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In reply to the discussion: I simply don't understand how voters can turn their backs on a President who brought us back from [View all]The 'blue dogs' kept that majority from being effective. Just ask Pelosie and Reid. They stabbed Obama in the back just as regularly as the rethugs stabbed him from the front. All this selective memory stuff is old, tired and worn.
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I simply don't understand how voters can turn their backs on a President who brought us back from [View all]
kelliekat44
Oct 2014
OP
Yeah, hopefully that's right. Remember how they skewed all the polls in favor of R$...
C Moon
Oct 2014
#48
Exactly! The media of today is just a brainwashing tool! Truth has a hard time
RKP5637
Oct 2014
#106
Absolutley nothing has changed fundamentally to the structure of the economy.
NCTraveler
Oct 2014
#20
I am always glad when someone laughs. Smiles need to happen more in this world.
NCTraveler
Oct 2014
#41
Ahhh . . . your first post seems to back Peregrine Took's OP about Obama shoving us off the mountain
brush
Oct 2014
#192
For my wishes to come true we need to hold both houses and the executive branch.
NCTraveler
Oct 2014
#43
Frankly, I think you hit the nail right on the head. I really think he thought there would be
RKP5637
Oct 2014
#112
I agree with you. The recovery mainly benefited Wall Street, as did his "Look forward, not back"
Dustlawyer
Oct 2014
#116
Go and question an average American about what's going on in the nation and the world..
Fumesucker
Oct 2014
#15
Well, he did allow millions to get tossed out of their homes to bail out Wall Street.
Octafish
Oct 2014
#17
well, yes. but then, we haven't had anything resembling a liberal in office since nixon.
unblock
Oct 2014
#67
Maybe I can help your confusion. It'd be one thing to say that he didn't get done everything he
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#33
Yup. And that's on 24/7 on Fox News...while MSNBC is airing reality TV shows of prisons. nt
SunSeeker
Oct 2014
#45
Exactly right. Who does not think the 1% would not control the media and the message, time to
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#70
Your OP Should Be Made Into A Campaign Ad And Played All Over The Country Until The Election...nt
global1
Oct 2014
#37
He and the Dems had solid majorities for TWO YEARS...while the country was crumbling around us.
kelliekat44
Oct 2014
#119
Weak excuse making and minimizing. That was a rare and generational majority
TheKentuckian
Oct 2014
#167
No, what was rare was the GOP pact on inauguration day 2009 to block EVERYTHING.
SunSeeker
Oct 2014
#213
My point is that it was not a filibuster proof majority, something you keep ignoring.
SunSeeker
Oct 2014
#223
I forgot about Carter's majority, fair enough. Still a generational high, been a a couple of years
TheKentuckian
Oct 2014
#235
The obstruction was unprecedented. It more than doubled when Obama took office.
SunSeeker
Oct 2014
#236
Why didn't he raise minimum wage and index it to inflation when we controlled Congress?
joeglow3
Oct 2014
#191
So you want us to believe this - that the elected Democrats would be shot and killed if they
truedelphi
Oct 2014
#127
he has been mediocre and slightly to the right of center on the vast majority of issues.
bowens43
Oct 2014
#46
You mean all those people out at the malls and casinos and on those cruise ships?
kelliekat44
Oct 2014
#87
I've always have his back! In the face of historic republican attacks the President,
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#92
"Only the rich can afford to live outside of the USA now." Or the very poor (less than $500,000).
ieoeja
Oct 2014
#132
Why are only the "perpetrators" who committed the crimes BEFORE Obama came into office expected to
kelliekat44
Oct 2014
#189
Too many TV-watchers who think the real world operates in sync with melodramatic overtones.
randome
Oct 2014
#102
When the question is asked "Are you better off under Obama than you were before he was elected?"
Tatiana
Oct 2014
#113
Only wingers are ignoring that MORE PEOPLE (not anecdotes) are MORE better of today than in 08
uponit7771
Oct 2014
#156
Guess what...our population has also increased. People lived in storm drains after Reagan turned
kelliekat44
Oct 2014
#190
I'm pretty disappointed in him but looking at possible successors I'd vote for him again if I could
tularetom
Oct 2014
#130
The stimulus being too small and the pivot towards deficit reduction are two of the reasons why the
Chathamization
Oct 2014
#142
Most of the stuff you mentioned is not something Obama did or had control over. School policies are
kelliekat44
Oct 2014
#188
I don't understand what Democratic candidates hope to get by letting Republicans frame Obama
merrily
Oct 2014
#179
Because the republcan controlled media (Chuck Todd I'm looking @ you) has been ....
Botany
Oct 2014
#183
Democratic candidates are turning their backs on the President, perhaps you
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#195
Somehow, some folks got the idea there would be real "Change". Silly Americans. nt
NorthCarolina
Oct 2014
#202
Their PR folks are all on the same page, ours attack our President and email team. nt
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#215
Much can be blamed on the MSM, along with lack of critical thinking by the populous
still_one
Oct 2014
#230