2012-03-29, 18:32 | Link #3761 |
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I disagree with that opinion personally. Many people who were excited to support Obama, aren't anymore. The Hope and Change hasn't worked out the way many expected. I see this election being extremely close, and how the economy is doing, will be the deciding factor. We still have more than 7 months to go before election time. I also see the Supreme Court's decision on the healthcare reform bill passed two years ago, holding sway over voters, one way or the other. This is very much an open race.
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2012-03-29, 18:42 | Link #3762 |
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Hope and Change is gone....but Romney, Santorum and the like have ofered nothing different or better than what we have in the White House now.
Trading one bad for another bad that provides the same amount of bad...or potentially worse bad...does not win one an election. If they offered something to believe in that wasn't 60+ year old stances on life, I might consider it. Be when one is proposing turning societies clock back to a time before my parents were born...that seems wrong. I'm not going to vote for Obama. But I doubt I will vote for any of the Republicans either. (not that it will make too much of an impact...in California)
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2012-03-30, 04:11 | Link #3763 |
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Gaffes aside, Romney tightens grip on Republican race
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...82S1I020120329
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2012-03-30, 14:36 | Link #3764 |
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I wish people would get over themselves and their labels. We're all human, we're all living in the same society, and when you boil away the bullshit, we all want the exact same thing. If we would all be a bit less stubborn, a bit less selfish, a bit less judgmental, and a bit more open-minded, I think we'd all have a fine time considering ourselves as one.
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2012-03-30, 14:40 | Link #3766 | |
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2012-03-30, 14:54 | Link #3768 | |
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/3...ma-the-n-word/ Honestly, I don't what other word he expects us to believe he was about to say. What the hell other word starts with "nig" that you apply to Obama? Well, this is why I never believe the die hard denialists that racism no longer exists or is even prominent in many people's hatred of Obama. Then again, it's not like Frothy has had the best track record when it comes to blah people. |
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2012-03-30, 15:00 | Link #3770 | |
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For them, the GOP, Power comes first, prosperity for all comes second. If they didn't obstruct Obama, his changes "may have worked" which would lock out the next election campaign and may very well set a trend where Democrats win the next 4 elections. The could not afford for Obama to be successful or else they would be rendered powerless (no white house) for several years. |
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2012-03-30, 15:03 | Link #3771 | |
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2012-03-30, 15:03 | Link #3772 | |
I disagree with you all.
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2012-03-30, 15:06 | Link #3774 | |
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it should have been something Obama should have taking into consideration and plan for.
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2012-03-30, 15:13 | Link #3775 |
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Sure, Obama shouldn't have been naive about this, but it almost seems like you would rather not blame the GOP for their errors regarding these things. Sure, the GOP has just been "playing politics"...good for them. Go ahead, GOP, play politics for four years while are country faces some real challenges...
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2012-03-30, 15:16 | Link #3777 | |
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2012-03-30, 15:17 | Link #3778 | |
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His party may grumble in public for PR purposes, but when it comes to voting they'd stood by him almost unanimously. His administration is a revolving door of people who either failed upwards (Geithner, Holder) or have strong influence in business (namely, finance). There's a reason the government backlash has been so tame against Wall Street - the Obama administration has blocked most of the attempts to bring any resolution or justice to those who crashed the system. Don't listen to the hype about the market recovery, the majority of it is for the people at the top, not you the average citizen. Nothing has changed to prevent 2008 from happening again.....in fact it's even worse now than it was then. Hurry for bubbles! I'm not meaning to rail just against Obama, but I'm simply pointing out that at this point, business and government are locked together firmly and are determined to preserve that arrangement as it has proved to be very lucrative to the pocketbooks of both. Ignore the bones tossed at the public when it grumbles, that's basically the equivalent of "let them have cake". I was someone who got suckered into the hype. I wanted to believe that my generation would get the FDR it needed, but that didn't happen. We got Hoover. And it sucks.
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2012-03-30, 15:20 | Link #3779 |
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I'm not blaming all the shortcomings of the Obama administration on the GOP, not at all. I knew Obama wasn't going to be the guy many thought he would be, and his administration hasn't done well with some things, I'm just frustrated that the GOP goes beyond just not helping in all of this, but that they've been damaging in all of this.
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2012-03-30, 15:21 | Link #3780 | |
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