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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:52 PM
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I Bitch a Lot, But Ya Know What...
I love that guy.

Sometimes I bitch about torture. Or rendition. Or warrant-less wiretapping. Sometimes I bitch that Obama should fire people. Sometimes I bitch that Obama does some things like Bush. Or that he isn't making enough progress, or doing the right things, or setting the right priorities. Sometimes I bitch about more war. Sometimes I even bitch about Obama so much that I have to just throw my hands up in exasperation.

But ya know what?

President Obama is the best American President of my lifetime. Hands down. And, yes, I can say that after just 55 days. He is the most real, the most empathic, and the most honest. He is the most capable, and the most like me and my generation.

I marvel that I am witnessing the beginning of what is likely to be one of the most relatively revolutionary periods of political change in my lifetime. It's a very exciting thing. America is a pretty reactionary place these days, and we are extremely lucky to have such a level-headed and thoughtful leader. Obama is a cool dude, no question about it.

But yet I still bitch. And that's OK. Because it's my right - my responsibility - as a citizen to bitch. And if you don't exercise your rights they atrophy. It's a healthy democratic thing to do and I don't plan to stop.

Just remember, it doesn't mean I don't love that guy.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:54 PM
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1. 'Bitch'?
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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:56 PM
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2. No. Really? Is this gonna go there? nt
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:56 PM
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4. Yes. All roads go there.
It's where we're all headed.

It is the grave.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:58 PM
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5. It went there but fortunately it came right back, lucky for you!! n/t
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:12 PM
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10. Honey, it ALWAYS goes "there" with that one.
Orange juice and coffee fuel some; others don't get the day going until they've hurled accusations of sexism.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:21 PM
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11. As long as it keeps you thinking about what you're typing,..nt
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:41 PM
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16. Cap'n, you don't inspire thought. Just exasperated sighs and "Ignore Poster" clicks
I wish you could understand that.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 11:19 PM
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20. Remember: it's much easier to adopt an identity than to develop a personality...
which I suspect is what that poster is all about
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:56 PM
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3. take that back
!
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 11:06 PM
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19. Self delete: Why bother? It's just to easy to bait the shrill
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 11:17 PM by mitchum
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 10:49 AM
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26. are you fucking kidding me? you need help.
Edited on Thu Mar-19-09 10:50 AM by dionysus
you are obsessed with this, seeing sexism hiding behind everything. what a joke.
:eyes:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:59 PM
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6. "if you don't exercise your rights they atrophy"
Well, I have exercised them for 8 years. I'm ready to take a break and see what happens instead of bemoaning every teeny tiny step that is made. I know the m$m does it, but that doesn't mean I have to.

I'm very happy still, with some caveats.
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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:25 PM
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29. You do a better job of excercing your right
to criticize than the M$M does. That's why we need you doing it. :)
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daninthemoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:59 PM
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7. absolutely. he is da bomb, and so is his family. doesn't ean that he might not be the
presidcent who might be in office when the country finally implodes, but it is not his fault. i put faith in him, but this country may be over.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:05 PM
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8. Damned right. I've been doing some bitching today, too
Confusion can bring it on, dontcha know! :D
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:09 PM
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9. K&R
but asking for people to be fired after 55 days dealing with the worst economic situation of our lifetimes is ridiculous. But its your right to do it.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:21 PM
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12. Thanks for writing this..
it gives a clue who to pay attention to.
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Zodiak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:28 PM
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13. This is essentially my position, as well
I want Obama to succeed, and so I will cajole him and complain about missteps when he makes them, but at the same time I will cheer him and defend him vehmently when I feel he is being undermined by his political enemies.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:32 PM
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14. Well said ...... I'm glad I'm not the only one who lives in a three dimensional, mulitcolored world.
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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:37 PM
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15. Damn you got it. Thank you
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:56 PM
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17. Careful. You diminish his political capital and ability to get things done if you take it too far..

There's a fine line between bitching and giving comfort to the enemy.


Be CONSTRUCTIVE in your criticism.... not just scattershot bitching.
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Laelth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 10:50 PM
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18. Hear, hear! n/t
:dem:

-Laelth
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 11:26 PM
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21. Why would we elect a President who'll listen to us if we don't say what we want??
It's a mystery.

:shrug:
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 11:28 PM
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22. Okay, thanks for saying this
it's good to know where you're coming from. :hi:
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masuki bance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 11:28 PM
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23. Just make sure you "bitch" with the facts.
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 12:09 AM
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24. Little early with the micro lectures, doncha think? n/t
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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 01:50 PM
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27. Always.
They don't call me Truth2Tell for nuthin' :P
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:15 AM
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25. Agree wholeheartedly. But we should not just settle for promoting Obama's agenda
We should be helping to SHAPE that agenda, and that is what the complaining is about.
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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 01:52 PM
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28. I like the guy too! Best president of my lifetime. Which is why I'm all up in his grill :)
If he sucked, I wouldn't even bother. But this guy would actually listen and respond to public feedback.

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