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2016 Postmortem

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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 12:24 AM Jan 2012

I hope you're ready to work your butt off to get Pres. Obama reelected... [View all]

You said we needed to hold his feet to the fire...pressure him to make tough decisions.

Well, Pres. Obama's decision to drop the Keystone pipeline is about as tough as it can get in an election season. He's going to be raked over the coals by Republicans and the MSM from here until election day. They're going to blame him for the jobs potentially lost from this and they'll blame this decision on the possible rise of gas prices - even if none of it is directly tied to the decision.

You wanted him to stand his ground on an important issue, well he has. Now you've got to stand up for him and fight the smears, dig in and ready for the onslaught...because it's coming.

I've already heard it. At supposed liberal places like Huffington Post, where Obama has now been deemed purposely destructive to the U.S. economy and the workers of this country.

This is going to play big-time in a swing state Obama will need to win in order to remain president.

Yet he did what you all said you wanted him to do: make the right decision for once.

Well he's made it. But he doesn't have to suffer for it. You wanted him to have your back...and now we've got to have his.

Cause it's going to get ugly.

Please say you stand with Pres. Obama.

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