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In reply to the discussion: It is possible to still be willing to vote for Obama AND still think he has been a disappointment! [View all]RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)43. Thanks for speaking truth to the unending whiner crowd. They really need to grow up.
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It is possible to still be willing to vote for Obama AND still think he has been a disappointment! [View all]
Logical
Dec 2011
OP
You just don't comprehend the damage a Primary would do to our chances in 2012.
MjolnirTime
Dec 2011
#14
Any way, any how? Even if it means we damage our candidate so badly they lose the general?
moriah
Dec 2011
#77
"primary him...." yawn... And just what purist ultra liberal could actually win? Get real.
RBInMaine
Dec 2011
#42
True. Anyone to the Left of Attila the Hun likely wouldn't get the Democratic nomination
Creideiki
Dec 2011
#55
Thanks for speaking truth to the unending whiner crowd. They really need to grow up.
RBInMaine
Dec 2011
#43
I'm very disappointed but won't even have to hold my nose to vote for President Obama.
tledford
Dec 2011
#12
It sucks having to vote this way, makes our government look like a bad joke of a democracy
cowcommander
Dec 2011
#16
There are times when voting the lesser of two evils is not a cop-out but a
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2011
#17
I still plan to vote for Obama but any donations will go to re-elect Alan Grayson and
think
Dec 2011
#21
Of course. The best I can get to at this point is: Epic fail. But I don't want President Paul.
BlueIris
Dec 2011
#23
As long as you vote for Obama and / or against the insane GOP alternative ...
JoePhilly
Dec 2011
#28
What about when people make legitimate criticisms of him, and they're treated as though...
ClassWarrior
Dec 2011
#62
Thank you so much for speaking truth to endless whining and unrealistic expectations.
RBInMaine
Dec 2011
#40
I agree, I was stupid to believe his campaign promises. I agree with you on that one. Never again.
Logical
Dec 2011
#53
Anyone who claims their sort of person is 'sanctified' and others unworthy is a
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#48
Well, he's passed the most PROGRESSIVE legislation since LBJ. If you are so disappointed with that
RBInMaine
Dec 2011
#39
I am disappointed that so many people worked so hard to elect Obama in 2008 and he....
Logical
Dec 2011
#52
If you vote for him, you vote for indefinite detention and extrajudicial executions...
DutchLiberal
Dec 2011
#56
A Vote For Obama = A Vote For Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bank of America, etc....
Xicano
Dec 2011
#63