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In reply to the discussion: Obama And The Crumbling Of A Liberal Fantasy Hero [View all]Marr
(20,317 posts)4. I'd never considered the DLC/Corporate Democrats' cost to our country in terms of foreign allies.
But it makes sense that such politics would erode the goodwill of our allies over time. We don't even have the good cop/bad cop angle going anymore-- just one unabashedly corporate stooge after another.
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He tried to close gitmo but are illustrious congress prevented it. As for the Europeans, people in
still_one
Jul 2013
#1
No, he tried to secure funding to open a new super max on US soil to relocate Gitmo
TheKentuckian
Jul 2013
#44
"More important would be the broken promise to close the Guantánamo detension centre.."
Cha
Jul 2013
#3
Sure, the whole world just imagined that... but he just promised to do it again, or are we imagining
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jul 2013
#21
I'd never considered the DLC/Corporate Democrats' cost to our country in terms of foreign allies.
Marr
Jul 2013
#4
MLK expressed that sentiment. I'm sure he knew all about the silence of his 'friends'
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#169
It's pretty sad that to carry out change in America these days you have to commit a major felony.
leveymg
Jul 2013
#47
I used to dislike such moral relativism, and reject the equivalency of all causes, but there has
leveymg
Jul 2013
#239
Yep-- and he's provided the best proof yet for the fact that this is a liberal country.
Marr
Jul 2013
#131
A corporate Trojan Horse. The sooner the 99% realize that, the sooner we can fight for our LIVES.
chimpymustgo
Jul 2013
#207
Yeah. Like maybe by then the Bush era tax cuts will have been allowed to expire.
Octafish
Jul 2013
#62
What I love most about all of this, is the total exposure of what we only suspected before.
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#229
The fact that the house of cards is falling after this long is nothing short of a miracle
Hydra
Jul 2013
#14
Most of the serious opponents of the less savory aspects of the Obama administration
sibelian
Jul 2013
#38
No more and no less than prefacing an editorial with "cult" and fantasy" achieves much either...
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#80
Ya got that right! This is officially an Obama opposition research site now.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2013
#39
What...you don't like the conspiracy theories which imply the US government killed Michael Hastings?
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2013
#65
I'm sick of hearing the lie about Obama not keeping his promise on Guantanamo.
Zen Democrat
Jul 2013
#22
No single person--even the President--can move things in the right direction
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#45
For one, there is no single direction, because there is no single policy or issue.
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#66
the consistent pattern suggests this is a matter of policy rather than pragmatics
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#130
But "the republcians would have twisted his elbow if he had not done all that." n/t
truedelphi
Jul 2013
#153
Off topic. But you'll have to revise your opinion on Ned Starks effect once...
Democracyinkind
Jul 2013
#198
"somewhat less crestfallen" at what -- do you admit disappointment in NSA spying?
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#129
that's actually quite a revealing remark -- shows that you believe criticism=hate
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#124
never had any illusion that he was a liberal to say nothing of a liberal hero - I just thought he
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2013
#35
I just listed several huge differences. And my concerns are those of this president
SleeplessinSoCal
Jul 2013
#167
Those are the big issues, but there are equally important personal and economic issues.
SleeplessinSoCal
Jul 2013
#180
I don't think the left wing criticising Obama is going to mean the Democrats will lose
sibelian
Jul 2013
#69
Bush's program for ending tax cuts for millionaires, drawing down our military presence in Iraq,
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#64
Easy to miss that since our conservatives aren't as clever at hiding it.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#218
Your entire post rests on the premise that those criticising Obama don't support him.
sibelian
Jul 2013
#114
Why don't you ask them which party they plan on voting for at the next election? nt
sibelian
Jul 2013
#139
lol This article is really quite sympathetic to the President. Not that the rec crew will notice
Number23
Jul 2013
#112
Why would anyone suspect a self-described centrist politician of being a liberal?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2013
#120
Self-described Republican, actually. But he waited a prudent interval before outing himself
kenny blankenship
Jul 2013
#165
We did A LOT better than bush in '08, we can do A LOT better than Obama in '16.
sadbear
Jul 2013
#121
“Obama talks like the president of the American Civil Liberties Union but he acts like Dick Cheney.”
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2013
#160
Europe was "the headquarters of global cult of Obama"? WTF? In which reality? Sure he was liked
idwiyo
Jul 2013
#204
Those posts are always good for a {{{chuckle}}} after all the positive posting I put up over
Purveyor
Jul 2013
#214
I find it interesting...the pursuit of destroying Obama while in other news
Sheepshank
Jul 2013
#217