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Doctor_J

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9. What a load of shit

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 06:57 PM

Oct 2015

He's been the most timid "centrist" to live in the white house in my 60 years. He took huge congressional majorities and tons of political capital in 2008 and couldn't surrender fast enough. If it weren't for the tiger beat his approval would be Bush-like. Give it a rest, middleman. Let's see if you can stand up to the corporations once over the next 14 months.

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Obama is furious with us, and he's right to be [View all] loyalsister Oct 2015 OP

We let him down Evergreen Emerald Oct 2015 #1

Yep loyalsister Oct 2015 #4

Poppycock!! Where was Obama when 100,000 were marching in Madison? Hunkered somewhere, I guess Freelancer Oct 2015 #6

What a load of bullshit. R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2015 #30

Agree Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #36

Kick. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2015 #2

Obama is indeed righteously furious with us children for not being righteously furious enough with Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #3

The on;y way congress would make a change is if congress became the victim. R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2015 #33

It is more poetic license than metaphor, but I get your point and dismiss it. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #41

We've heard rhetoric before. We had the presidency and control of congress in 2009. CentralMass Oct 2015 #5

We did not have control--this myth has been busted numerous times. Evergreen Emerald Oct 2015 #7

Not to worry. That zombie myth has been killed so many times even zombies are upset. Just laugh! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #10

We had a majority of people in the country looking for change. CentralMass Oct 2015 #14

I'm not sure a common platform\message would necessarily rival the problem loyalsister Oct 2015 #8

"Massive voter turnout and ongoing active civic engagement? Maybe." Aerows Oct 2015 #27

Zombie myths being so woefully attempted to be resurrected do not help Sanders or anyone else. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #11

Bingo. n/t Aerows Oct 2015 #22

What a load of shit Doctor_J Oct 2015 #9

Why do Sanders supporters cling to that zombie myth? To attack Obama(D)? It is embarrassing. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #12

Not all of them do Andy823 Oct 2015 #18

Yes, you are right. The Obama haters have shifted gears to also being Clinton haters...with the same Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #26

He pulled us out of the deepest recession since the Great Depression, against pnwmom Oct 2015 #19

you mean the great public dollars giveaway ibegurpard Oct 2015 #38

Bernie Sanders voted FOR it because he knew your pipe dream wasn't possible. pnwmom Oct 2015 #40

Do you see any difference in the exLW and exRW attacks on Obama and Clinton because I do not?! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #42

Well, I'm not feeling too happy about him at the moment either: kiva Oct 2015 #13

+++ nt pecwae Oct 2015 #35

He needs to look in the mirror. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2015 #15

because he has been SO busy battling the NRA all this time Skittles Oct 2015 #16

+1 nt Bonobo Oct 2015 #17

Well I know that every one of us on DU Aerows Oct 2015 #24

Is Obama a slacker? GeorgeGist Oct 2015 #20

Sounds disturbingly like Jeremiah wailing "God is angry at us!". nt Bonobo Oct 2015 #21

I truly hate it when out politicians are venerated as gods and we become the children-folk. R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2015 #31

I lulz'd KG Oct 2015 #23

If all of us on DU Aerows Oct 2015 #25

The American people have truly let him down mwrguy Oct 2015 #28

the "American people" are not the ones going around the planet blasting weddings with drones nt msongs Oct 2015 #29

Or vaporizing children. R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2015 #32

... R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2015 #34

Obama has fought progressives on every major policy issue ibegurpard Oct 2015 #37

So.. abandon progressive values to punish him after he is no longer even president??? loyalsister Oct 2015 #39