I do not care where you stand, on any issue.. but who did we vote for President exactly?

[Peacetrain]

If I have to listen to one more self appointed expert from Ed, to Paul K., throw up their hands and throw in the towel, because things are NOT going exactly as they had planned, I am going to scream.

Constructive criticism my little pink caboose.

[pnwmom]

1. I voted for the candidate most likely to beat the Republican. n/t

[villager]

2. I voted for the person who I thought would give us public health care and environmental protection

n/t

[atreides1]

3. About Those Plans

Most were made because of what was said and "promised" during the campaign.

When you scream on the internet, does anybody hear you?

[Peacetrain]

4. Trust me, get me wound up tight enough and you will hear me all the way to New Mexico

[LaurenG]

5. I voted for ponies and rainbows and a Christ like president.

So I have only myself to blame, however it turns out. :sarcasm:


I do wish we could make it all better more quickly, though I do know the opposition is strangling that chance.

[loveable liberal]

6. I thought utopia would only take 90 days.

Boy was I wrong.... So disappointing.

[DJ13]

7. If you buy a car that ends being a lemon do you remain loyal to that brand?

Obama needs to show his own base he is determined to follow through on the campaign promises he made to get their votes.

Its still early, he still has time, but constantly talking up a mythical "bi-partisan" approach at a time when the opposition really is weak comes across as more of a dodge to keeping his promises than an actual strategy.

[LynneSin]

8. I voted for Obama because I thought over the next 4 years he could make a difference

Not the next 4 weeks and not even the next 4 months but the next FOUR YEARS.

And even then we may not see this mess cleaned up until sometime after 2012.

[Windy]

12. I agree with you Lynne... and I voted for the one with the most level head , and

least amount of baggage coupled with the best ability to clean up the mess and repair our image abroad. The man hasn't stopped working since he took office. Some of his efforts have bore fruit (lebanon elections for one) I'll cut him some slack for more than a few months!!!

[billyoc]

9. Cynthia McKinney, of course.

I'm against the war.

[Mass]

10. I supported Obama for a healthcare system that works, not for compromising with a Republican party

that does not want to play. We do not need a bipartisan bill. We need a bill that helps people. I have not read Krugman's article, but I am tired to see moderate dems like Emmanuel and Conrad preach bipartisanship rather than something that could be useful.

[paulk]

19. +1

:thumbsup:

Obama's insistance on a bipartisan approach, his idea that there was not a red and blue America, the notion that his leadership would bring people together - these ideas have all been kicked pretty thouroughly in the teeth by the GOP these last five months.

Obama needs to dance with those that brung him...

[Oregone]

11. A centrist Democrat

But to concede and allow "bipartisan" centrism to continue, instead of, in many times, the "right thing", is to allow this country to continually slide to the right

[HamdenRice]

13. I thought Obama was going to unzip his Obama suit (like in Men in Black) and Kucinich would step out

right after inauguration. When he didn't do that I was all like dag, this isn't what I expected.

[Blaze Diem]

14. lol..I was hoping for the same thing.

I've been duped.

[Phx_Dem]

15. NO SHIT. If these are examples of Democrats or "supporters," we'd better

start moving further to the middle to win over more Independents and moderate Republicans.

[AtomicKitten]

18. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Phx_Dem]

16. Delete dupe.

[OwnedByFerrets]

17. Instead we should ALL be SCREAMING

(metaphorically) to our congress people about single payer/public plan.

[Beacool]

20. He was the nominee............

:shrug:

[jesus_of_suburbia]

21. I voted for someone who all the whiners during the Primary said was left of Hillary....

But so far he seems to be just like her, except he caters to homophobes and he voted for FISA.

I bet if he had to actually vote for the permission of the Iraq war, he would have approved it or just skipped it.

Hillary voted against FISA, why did Barack vote for it - Oh, I know why... his vote mattered this time.

:grr:


edit to add this: the truth hurts... nobody can refute what I say, they can only attack me. go for it if you dare, but everyone will know how pathetic you are.

[Beacool]

22. What can I say Jesus?

He was the last Democrat standing when the dust settled. What was the other choice, McCain?

I too always thought that he probably would have voted for the IWR if he had been in the US Senate in 2002. A speech made from the safe distance of IL means nothing. He was not precisely a portrait of courage in either senate. I wished that I had bookmarked it, but I remember reading early in the primaries comments from some of his fellow senators in IL. They joked that if a difficult vote was about to be cast "Barack would be in the bathroom". Making no waves meant that he also made no enemies and the young man was very ambitious. Amazing how an erstwhile state senator can become president in a mere 4 years.

Ain't America grand?

:eyes:

[JuniperLea]

28. I think most of us knew he was very much like Hillary...

I'm really astounded at the surprise I'm seeing in so many here. I think Obama is pretty much exactly who he claimed to be.

[Telly Savalas]

23. Krugman does offer constructive criticism.

He hasn't thrown in the towel. In contrast, his tone has become increasingly more supportive of the President.

[lindisfarne]

24. Constructive criticism is helpful. Whining because Obama isn't doing everything the way you would is

not.
I don't agree with Obama's every decision. There are a minority I've really hated and/or been very surprised at. But overall, it's pretty good.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

25. Did pukes in the media even once question shrub?

I can't remember it happening, at least during his first term. While I don't want lock-stepping, it is truly amazing how fast and how far "dems" are throwing Obama under the bus.

[McCamy Taylor]

26. I voted for the Democratic nominee. And I support the Democratic president.

Hmmm. Must be why I am a Democrat.

[JuniperLea]

27. If I had a dollar for every time Obama said he was going to try for a bipartisan...

Leadership... and another dollar for every DUer who complained about the bipartisan deal (most of whom don't seem to get it anyway) I could BUY the next presidency!

Jesus Cheesus!

Seems too many are hoping Obama becomes a bully and just forces his will on others. Sickening, really.

Damn that Messiah! Damn that Magic Negro!

Do I really need :sarcasm: ? Probably... :eyes:

[crimsonblue]

29. You didn't vote for President..

You voted for an elector who cast his or her vote for President of the United States. You were a step removed from the process.

[Vidar]

30. Thought it was Obama, but seems more like Rahm Emmanuel.

[RollWithIt]

31. I voted for Anything but a Republican, First African American President, and a PolyMath

But the Polymath thing got me the most.