General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: I strongly support President Obama [View all]AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)But there are some things that we, on principal, have to object to and get angry at the president for.
Democratic presidents aren't perfect. Clinton signed NAFTA and was pro-globalization, Carter started the ball rolling on deregulation, LBJ of course escalated the Vietnam war, FDR and the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII.
Obama's problem is that for the times of now, we needed Obama to be better than he currently is. We need a president as aggressive as Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman, that would've outwitted the Republicans and checkmate them to help Democrats to takeover Congress, and to outwit Corporate America, bring the banks to justice, and reverse the damages of Bush and to help the 99% in economic relief. Instead, Obama's adopted some of the worst things of Clinton (on economics) and also of Bush (on foreign policy and civil liberties.)