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In reply to the discussion: The Sugar Makes the Poison Taste Sweet [View all]davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)He is not an Occupy protester. He's not a Greenpeace activist. He is not even really a liberal. We have all known this for some time.
However, the way you speak of him, Mr. Pitt, makes him seem some kind of really evil, vicious man - but he isn't. What he is, is a President who has been falling behind in the polls, who has been fighting with a completely obnoxious, completely moronic congress to accomplish anything at all. When he does get something done, the left rips him apart for it as much as the right. I'm as guilty of this as anyone here - I've certainly criticized a number of the President's plans and accomplishments because I felt they didn't go far enough.
To say though, that this is all some kind of smoke screen, some kind of sickening play put on to pull the wool over our eyes... I think you go too far. I DO think that the President respects and honors that man's sacrifice. I honestly believe that Mr. Obama gives a damn - if I didn't think so, I wouldn't have voted for him.
I guess what it comes down to is that I still believe in him. He's done things I don't like (Arne Duncan, Tim Geithner, WTF? NSA, drones...) - and he's doing things even now (pushing for this trade deal) that make me wonder what the hell he could possibly be thinking... but I still think he's a man with a good heart and good intentions.
There's all kinds of things to be angry with the President over - to criticize him for. I do not believe this to be one of those things. I believe that he was honestly attempting to thank and to honor a man's service and sacrifice for his Country. I do not question his intent here. I believe it was honest and decent.
What is it you want, Mr. Pitt? Did you expect him to be hand in hand with the Occupy movement? With Greenpeace? We've always known he's far more moderate than that. I think that, overall, it was a good speech and I am grateful that he is at least making the attempt to move forward. He needs our support right now, not our condemnation. What happens in the next several months to come, is going to play a big part in whether or not democrats hold on to the senate... in the future of our Country. Obama is far from perfect - but for now, he is what we have to work with - and he's not such a bad guy.
I'm just not sure what you really expected of him. I think he did the best he could.