Is there anything Obama hasn't compromised (sold out) on?

[FLAprogressive]

Anything?

[WhiteTara]

1. Rick Warren. n/t

[Safetykitten]

8. Absolutely rock solid and non-negotiable.

[WhiteTara]

34. Then when he said that about

his "gut instincts", I knew that gut said "Feed me caviar!"

[ProSense]

2. No matter how often it's repeated, it's still baseless. n/t

[donheld]

29. Your post, or the OP?

[Bluebear]

3. Donnie McClurkin

He was unmoved.

[LawnLover]

4. Is there anything ANY President hasn't compromised on?

Reality is a bitch.

[MannyGoldstein]

15. Lots of things

Going back only a few years, Dim Son didn't compromise on hardly anything. And he had far slimmer majorities than we did.

[NoPasaran]

21. Lincoln was pretty strong on preserving the Union

Jackson killed the Bank.

[asdjrocky]

37. A whole bunch of them.

Ask me, I'll give you a list.

[LawnLover]

40. Sure, let's see it

Life is a compromise. President's compromise. It's the nature of the game.

And I'm sure any list you show us would be full things that went through a period of compromise before the final outcome was reached.

[LawnLover]

43. Still waiting....

tick tock, tick tock...

[ZombieHorde]

5. Stem cell research and financial aid reform. nt

[QC]

6. He still has the puppy. n/t

[TBF]

10. Nope, that wasn't great either because he passed on rescues

and got a purebred from a breeder instead.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. It was a gift from Ted Kennedy.

And he had to find a breed that his daughter wasn't allergic to. But I hear you. I adopt senior dogs from rescue. :hi:

[TBF]

17. Yes, I do the same thing -

my current pup is an English Lab - about 6 yrs old. Some medical issues, but he's the greatest dog with a very sweet temperament.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Kudos to you, my friend. Your sweet pup was so fortunate to have found you...

My breed was cockers, grew up with one, but I've also had terriers. My dogs have been older, too, 8-10 years old when they found me, and I've never been disappointed. However, my current little guy was a pet shop rescue, was being fostered by a vet tech who used to work for my vet, and she knew my other dog, same breed, so she contacted me. I adopted Meneken at age nine, his elderly owner had died. But Jack found me at five months. Yikes! Now I know why I adopt the older ones, since I was not used to a puppy, LOL. But he's four, now, and I'm hoping to have him for at least the next 20 years... :D :hug:

Jack :loveya:

[Dr.Phool]

38. I got two puppies from rescue.

Both Lab mixes. The white one, Lab-Springer last year at nine weeks, the black one, Lab-Golden last month at ten weeks.

Pics taken yesterday.

[MiniMe]

22. The kids have allergy problems

I give him a pass on that one, and this is from somebody who volunteers for a rescue group.

[TBF]

33. You know I did a search for "Portuguese Water Dog" and there are breed-specific

rescues. You would think you'd know that since you're holding yourself out as some sort of expert. Lame.

[MiniMe]

35. There are breed specific groups for every breed.

I still don't hold it against him, it was a gift from Ted Kennedy. There are many reasons why dogs are in rescue, some of which are behavioral, and some are for a tendency to run. Out of all things you can be mad at him about, I don't agree that this is a big deal.

[somone]

7. He didn't kill the Thanksgiving turkey - twice now

Meanwhile: A United Nations report says over 1,200 Afghan civilians lost their lives in the first half of 2010...

[Exilednight]

9. I have plenty of criticisms when it comes to Obama, but ............

there are many promises he did keep. I would argue that he has capitulated on every one of his MAJOR campaign promises, but he did keep many of his smaller promises.

Here's a list of his kept promises: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/promise-kept/

[Ken Burch]

14. So he was great on the stuff that WASN'T important.

Is THAT what "Change You Can Believe In" means?

[Exilednight]

20. Like I stated above .......

I feel Obama has compromised or capitulated on every major issue. But it's unfair to say that he hasn't kept any of his campaign promises.

