was that she felt personally insulted, and it was allowed to continue instead of being shut down. That was the reason the other scratches became intolerable.

We can argue the fallicy that Obama is powerless to do anything to stop this crap from the GOP. But that denies the truth, that of all the Representatives, and the Senators, only one of those being discussed can stop all the others with a single word. Only President Obama has the Veto, and no one can stop him. Congress would have to act in a large unified body to override that veto. Yet, even that could be undermined with one speech from our President outlining why he opposed this legislation. One man has the worlds press in a single room less than one hundred yards away. One man has the ability to shape the debate, and discuss the real issues.

That one man hasn't taken possession of the bully pulpit. Ignore what the GOP douchebags will say. They would condemn President Obama if he held a huge ceremony to honor the memory of, and announce a gigantic statue to Ronald Reagan. The Republicans would oppose that. One man has the opportunity to shape the debate. Remember the damage that Reagan did, getting Congress flooded with calls in support of his horrific tax cuts on the wealthy? Good Democrats were cowed into inaction, or outright support by this astro turf display of the bully pulpit.

President Obama can deliver a speech better than Reagan can, and he doesn't. He doesn't come out in favor of principles, and he doesn't come out in favor of liberal agenda items unless the polls make it look like he could win. Before you accuse me of it, I am not under any definition calling President Obama a coward. I'm saying he's playing it safe politically, unwilling to expend political capital on issues if there is a fair chance he could lose. Yet, we are all suffering because of that unwillingness to take risks, and we are all looking at the Republicans running the table, because President Obama doesn't want to take a stand for the right things.

One man, bully pulpit, unfettered access to the press of the world. Congressional Republicans, many voices, many voices disagreeing with each other, competing against each other, and our side, for access to less press than President Obama has a minutes slow walk away.

Do we support President Obama? Obviously. Do we support Democrats over Republicans? Is night dark and day light? Is water wet? Do I really need to respond to the rest of the crap?

The blind supporters line up to congratulate President Obama for a vague reference to an issue. They talk about his strength, and conviction. But when he doesn't show that strength, that conviction, then he's powerless before the forces arrayed before him.

President Obama could have told HHS to leave the Employer mandates on and told the business leaders to shut the fuck up. Instead he went along, citing vague problems defining some of the minor points. The minor points? Millions of workers are being shafted, and we're worried about if Company A might not maintain his profit margin? Every year hundreds of thousands will go bankrupt or nearly so, or die, because of lack of insurance. Our answer, punish the poor for not cutting out those luxuries like heat in the winter to help them afford insurance. But no, we're not going to make the corner burger joint pay for that insurance, it wouldn't be fair to the CEO's of the various corporations.

So yes, I saw her post. It was a long litany of how disloyal we all are for not understanding the limits of, and blindly supporting President Obama. Yes, I saw the OP, and it was all a long list of scratches, while the burr under the saddle, the main pain inducing items, was that she felt singled out, and nobody stood up and stopped it.