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In reply to the discussion: Mr. President, I take it personally: [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)131. Because President Obama is going to be on the ballot in 2016? ...
Perhaps a more relevant (and less transparent) OP would have been ...
Ms./Mr. 2016 Democratic Nominee,
Following are my list of grievances with the Presidency of President Obama, that I take it personally:
(adjust pronoun usage, as appropriate ... It would take me too long to edit your list of grievances)
1. You didn't hold the Bush administration accountable. (you continued his failed policies)
You intefered when other countries tried to hold them accountable. You referred to torturers as patriots.
2. You didn't hold Wall Street accountable. (too big to fail, too big to jail) Eric Holder has been a
total failure.
3. You kept trying bipartisanship with INSANE people.
4. You filled the White House with Wall Street and Federal Reserve cronies.
5. You referred to Wall Street thieves as The Best and The Brightest.
6. You didn't stand up for the protesters in Wisconsin. (couldn't find your walking shoes ?)
7. You ignored and insulted your base.
8. You didn't fight for the public option.
9. It took you 5+ years to address raising the minimum wage.
10. It took you 5+ years to address police brutality.
11. You ordered drone strikes that killed 4 U.S. citizens. (one was an innocent 16 year old boy)
12. You campaigned for Rahm Emanuel.
13. Your treatment of Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and Julian Assange. (the worst administration
for protecting whistle blowers)
14. Your failure to address the ridiculous and immoral war on cannabis. You laugh and smirk every
time the issue is brought up on social media.
15. The failed Free Trade Deal that you signed with South Korea, that to date has cost the U.S.
75,000 jobs and added billions to our trade deficit.
16. You signed a free trade Deal with Colombia. Colombia, a country notorious for killing
union activists.
17. Your administration pushed Charter Schools.
18. 2009 you squandered your mandate and refused to use the bully pulpit.
19. 2009 you didn't take advantage of the short time the Democratic Party had control of
the Senate, the House, and the presidency.
20. You offered up CPI for Social Security.
21. You promised transparency. (your definition of transparency must be different from mine)
22. You have disenfranchised young voters.
23. You represent the needs of the wealthy and the super wealthy. (you ignored the cries of the 99%)
Following are my list of grievances with the Presidency of President Obama, that I take it personally:
(adjust pronoun usage, as appropriate ... It would take me too long to edit your list of grievances)
1. You didn't hold the Bush administration accountable. (you continued his failed policies)
You intefered when other countries tried to hold them accountable. You referred to torturers as patriots.
2. You didn't hold Wall Street accountable. (too big to fail, too big to jail) Eric Holder has been a
total failure.
3. You kept trying bipartisanship with INSANE people.
4. You filled the White House with Wall Street and Federal Reserve cronies.
5. You referred to Wall Street thieves as The Best and The Brightest.
6. You didn't stand up for the protesters in Wisconsin. (couldn't find your walking shoes ?)
7. You ignored and insulted your base.
8. You didn't fight for the public option.
9. It took you 5+ years to address raising the minimum wage.
10. It took you 5+ years to address police brutality.
11. You ordered drone strikes that killed 4 U.S. citizens. (one was an innocent 16 year old boy)
12. You campaigned for Rahm Emanuel.
13. Your treatment of Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and Julian Assange. (the worst administration
for protecting whistle blowers)
14. Your failure to address the ridiculous and immoral war on cannabis. You laugh and smirk every
time the issue is brought up on social media.
15. The failed Free Trade Deal that you signed with South Korea, that to date has cost the U.S.
75,000 jobs and added billions to our trade deficit.
16. You signed a free trade Deal with Colombia. Colombia, a country notorious for killing
union activists.
17. Your administration pushed Charter Schools.
18. 2009 you squandered your mandate and refused to use the bully pulpit.
19. 2009 you didn't take advantage of the short time the Democratic Party had control of
the Senate, the House, and the presidency.
20. You offered up CPI for Social Security.
21. You promised transparency. (your definition of transparency must be different from mine)
22. You have disenfranchised young voters.
23. You represent the needs of the wealthy and the super wealthy. (you ignored the cries of the 99%)
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They left out that he had his DoJ help local police brutalize OWS protestors. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#100
No, with the 2016 campaign already heating up this is exactly the place where this
totodeinhere
Apr 2015
#102
And it was a fantastic movement. I wonder what would have happened if Theo Roosevelt had bucked the
Dark n Stormy Knight
Apr 2015
#101
I would like to see a list of what President Obama has done you find exceptable, hope
AuntPatsy
Apr 2015
#3
I think normally people overlook spelling errors, but it was intended as a critique of the OP...
cascadiance
Apr 2015
#122
I think it's only human nature to dwell on the things you disagree with rather than the
totodeinhere
Apr 2015
#103
No apology necessary. You did the correct thing and kept another Republican out of the
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#22
Oh yes! And you've helped make AG Loretta Lynch a reality! Forgot about that.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#30
don't forget just how bad voting for his opponent in either of those elections
rurallib
Apr 2015
#125
Out of the 36% or so of eligible American voters who bothered to vote?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#33
No, that "36%" was 39.9% in 2010 and the I believe the 18% was only in California in 2014.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#38
Thank you for succinctly, in your header, stating exactly the reason
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#60
Taking my words out of context is beneath an intelligent person like you, Erich.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#72
A lot of his voters from 2008 won't be voting for ANY Dem next time around, due in large part
Doctor_J
Apr 2015
#16
Dude, rainbows could come shooting out of Obama's behind and that won't change the minds of
underahedgerow
Apr 2015
#37
There's absolutely nothing in your list that's not spot-on. Sure feels like betrayal to me.
Scuba
Apr 2015
#13
IMO, you're a bit RW harsh with the 23 personally offended list. But there is some degree of Truth,
Sunlei
Apr 2015
#66
"[I]f American workers are being denied their right to organize when I'm in the White House, I will
midnight
Apr 2015
#90
http://www.diagonale.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/07-Illustration-von-Samuel-Goodrich-The-Wooden-Ho
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2015
#116
Alfred McCoy explained Secret Government is why the pendulum won't swing back.
Octafish
Apr 2015
#124
This the best and most complete list of Obama's "populist" hypocrisy I have ever seen published.
DrBulldog
Apr 2015
#144
I'm sure grateful that doesn't say McCain and/or Romney after Mr. President, though.
C Moon
Apr 2015
#159
Here it is toward the end of his tenure and you come up with 23 things that...
TreasonousBastard
Apr 2015
#180
