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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:00 AM
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I like president Obama, hes not perfect & sometimes not even good. I understand what he's up against
Edited on Sun Aug-21-11 09:18 AM by uponit7771
...and realize the affects of people in congress who hate him for a number of reasons.

Based off the facts (Obama promise meter, the list etc) I'm willing to give the guy a second chance and work to get him a LESS hateful congress to work with to progress his agenda.

Based off the facts.....Obama on a bad day is still better than Perry or Bachman or a Jeb Bush or a Huntsman on a good day.

Thank you

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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:03 AM
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1. I'll start you off with a K&R. It probably won't hold, though.
I'm with you about giving him a much, much better Congress in 2012.
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:14 AM
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4. thx, I didn't see as much vile against Obama when there was dem majorities in congress
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:05 AM
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2. you kinda summed it up for me. nt
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:12 AM
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3. The voice of sanity
Thank you.
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:25 AM
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5. O God, I just listened to Perry on the treason statement....wow,...there's no way I'm stayin home
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:38 AM
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6. Dang I 'bout broke my finger getting my trackballs arrow on the rec button
I'm not sure it'll ever be the same again.
All jokes aside I Like my President just fine. I wish he would be a little more assertive but he's dealing with a bunch of bullies in this sand pit he's playing in. I don't fault him for being nice, I wish some of that niceness would rub off on some of the others. I have a feeling that before long something is going to happen to make people realize exactly what he's up against. The deck is stacked against him and those of us that are open minded to his plight is well aware of this. The clock is ticking.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:46 AM
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7. What reason can you provide for taking away our rights with his Habeas Corpus
signature. Who influenced that? I can start to forgive him if he reverses that.

Sorry to be a spoiler in this thread.

It is the grand and horrible things he has done.

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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 11:30 PM
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18. Your kidding right?
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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:47 AM
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8. I love President Obama. Best President in my lifetime.
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BNJMN Donating Member (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 09:48 AM
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9. I like Obama, too. But at that level of responsibility, being likable means pretty much nothing.
At that level of government, you have to be nearly immortal.
It's not the place for people who can't work wonders.

But I'll still vote for him, even as I live in shitty ol' Texas.
Just as I did last time.
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charmay Donating Member (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 10:43 AM
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10. Well said, I agree!
Some things that President Obama has done, I'm happy about. A lot of things I'm not happy about. But...living in a recently red state, there's one thing that I do know...total republican rule sucks! It's hard to "look at the big picture" when I'm living with the damage of Scott Walker and his toadies.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 10:45 AM
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11. I think he's up against us. It's, "How can I service rich folks, and keep the base?"
It won't be easy. x(

--imm
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 11:49 AM
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12. based on all the facts i disagree
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 05:03 PM
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15. We must evaluate facts differently.
:shrug:

--imm
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 12:36 PM
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13. +1
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 02:56 PM
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14. bump
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 05:23 PM
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16. Like any other Republican the only cure for Obama is a hostile Congress that
will drag his ass to the right thing. The "yes men" types that support his wrong headed capitulations and devil's bargains with the TeaPubliKlans to sell our workers, elderly, and poor down the river without a paddle in leaky canoes.

So, I as always will be working to re-elect my Congressman who seems to largely be part of the solution and stood up to the fraudulent debt ceiling deal.

Obama is preferable over the current field of TeaPubliKlans in about the same way Poppy Bush would be favorable over them. Hell, shrub is preferable to most of the present options but that doesn't mean he wouldn't be a disaster as he was and as Mr Obama has largely proven to be.
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 11:29 PM
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17. bump
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-11 06:29 AM
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19. K & R
:thumbsup:
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-11 08:46 AM
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20. Bump
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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-11 08:53 AM
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21. k&r
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