It's fine to be critical, and god knows that I am quite critical of Obama - and highly disappointed - but we also have to be honest.

To answer your question: Is this change I can believe in? No.

I can't stand it when people say "it took Bush 8 years to screw this country up, so why expect Obama to fix it in two years?" That's just an utter boldface lie. It took Bush less than a year to screw this country up. After 9/11, it took Bush a matter of months, and in some cases just a matter of days or weeks, to put in place much of the legislation that has us in the mess we are in today. The following seven years of Bush's term were spent maintaining the status-quo.

Every issue that Obama has capitulated on will not be revisited. That's just a political reality. To say that he hasn't been given enough time to make the big changes is just wishful thinking at best, complete ignorance at worst.

[BlueDemKev]

11. Compromise.....

...I believe that compromise is an important and necessary part of governing. However, there comes a time when you have to dig in your heels and say "enough." Compromising with the very people who are determined to have you voted out of office on such a huge issue like extending Bush's disastrous tax cuts for people making over $250,000/yr is a bad idea....it's bad politics AND bad policy (policy because it will only balloon the federal deficit even more--and politics because who do you think will be blamed for that?).

If Obama doesn't start showing some serious backbone really soon, he will not serve a second term. And this country will go to hell in a handbasket come 2013 when the tea-baggers take over.

[AlabamaLibrul]

12. :)

http://whatinthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/

[Scurrilous]

13. Obama is a bad man!!1! n/t

[Major Hogwash]

18. He pardoned a turkey at Thanksgiving time.

Both years!!!
Will have to keep an eye on him to see if he will do that in 2011, though.

[FLAprogressive]

19. "you all will have to settle on a chicken this year"

[defendandprotect]

24. Nope .... and ongoing assault on public education, teachers and their union ...

[obxhead]

25. Bashing his base? nt

[Zoeisright]

26. STEM. CELL. RESEARCH.

For which I am profoundly thankful.

[Hardrada]

27. Hanukkah.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

28. Is there (much) of anything

that has never been changed or altered ("compromised" or "sold out") in any way via the legislative process? Lest we forget that, even with a strong number of Democrats back then (massive supermajorities in both Houses in FDR's case), major social programs like Medicare and Social Security (as passed) were initially much weaker, covered fewer people, and were unrecognizable in their present form.
Progressives were upset with Clinton when he had to "compromised" with the Gingrich-led Congress to get anything done during the last six years of his Presidency. Right now Obama is POTUS so I guess we're all supposed to hate him for him having to do the same thing. Having a Grayson-like POTUS beating up on Republicans day in and day out might be fun to watch and it would, of course, make for some entertaining theater but it doesn't actually get anything done and if nothing's getting done, well then, what's the point? :shrug:
Most politicians realize that, grandstanding aside, they have to live in the real world like the rest of us and have to deal with the reality of how bills become laws.

[VMI Dem]

30. The sanctity of heterosexual marriage.

[Skittles]

31. BINGO!!!

[Raine]

32. His deal with the big corporatists

he's kept that. x(

[NorthCarolina]

36. Lots.

He didn't compromise on tax cuts, he got exactly what he wanted. He didn't compromise on health insurance reform by pulling the public option out at the start, he got exactly what he wanted. The continuing implication that Obama is "caving" to conservatives is fantasy. Obama is a conservative, and he is complicit with the GOP agenda. Nothing else makes sense unless you are willing to conclude that Obama is decidedly more naive and inept than Sarah Palin.

[treestar]

39. Unrec'd whining

Dealing with Congress means no President's promises can be anything but his intent.

[WildEyedLiberal]

41. He hasn't compromised on anything

Compromise implies that both sides abandon part of their objective in order to reach a common middle ground. The Republicans have compromised on NOTHING; ergo, Obama is not compromising. He's giving away the keys to the kingdom no questions asked.

[Moondog]

42. Nothing of real consequence.

The biggies, the ones he ran on as far as I am concerned - he's rolled over on every damned one of them.