This Obama quote should be carved in stone somewhere

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64. Accomplishments

If you assess the President's 3 years in office objectively you have to admit he accomplished quite a lot with nothing but major, major obstructionism from not just the repugs but from many blue dog democrats-in-name-only trying to block everything at every turn. Have you been actually paying attention? How would you like to try to do your job when even those that are supposed to be your allies are working against you. His administration hasn't been perfect. Ground has been given in some areas to gain in others. There have been screw ups, but more has been quietly accomplished than you seem to want to admit. So go and pout and vote for a third party candidate. Even if the third party candidate somehow miraculously wins, let's see him/her get one bill passed considering the long-knives-out obstructionism that will take place. Do you not remember Mitch McConnell said that his party's main job was to make the president a one-term president, yet he managed to save the auto industry, get banking reform, got middle class tax cuts instituted, got us out or Iraq, got healthcare passed (not perfect but something presidents have been trying to do since Teddy Roosevelt), saved and created many jobs with the stimulus (I live in Nevada and there are tremendous road projects still going on here, with many people working, from stimulus money). And I could go on and on. And do not forget the incredible grace he has shown under the unprecedented disrespect and racism shown him from the teabaggers, birthers, assorted other wingers, and on and on. Michelle Obama and her daughters must hold their breaths and pray that some righty lunatic with a gun will not show up at the President's appearances like what happened to the Arizona congresswoman. So go do your little third party protest. It's your right. But remember, we don't have a parliamentary system where the party in power can just ram things through. We adults who recognize we have a president and not a king who can just decree things, will support the President because even though we are long time progressives, the prospect of living under President Rmoney or Sanctimonium or Ego-the-size-of-head Gingrich or closet-racist-denier Paul will have us seriously thinking of becoming ex-pats because if you think W destroyed the country just wait until one of those clowns get in. And if it happens, it will be with the help of allegedly principled third party voters.