Obama: ‘There are days where I say one term is enough’

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Obama: ‘There are days where I say one term is enough’

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/obama-there-are-days-where-i-say-one-term-is-enough/

President Barack Obama granted Ann Curry an interview, which aired Tuesday morning on “Today.” In addition to talking about the economy and Rep. Anthony Weiner (“If I were him, I’d resign,” Obama said), the president nodded at the 2012 election machine powering up.

Obama’s Chicago-based re-election team has been hard at work for months, so there’s no question that he is actively seeking a second term, but, he told Curry, “there are days when I say, ‘one term is enough.’”

“What keeps me going is a belief that the work that we started in 2009 is not yet complete.”

Watch the interview below, which originally aired June 14, 2011, on NBC’s “Today.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/obama-there-are-days-where-i-say-one-term-is-enough/

[CakeGrrl]

1. Given the shit he gets from all sides,

I don't blame him. Haters and ingrates abound. But he's a better person than to leave this country to the Republican dogs.

[Andy823]

10. +1,000,000,000

I couldn't agree more! Thanks for posting that!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. Who would want to be president after the hell Bush and the Rethugs put the country through?

All that, and they set it up good so that the one who followed would be blamed. The fact that he's black is even better for them.

[Avant Guardian]

45. Obama wanted it

Besides, Ive seen you calling for 'more Bush' from Obama in the form of supply side economic policies, so you have little room to complain.

[Tarheel_Dem]

25. +2,000,000. Some days I think he should just pull out, and let the country...

go completely to shit, but he's just a much better person than I. I think it has a lot to do with his Hawaiian upbringing. If I'm not mistaken, Hawaiians have a word for it, but he can keep his head when everybody else is losing theirs. He really is the adult in the room.

[DJ13]

2. Well there are days (and days, and days) where many of us say the same thing

But look on the bright side Mr. President, you dont have to worry about rising costs and lower wages where you live, so it cant be that bad.

[fascisthunter]

3. D'oh!

[dmallind]

4. But you would have to worry about them a shitload more

with any other even vaguely plausibla alternative.

[DJ13]

5. We're either fucked, or really fucked

No one seems to be trying to NOT fuck us at this point.

[Armstead]

6. Bingo

[Autumn]

7. That's a good one

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Either or, not much of a choice there.

[Drunken Irishman]

18. Sucks for you then.

[truth2power]

20. I totally agree. n/t

[dmallind]

44. And given taht choice (I disagree, but hypothetically)..

...why not choose to be merely fucked not really fucked? When your only choices are a punch to the stomach or an icepick to thee kneecap, only an idiot chooses not to be punched.

[JoePhilly]

8. Obama said that just to make you flip out.

Clearly, he hates you.

[ClarkUSA]

11. Really? Did "many of us" say that about any other Democratic president? Or is it just Pres. Obama?

Hmm? :eyes:

<< you dont have to worry about rising costs and lower wages where you live >>

Neither did FDR or any other president. But thanks to President Obama, the unemployed got a UI extension last December and the middle-class got a payroll tax cut despite the whining that his compromise also extended the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy until 2014.

Like President Obama, "many of us" care more about helping those in need than sticking to the rich, thankfully.

[QuintanarooBoy]

41. Amen to that!

Don't know about some other respondents in this thread, but I'm with you, and will have no problem voting for the President in 11/12.

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[Eagle Mall]

26. instead of actually contributing something worthwhile.

[emilyg]

28. Yep.

[Raine1967]

35. REALLY?

I propose (or request) you give a DIRECT solution to what you want people to think with regard to this post. I get the snark. Snark is easy. I do snark all the time. I also don't throw poop bombs that are meant to stifle discussion. Unless you can defend this, that is all I am seeing.

If you have a beef, then give a solution. What do you propose in light of the fact that you don't seem to think the president understands?

[elocs]

9. If the Republicans had a credible candidate, he would likely be in trouble. It still could happen,

you never know. Besides, it's not what we think since we will never vote for the Republican candidate. It's what that group in the middle thinks of the candidate since they are the ones who swing one way or the other.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

14. I'm sure many DUers would want it that way. n/t

[Skittles]

40. absolute bullshit

we'd rather have a Democratic president

[Enrique]

16. it depends on what you mean by credible

Romney is a huge liar, even by GOP standards, so he's not credible that way. But as a threat to Obama, of course he is. If someone really wants to vote against Obama, it's going to be hard for Obama to make the case that Romney is somehow "dangerous", which is basically the case he'll have to make.

The same goes for Huntsman, maybe Pawlenty. The others have clowned themselves so much that Obama could more easily convince people not to take that risk.

[jenmito]

13. Funny how the only things being taken from his interview are the out-of-context parts

about Obama supposedly being OK with one term. Anyone who watched the interview would see he was laughing when the question was asked and he is seriously running again.

