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dirtydickcheney

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49. I'm sorry but Obama works for the 1%

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 08:36 AM

Mar 2015

Show me an example of when he really went full-bore against big money.

I was thinking today - the oil spill in the gulf- what a perfect excuse to say "hey, we've got to stop drilling and switch to an electricity-based economy vs a oil-based one"

What has been the Obama response - "Oh, we'll just open up the Atlantic seaboard to more drilling".

Big money didn't want a single-payer healthcare plan - it would cut into their profits and Obama was more than happy to oblige.

Remember that clip - "I plan to renegotiate NAFTA!" he said on the campaign trail?

The one where he said it and the same day he was reassuring the Canadian Gov't that he had no plans on renegotiate NAFTA.

That's the kind of politician Obama really is.

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#IloveObama riversedge Feb 2015 #1

Aloha riversedge.. Cha Feb 2015 #3

I saw that! Mahalo, Rep Keith Ellison! Also this from Presidential Historian, Douglas Brinkley Cha Feb 2015 #2

+ 100 n/t MBS Feb 2015 #6

Interestingly his legacy will be "Obamacare" - TBF Feb 2015 #9

I love that picture madokie Feb 2015 #11

Obama accomplished 85% of his agenda?? Dwight42 Feb 2015 #13

Welcome to DU Dwight - TBF Feb 2015 #19

Don't make promises that you can't keep. Dwight42 Feb 2015 #22

Sigh, your #1 is a winger talking point. Obama didn't make that claim with no exceptions.. that' uponit7771 Feb 2015 #25

You better believe it! zappaman Feb 2015 #27

^ thread win right there. nt TBF Feb 2015 #32

Welcome to DU... SidDithers Feb 2015 #21

Douglas Brinkley is a presidential historian, not some random blogger. Enjoy your stay. nt Hekate Mar 2015 #40

Too late. Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #45

He's got a ticket to ride and he don't care. Hekate Mar 2015 #47

This myth is embraced by MANY MANY on DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND as well randys1 Feb 2015 #28

He's just saying that because he's a fellow Muslin pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #4

What a ridiculous comment. Dwight42 Feb 2015 #15

He wasn't serious BainsBane Feb 2015 #23

There IS one born every minute! OilemFirchen Feb 2015 #34

I really do not cotton guillaumeb Feb 2015 #31

"one of the best presidents" handmade34 Feb 2015 #5

I think that the president is an amazing SmittynMo Feb 2015 #7

Why would Ellison support a war-mongering Republican? brooklynite Feb 2015 #8

He's not talking about Hillary. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #41

Revisit some of the comments people here made about Obama's Libya policy brooklynite Mar 2015 #42

Yup madokie Feb 2015 #10

He's done a lot of good, but he also has many flaws. Dawgs Feb 2015 #12

Agreed. Obama will possibly end up in the top tier of past US presidents. Yorktown Feb 2015 #14

I must concur! n/t wildbilln864 Feb 2015 #16

So I guess I'll have to infer from this..... dirtydickcheney Feb 2015 #17

If you didn't want Romneycare, you shouldn't have voted for it BainsBane Feb 2015 #26

Harken back..... dirtydickcheney Mar 2015 #43

Bullshit BainsBane Mar 2015 #44

OK - dirtydickcheney Mar 2015 #48

I'm sorry but Obama works for the 1% dirtydickcheney Mar 2015 #49

If ANY republican had implemented ACA including no more pre-existing exclusions? Are you sure randys1 Feb 2015 #29

old news - I read that right here within the first week of the 2009 inauguration DrDan Feb 2015 #18

True. But that's partly because US presidents are so uniformly bad. nt Damansarajaya Feb 2015 #20

Many are, all republicans since Ike are bad. randys1 Feb 2015 #30

FDR absolutely. nt Damansarajaya Feb 2015 #35

If DU had been around in the 30s and 40s BainsBane Feb 2015 #36

I've said this over and over again that Obama has already completed 85% of what he wanted.. the 15% uponit7771 Feb 2015 #24

And the crappiest part is, he won't truly be appreciated until much later, and that sucks. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2015 #33

+1 Jamaal510 Feb 2015 #37

Too bad he's unfortunately paired with the worst Congress we've ever seen. Initech Feb 2015 #38

"Double standard" my ass, Georgie. Good for Keith Ellison! Hekate Mar 2015 #39

True. And I was never on board the Hope Express. McCamy Taylor Mar 2015 #46