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In reply to the discussion: Isn't it weird how Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren support Obama [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)"I'm as proud of this President as anyone could be, because I actually listen to what he actually has to say, what he means, and not the second-hand gossip that infects online message boards, and I know I am going to sneered at - all for no good reason, just the pack doesn't want to hear anything that deviates from what they think is normal."
I listen to what this President says, but I also watch what he does. I remember when he said in the final weeks before the text of the ACA bill was presented that he wanted a public option. Shortly after that, the ACA bill was published. There was no public option. There still is no public option.
Obama talks beautifully, but his actions and his efforts to realize the policies he talks about too often fall far short.
That is the problem with Obama. Agreeing with what he says is easy. But agreeing with what he does after he talks his talk is challenging.
Granted he has a difficult Congress to deal with, but still he should fight much harder for the good policies that he proposes. Of course, many of his speeches discuss some sort of vague proposal that is worded so that each listener can hear what he or she wants to hear.