[CakeGrrl]

15. That's the crazy thing about this interview and the selective reporting

The titillating tidbits are taken out of context, repeated out of context, and the doomsday hopefuls are all over it.

Come on, campaign season!

:crazy:

[jenmito]

17. I know!

The way some HERE are taking the bait is ridiculously transparent.

[pscot]

29. It still seems like kind of an odd thing to say

Does he really have doubts about running again? That's very worrying.

[jenmito]

31. Did you see the video? He was asked if he ever feels like not running again (something like that)

and he laughed, made his comments that everyone is quoting, and went on to seriously answer that he's running again. He has no doubts.

[truebrit71]

19. That's a really stupid thing to say...the wingnuts will jump all over that...

.."See!!! He's a quitter too!!!"

Dumb, dumb, dumb...

The correct answer was "Sure things get tough from time to time, but that just redoubles my resolve to get the job done, no matter how long it takes. By the way, you know I got Bin Laden right?"

[CakeGrrl]

21. The wingnuts will conjure crap out of thin air, so why bother

worrying about what they think?

A sane person who saw the interview in context will get it. The wingnuts are far beyond a lost cause.

[truebrit71]

22. True enough, but why give them the soundbite in the first place...

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[Johnny2X2X]

24. Disaster

Obama has been a good President, but not a great one. He'll have a chance at Greatness in a second term.

Make no mistake about it though folks, Mitt Romney, would be an absolute disaster for America and for the Middle class. Mitt and Republicans want to dramatically remake America into a Corporate run machine where the only freedom you have is how much you can afford with your pocket book.

[Eagle Mall]

27. He's been the best President this Country has seen in half a century.

[KoKo]

30. I think he's getting tired of it all. And, he's thinking if he can get a good replacement he feels

comfortable with ...then it's time for him and Michelle and the kids to move on out of the confines of the White House.

I think he feels comfortable about what he did in the "transition" and he's just worn down with it and wants to leave the country in hands that he will feel comfortable with.

[jenmito]

32. I think you didn't watch the video of that topic. n/t

[KoKo]

33. It's my sense of him. I didn't need to watch a video ...but those I do shows how he's ageing

and what a toll this is taking on him. I think it would be remarkable for him not to be tired of this since he can't accomplish much at all with the Repugs in charge. And, if they win back the Senate in 2012 he's a lame duck for four years. I think Obama is very good at assessing his future and what he can achieve and not achieve (as we here have seen) and he might feel four more years of fighting with Repugs is just not good for the country or for him and his family.

[jenmito]

34. If you didn't watch the video, you got the wrong idea. He is NOT tired of his job,

even though I'm sure you wish he WOULDN'T run again. He wants to and IS, which would be VERY obvious if you would've watched the video. Every president gets gray hair and ages.

[CakeGrrl]

47. Nice try, wrong guess.

Did you see the video in context? He said he's running again.

:eyes:

[Cali_Democrat]

36. Obama is not a confrontational person. It's not in his nature.

By his own admission, he always attempts to seek common ground with the other side even though they want to destroy him. He wants to build bridges.

From the birther shit to death panels and flat out racism from the right, I don't think he realized how vicious the other side can be. I think it's beginning to take a toll on him. This interview speaks to that.

[jenmito]

37. Did you SEE the interview or just read cherry-picked lines of it? n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

38. Saw it on you tube. n/t

[Solomon]

42. Amazing how stupid people think Obama is. Now he had no

idea of how vicious the republicans would be to him. Right. He's so naive and stupid. He was clueless. Had no idea. :sarcasm:

[CakeGrrl]

48. Right? People underestimate his capabilities every single day.

And then end up looking silly in the long run not being able to anticipate further ahead what the point of his current activity is.

Case in point: Playing golf with Boeher and Kasich. I swear, some people actually think he's trying to make buddies to feel liked. :rofl:

Yeah, no business is EVER conducted on a golf course. They just go out there to hit some little balls around.

[JoeyT]

39. Self-delete n/t

[OwnedByFerrets]

43. Not complete?? When did you start?

Or have I misinterpreted what "the work" means?

[CakeGrrl]

49. Too bad we can't compare what this administration has done

to where we'd be if McCain/Palin had followed up GWB. Maybe then people would notice.

:eyes:

[OwnedByFerrets]

52. Very sad argument when one must compare apples to oranges

I would rather compare our present President to what he COULD have become, rather than compare him to the sewage that those other two would have given us.

[davidpdx]

50. He has to be dead tired after 2 1/2 years of trying to fix stuff

I certainly don't envy the hours he has to put in.

[politicasista]

51. +1 n/t

[OwnedByFerrets]

53. I call bs on that. He ASKED for this job. I feel so much

more sorry for the single mother who is working 3 jobs just to keep food on her table. She didnt ASK for that.

[yellowcanine]

54. Well crap, there are days when I say, "What am I doing here?"

I see this as something along the same lines and quite refreshing, actually.