Comments | gildeddawn: Don't say I didn't warn you.

gildeddawn

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Dec 07, 2010 08:50

I know this is probably going to sound ridiculous, given that my fellow Democrats have given up long ago, but, nonetheless - I've finally gotten fed up with Obama for ceding ground. Health care was a little disappointing, but I could accept the political necessity of the sacrifices that were made. But this? Instead of fixing a major debt problem by ( Read more... )

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luke123 December 7 2010, 15:35:45 UTC

CLLLLaaaaaaaire! The Democrats aren't liiiistening to me.

luke123 December 7 2010, 15:55:49 UTC

By the way, thank goodness the Democrats didn't do what I thought they were doing when I read your post -- permanently extending the Bush era tax cuts. Two years is a compromise but they did just landslide. I'm still an Obama-ite, even if I know the frustrated train is just around the corner.

nightswatch December 7 2010, 17:53:00 UTC

I'm not going to weigh in on the dynamics of compromise, but yeah, I got a kick out of the fact that the "compromise" meant we cut revenue and increased spending.

Democracy is so dumb! Vetinari for President hostile coup 2012 any day now.

chlorinegoddess December 7 2010, 21:21:33 UTC

And now, the Obama administration just announced it has "given up" attempts to convince Israel to renew the ban on settlements. Meaning no Israeli-Palestinian deal.

I think Obama is confused on the "day that will live in infamy" concept. He's taken it as "the day I give up on all principles, ever, and just admit that I can't make anyone do anything even as president of the United States." Take a note from FDR, Obama! This is the day of your great rousing of the American spirit!