Do I have this right: Obama shouldn't get credit for saving the US economy

[Savannahmann]

39. Have I ever given President Obama credit?

Holy Crap. How come I have to have this discussion whenever I tell the truth about anything?

Fine, here we go again. Why must I go through this all the time? Here's one, and just one of the posts I've made in support of the President. http://betterment.democraticunderground.com/10025388493 By the way, that one is in my journal.

Now, that we've paid token attention to my bonafides. Let's talk economy. Since it is consistently the number one issue that voters are concerned about. How do we show we care, and are aware of the situation that many if not most people find themselves in?

I only mention that because, as I said above, it's hard to get elected when all you throw people is propaganda about how awesome things are. Ask Harry Reid if you doubt me, because next month he's moving to the Minority Leader instead of Majority. I'm sure Turtle will be awesome for our side. Should I put the Sarcasm tag on for that one or are you willing to accept that I really didn't want him to be the leader since I spent most of the last year warning about the danger of losing the senate while people just like you claimed I was spreading Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt because I wanted the Democratic Party to read the fucking polls and see how much trouble they were in. I had this crazy idea that if we represented the people, and took on some populist issues like reigning in the NSA we would get more support than if we ran a campaign which centered on the idea that the Republicans would lose the election for us with something like a Real Rape quote.

Now, I want the Democratic Party to notice the economy, and start a two pronged attack on it. A) Tell the truth about the economic conditions. B) Propose plans to improve the economy. I don't care if we can get it through the Republican Congress. We have to be talking about it before the voters will think we care about it. Then we can get elected to fix the things that they all see as screwed up. http://www.gallup.com/poll/110824/gallup-daily-us-economic-outlook.aspx

Allow me to quote a post I made some time ago and was thinking about a week or so back.

What can I do? I can keep pushing my country to be better. I can keep striving to make my nation live up to the promise, the principles I hold dear in my heart. It is not because I hate my country, or President Obama. It is because I love it, and the President, that I demand we be better than we are.

I want to see the day when a child can achieve to the limits of their ability in well funded schools. I want to see the day when we respect one another with all our differences and live in peace together. I dream of the day when police serve the community and don't abuse those who have entrusted the power with them. I fantasize about the day when we are all truly equal and are all assured of our individual rights.

I dream of the day when the NSA, CIA, FBI, and DHS are reigned in and put on the shortest leashes possible. I ache for the day when the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments are enforced by the courts with no exceptions.

If you want it or not, I'm going to tell you the truth about Politics. You have to wake every morning and ask yourself how can I help the people today. You can never forget you represent the people, and you can never forget that they will vote you out of office, fire you, if you ever appear tone deaf or unconcerned about them. I've marched in protests. I marched back in the 1980's. I marched before it was AIDS or HIV. I marched when it was called The Grip. I've stood shoulder to shoulder to protest the deaths. I protested Gulf War One, Two, and will probably protest Gulf war Three.

So keep pushing the propaganda, and keep ignoring the truth. Because as long as the Democratic Supporters continue this, we will continue to lose elections. I've told you the truth, and you don't want to hear it. Fine with me, but don't pretend it's the fault of Citizens United, or Money in Politics when we lose in 2016. Because the reason will be we're more interested in form over function, and the people desperately want us working on the function.

While you are busy running around demanding proof that the posters are truly Democratic, I've been spending my time trying to help the Democratic Party win elections. You let me know how the witch hunt goes, I'm not enjoying much success, our party seems determined to lose through obstinate stupidity. But at least we have a good loyalty test and quick punishment for those who don't measure up to today's constantly changing loyalty standard.