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Aristus

(66,380 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 09:04 PM Jun 2015

Any anti-Obama Democrats still out there?

Still upset that President Obama didn't take the whole country out for ice cream?

Wake up and look around, will you?

President Obama is the leader we should have had twenty years ago. Bill Clinton (whom I still admire greatly), but without the messy personal issues. A leader with amazing grace.

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Any anti-Obama Democrats still out there? (Original Post) Aristus Jun 2015 OP
Theu keep a low profile in good times like this Gman Jun 2015 #1
They're afraid to respond Bernie 2016 Jun 2015 #2
Well yes. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #3
Boo Hoo.. yes this is the Barack Obama Group and we're his supporters. You have to whole board Cha Jun 2015 #14
Brave words, in a protected group. [n/t] Maedhros Jun 2015 #27
Yeah, he's so "brave". rofl Cha Jul 2015 #37
Two men. Amazing Grace. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #4
Well, Bill Clinton signed NAFTA, repealed Glass-Steagall, and TeleCom act... TheProgressive Jun 2015 #5
You are posting in the Barack Obama Group. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2015 #6
The question was asked...and I answered... TheProgressive Jun 2015 #8
I was just writing to them to block. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #10
You're welcome. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2015 #11
ha. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #13
LOL. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2015 #15
Thanks, Great Aunt! n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #36
Take your comments the hell out of the sheshe2 Jun 2015 #9
I know, she.. "oligarchs.." "Obamacare.. scam.. insurance giveaway.." like they had Cha Jun 2015 #19
I was writing that post when gaot blocked them. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #20
Obamacare is helping Millions of People and saving lives. It's pathetic that there are those Cha Jun 2015 #17
A friend had two cataract surgeries last winter, thanks to Obamacare. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2015 #22
So happy for your friend, greataunt! It does mean so much to millions of people's lives.. their Cha Jun 2015 #28
She was thrilled. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2015 #29
I can so imagine! Cha Jun 2015 #30
Yes, but *those people* aren't important. Play that fiddle, Cha! n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #34
listen to Marc Maron conversation on WTF podcast SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2015 #23
Oh, thanks! Great picture. I think I missed the podcast, though. n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #35
The TPP NAFTA bogeyman again treestar Jun 2015 #25
Like flies to flypaper. Thank Gawd for ignore. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #26
The man who came in and cleaned up after W is one hellva guy. Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #7
Thanks for the heads up. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #12
It's been a brilliant week, Aristus.. Mahalo! "Ten Days in June" Cha Jun 2015 #16
Love the "reinvented lame duck"! Nice to have a graphic for what I've been saying since Week 1... Hekate Jun 2015 #33
yes, yes, yes MBS Jul 2015 #39
Kick sheshe2 Jun 2015 #18
I think I've rounded most of them up... into my ignore list. lamp_shade Jun 2015 #21
The president has shown such intellect and heart that I now SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2015 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #31
They are all over GD, name-calling him and misrepresenting a trade bill when they have no idea.... Hekate Jun 2015 #32
If there are, I don't wanna hear from 'em. calimary Jul 2015 #38
Hear, hear!! ailsagirl Jul 2015 #40

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
3. Well yes.
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 09:24 PM
Jun 2015

Works the same in the Bernie Group as well.

Aristus asked a rhetorical question in our group, for our group.

Have a nice night.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
14. Boo Hoo.. yes this is the Barack Obama Group and we're his supporters. You have to whole board
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 10:57 PM
Jun 2015

to whine about him.

 

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)
5. Well, Bill Clinton signed NAFTA, repealed Glass-Steagall, and TeleCom act...
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 10:26 PM
Jun 2015

Mr. Obama will push thru TPP.

It is great that there is now marriage equality and Obamacare passed another court action.

But, you see, the oligarchs don't give a fuck about the marriage equality decision, and Obamacare is
just another give-a-way to the barbaric health insurance 'industry' (yes, insuring more Americans is awesome).

The TPP is the final nail. With the passage of TPP, the United States relinquishes sovereignty to the global corporate oligarchy. And Americans will suffer.

So, 'anti-Obama' - fuck yes. Passing the TPP, just like Clinton's NAFTA will be the end of the United States.

I hope to be proven wrong, but the only trade policy that benefits all Americans is a tariff system.

 

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)
8. The question was asked...and I answered...
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 10:45 PM
Jun 2015

My position is that we need *real* democrats. I think President Obama has performed exactly like President Clinton.

Both have done great things for America - and both have none bad things for America and Americans.

Honest. Truth. And my desire for a more perfect union....

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
9. Take your comments the hell out of the
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 10:51 PM
Jun 2015

Barack Obama Group. Trust me, there are plenty of Obama hate threads in GD. Go join them. They will welcome you with open arms.

We are a group not a forum. Read our mission statement.

Ya know something? I am so sick of the word 'oligarchs' being tossed out in every friggin sentence. Learn a word a day and use it in every way. Ya'll sure do. Noun and a verb.

