Reply #224: It may not have started ....

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with Obama's election, but then we hoped he would do more to stop it. And to OP who thinks that those of us who do not think Obama is doing enough and that we set him up to fail, you are mistaken. We are aware that no one is perfect, but we would like to see an effort on Obama's part, working with his fellow Democrats to turn things around instead of letting us descend further into Republican authored chaos.

FDR faced a very similar situation, but he realized that drastic action would be called for to restore the country to a livable place for its population. Against fervent opposition, he picked up the existing social order and shook it like a big pillow. He sold his programs. He created jobs. My father took a job in the WPA to support his family. It saved us. We were utterly poor before he had work. FDR created a retirement system for those who did not have one and devised a way to stop future bank failures which had wiped out the savings of so many families. There is so much more that he did that I cannot even list it.

I do not understand why Obama cannot be more dynamic. I agree with OP who started the thread. I did not sign on for what I am getting from this administration, and it is very simplistic for anyone to insist that being displeased with what we are getting means that we approved of Bush or want his administration back. If I had wanted a repeat of Bush, I would have voted for McCain, not Obama. I wanted the changes that Obama promised during his campaign, but which he has failed to pursue diligently.

I am also getting tired of the same old drum roll that I have to love Obama or I am somehow betraying the ideals of Democracy. The Democratic party is big enough to have room for a diversity of ideas and a diversity of people. To suggest otherwise diminishes us all, and I will not accept that, anymore than I accept that I have to unconditionally approve of a President who gives every indication of messing up big time. You are entitled to your opinion of Obama. You are entitled to state it without interference. Now isn't it time that those who feel differently have the same entitlement? As I remind all of you in every post like this that I write, this is a political board and not an Obama board. In my opinion the post which began this thread has it dead on, and I thank the writer for setting it down. That will not change until Obama ceases to be the Jimmy Carter of the 21st century. A good man, but seemingly with no capacity to be a strong and definite leader.