I'll say this for our president

[Nuclear Unicorn]

I'm glad I don't have his job.

Can you say, "Lonely at the top"?

I knew you could.



Keep the faith Mr. President. Keep the principles that make people the best they can be. Measured and deliberate stands taken with wise council will see you through these rough times.

And don't forget to take out time to spend with the kids at night. They'll refresh your mind about why you do what you are doing. It's all about a better world for them and their kids.

[FrenchieCat]

1. I recced....and your post remains at zero.

Some wish this president failure. Sad.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. What can I say. People react badly to my hate-mongering.

I'll have to improve my new tone.

Thanks for the rec.

:pals:

[flor-de-jasmim]

3. My vote also says +1, with a total voting at zero. Strange...

[Turborama]

30. Just took it up to 44. n/t

[bigwillq]

34. At 48 now. Feel better?

You were the first post. Need to have a bit more patience than that.

[FrenchieCat]

35. Means the OP had an Unrec before I even got there.......

Means folks were waiting with their finger on the Unrec button.

[bigwillq]

36. So?

Do you really care about a rec/unrec button on a message board?

[FrenchieCat]

37. Well you seem to. You're all up in here continuing this discussion......

So how much do you care, or care that I care? :shrug:

[bigwillq]

38. I care a lot that you care.

At least I can a question when asked.

[hulka38]

4. Just do the right thing

for the regular everyday people everywhere and let things play out how they will.

[gateley]

10. I think it's time for that. Although I think I understand the political games that

need to be played, bottom line, human rights trump politics. Even Reagan put his foot down with Marcos.

[hulka38]

14. If you do that, your decision making becomes a lot easier.

What's the worst that can happen, you don't get reelected? The case can easily be made that this philosophy helps you politically anyway.

[gateley]

15. Ideally it would be so great if that were the sole deciding factor in every decision.

He's said he'd rather do one good term than do a half assed job with his only concern being getting reelected (wildly paraphrasing and probably butchering) so this is one of those decisions that will contribute to a good term. He wouldn't leave office with regret and guilt that he didn't do more, regardless of how many terms he serves.

[Enthusiast]

31. Reagan was a long time ago.

Things have changed.

[readmoreoften]

23. +1

[TheWraith]

5. Kicked, recced, still at zero. Well said.

The presidency takes a lot more work and is a lot slower going than people give it credit for.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Well said. I admire him so much for his coolness in the face of adversity.

I would have been screaming "Uncle" long ago. Just imagine living with all the criticism...damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Dealing with a normal Republican party would be irritating enough, but to have this "new version"...the "No" Party, plus the Tea Baggers screaming in your face each day, it would be too much.

He takes it in stride. I find that truly amazing.

[Raschel]

7. +1

[golddigger]

8. He wanted it, so whatever comes his way is his own doing.

Don't feel not one iota of sympathy.
What's that old saying, "Be careful what you wish for."

[gateley]

11. Yeah! No compassion or empathy from THIS Democrat! So what if that's what

the Party embraces and what sets us apart from the greedy, heartless Republicans! No coddling here! :eyes:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. Sympathy only goes so far bu encouragement

especially encouragement to do the right thing for the right reasons can never be bad.

Perhaps we need to stop seeing everything in adversarial terms and just simply help each other.

[golddigger]

16. I'm pretty sure he's just doing fine with all

his Goldman Sachs buddies cheering him up.

[gateley]

9. Amen. I feel so bad for him -granted it "comes with the job" but it's been

one crisis after another since he's taken office, and on top of that having to put up with being hogtied because we're outnumbered in Congress.

I'm reminded of the famous JFK photo (which of course I can't find), black and white, I think, of him gazing pensively out the window of the oval office. You just get the feeling he's all alone in the world, as ultimately every President is. That's how I feel about Obama now - so much pressure, so much wrong, so much he wants to do but can't -- all alone in the world. :(

[blondeatlast]

13. I'm just glad he seems to be thinking this through. Do we really believe that

the protesters are any more united than we at DU are?

I seriously doubt it. the only thing I think all parties can agree on is that Mubarek has to go; it's a crapshoot beyond that.

[readmoreoften]

22. Yeah... I'm pretty sure that the protesters are more united than people spouting off on DU are.

It's called SOLIDARITY and it's this weird thing that happens during life and death situations when something called "character" is developed.

[Number23]

17. "Keep the faith Mr. President' Nicely said

[Disintermedia8]

18. He doesn't have his job either, sadly.

[upi402]

19. I'll take it

If a person would just "do no harm" to the majority things would be soooo much better. This man is not fucking up, this is a thought-out betrayal of what Democrats are supposed to be.

[readmoreoften]

21. +1

[orleans]

20. yeah, he's keeping the faith

he's going to that fucking prayer breakfast again.

[readmoreoften]

24. Waffling on dictators, prayer breakfasts with fringe anti-gay lunatics.

Poor guy, his life must be so difficult. Gosh, what we need now is one of those picture threads with Obama looking all "thinky" and "deep". :eyes:

Cesar Chavez must be vomiting in his grave.

[orleans]

33. i heard a clip of him talking on the news saying he doesn't care what

people think.

what an absolute crock of shit.

he's there trying to "prove" to all those fuckers that he's really a christian too!

he just doesn't care what *we* think

[malaise]

25. Ditto

K % R

[Vickers]

26. Feel the love, baby!

:crazy:

K&R

[tomp]

27. wise counsel, my ass.

hand-picked imperialist corporatists, nearly every one.

[eomer]

28. There's little reason to think this President is doing any different than those before him.

Giving lip service to "democracy" while propping up puppet dictators behind the scenes.

After a few decades of it the pattern is fairly obvious.

[seabeyond]

29. i hear ya. listening to all.. has my head spinnin. it is a tough job. nt

[madokie]

32. I love our President

He has my backing 100%