I was going to block you. A host beat me to it.

Bye.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
19. I know, she.. "oligarchs.." "Obamacare.. scam.. insurance giveaway.." like they had
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:43 PM
Jun 2015

a hint of clue what they're talking about.

Their only purpose is to disrupt with disingenuous whining.

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
20. I was writing that post when gaot blocked them.
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:56 PM
Jun 2015

I always give a warning Cha, this time I was not going to.

I am sick and tired of them repeating ad nauseum "oligarchs". Hey, they need some new material, their talking points are getting old.












Cha

(297,275 posts)
17. Obamacare is helping Millions of People and saving lives. It's pathetic that there are those
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:37 PM
Jun 2015

ignorantly and anonymously going around the internet trashing without a freaking clue what they're talking about.

No more worries about Pre-existing Conditions, either! Too bad that really bothers some people..

greatauntoftriplets

(175,742 posts)
22. A friend had two cataract surgeries last winter, thanks to Obamacare.
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 09:22 AM
Jun 2015

She'd had to stop driving and take time off a job that doesn't provide insurance because her vision had become so bad. The pre-existing condition thing is a godsend to millions of us.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
28. So happy for your friend, greataunt! It does mean so much to millions of people's lives.. their
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 07:20 PM
Jun 2015

life and their livelihood!

greatauntoftriplets

(175,742 posts)
29. She was thrilled.
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 07:25 PM
Jun 2015

Her old job disappeared after 2007 - 2008. She now works three part-time jobs, but the lack of insurance made life difficult for her.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
25. The TPP NAFTA bogeyman again
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 05:06 PM
Jun 2015

as soon as I see people droning on about the oligarchs I know we're back in CT territory.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
16. It's been a brilliant week, Aristus.. Mahalo! "Ten Days in June"
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:22 PM
Jun 2015

snip//

What a series of days in American life, full of savage mayhem, uncommon forgiveness, resistance to forgiveness, furious debate, mourning, and, finally, justice and grace. As President Obama led thousands of mourners in Charleston, South Carolina, in “Amazing Grace,” I thought about late 2013 and early 2014. Obama’s Presidency was surely dwindling, if not finished. His mood was sombre, philosophical—which is good if you are a philosopher; if not, not.

Obama described himself to me then in terms of his limits—as “a relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history.” More than a few columnists believed that Obama was now resigned to small victories, at best. But pause to think of what has happened, the scale of recent events.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court (despite an apocalyptic dissent about “pure applesauce” and “interpretive jiggery-pokery” by Justice Scalia) put an end to years of court cases and congressional attacks against the Affordable Care Act, which means that millions of Americans will no longer live in a state of perpetual anxiety about health costs.

On Friday, the Supreme Court (despite a curiously ill-informed dissent about Kalahari, Aztec, and Han mating rites by Chief Justice Roberts) legalized same-sex marriage nationally—a colossal (and joyous) landmark moment in the liberation of gay men and lesbians.

MOre..http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/ten-days-in-june


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Read my post on when the President heard about yesterday's scotus decision on ACA: http://go.wh.gov/SPVhe2
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http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/26/tweets-of-the-day-30/



Obama reinventing the Lame Duck..



Rex http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6910730

Btw, I never thought he was "over" because of the disastrous midterms.. I knew there was a lot more to good things to come ..knowing this President history.

Hekate

(90,708 posts)
33. Love the "reinvented lame duck"! Nice to have a graphic for what I've been saying since Week 1...
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 06:59 PM
Jun 2015

...of his so-called Lame Duck Presidency. The man has been set free.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)
24. The president has shown such intellect and heart that I now
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 04:58 PM
Jun 2015

want Joe Biden to run.

I honestly think he'd be the best candidate and a strong president.

Response to Aristus (Original post)

Hekate

(90,708 posts)
32. They are all over GD, name-calling him and misrepresenting a trade bill when they have no idea....
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 06:50 PM
Jun 2015

...how such things are crafted and how they work their way through all the branches of government. Trade Bill = NAFTA is all their little brains have room for. So without ever finding out exactly what's going on with this one they sharpen their knives and start in again.

It's driving me away, but who cares.

Last week was transformative, and cemented the President's legacy in the history books. That will endure when all the sludge at DU finally goes down the drain.

calimary

(81,298 posts)
38. If there are, I don't wanna hear from 'em.
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 03:12 AM
Jul 2015

Some people go searching around the Christmas tree saying "there MUST be a pony!" Other people go searching around the Christmas tree saying "there MUST be horse shit."

Tired of it.

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
40. Hear, hear!!
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 07:29 PM
Jul 2015

What was it our great President Lincoln said?

You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.

(Actually, I just found out it was John Lydgate who first coined the expression.)

https://scottdunlop.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/famous-word-of-lincoln-and-lydgate-you-cant-please-all-of-the-people-all-of-the-time/
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