We are no better than them [View all]

[think_critically]

Last edited Wed Sep 18, 2013, 11:14 AM - Edit history (1)

I hate to say this but I honestly believe that a lot of us are no better than right wing tea party republicans. We have this sense of idealism that completely falls apart when applied to the real world. We consistently criticize a pragmatic, but flawed president that has a penchant for thinking about the long term consequences of his decisions as opposed to the here and now. We criticize him but glorify Hilary Clinton and her husband when they are in some ways responsible for a lot of the mess we are in now. Bill Clinton may have been good on the surface but deep down his lack of integrity hurt our country and caused him to put politics above principle. With Obama, he risked his presidency by pushing a health plan that will no doubt lead to a public option and eventually a single payer system and we act like that is nothing.

We criticize him for picking Larry Summers to head the fed while completely ignoring the fact that he knows far more about Summers than any body on this board or any body in congress and that he honestly thought he was the best person for the job. We celebrate people like Edward Snowden who is nothing more than a coward who under the guise of protecting our "freedom" purposely took a job with the NSA so that he could release classified information in an attempt to protect us from the "evils" of the NSA. How in the hell can you celebrate a person who cares so little about his "principles" that he left this country and went to countries like Russia and China for asylum. Heroes stand by what they believe in and don't legitimize countries that go against everything that they purport to believe in. We sit here and criticize the president about this trade deal but I guarantee you nobody here knows everything about it and is thus in no position to be so critical.

In short, Obama is a good man that does not have the ability to forcefully advocate for progressive values. That does not mean that he doesn't agree with them, just look at the majority of his policies, but it's just not in his nature to be a fighter. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, or Alan Grayson will NEVER be president of the united states and Hilary Clinton is the type of democrat that people on here despise so the reality is is that we need to push Obama but support him at the same time. He pisses me off a lot but I honestly think that he is a better president than any of the other politician out there right now would be.