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In reply to the discussion: Obama And The Crumbling Of A Liberal Fantasy Hero [View all]woo me with science
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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