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judy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 10:49 AM
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I need to be comforted about Obama
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These days, I wake up every morning and think I am back in the Bush era...terrorist this, terrorist that, war on Yemen, as if WAR was ever any solution against rampant poverty and terrorism (terrorism is the war of those who have no army).
Nobel Peace Prize?? What value has it now that Henry Kissinger and Barack "the full power of the United States will fall on them" Obama?
Not to mention the wiggliness he demonstrated in the Health Care debate...how he let "socialism" become a dirty word.
My heart is broken...I started liking Obama, though I was a Kucinich supporter. He still looks like the smartest guy around. Looks.
I need therapy.
Help me...can you help me?
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  -I need to be comforted about Obama judy  Jan-07-10 10:49 AM   #0 
  - Wish I could help, but I feel the same way. nt.  freddie mertz   Jan-07-10 10:49 AM   #1 
  - +1  emilyg   Jan-07-10 01:49 PM   #44 
     - +2  Mari333   Jan-07-10 05:30 PM   #60 
        - Make That + 3  Dinger   Jan-07-10 08:55 PM   #80 
           - OMG - great idea.  chimpymustgo   Jan-08-10 06:37 AM   #86 
              - Damn - my feelings in a nutshell.  AB_Positive   Jan-08-10 06:52 AM   #88 
  - If it's any comfort  notesdev   Jan-07-10 10:50 AM   #2 
  - I'm with you - it's a helpless feeling  TornadoTN   Jan-07-10 10:51 AM   #3 
  - better to know than not know..before we didn't....now we do  xiamiam   Jan-07-10 11:58 AM   #25 
  - Look on the bright side - Crotch Bomber was from Nigeria with ties to Yemen. Bush would invade Iran  HopeHoops   Jan-07-10 10:52 AM   #4 
  - Terrorism is the war of those who have no army?  el_bryanto   Jan-07-10 10:54 AM   #5 
  - Then what is? It used to be called, well, still is in some places, "asymmetrical warfare" n/t  2 Much Tribulation   Jan-08-10 08:55 PM   #103 
  - Change will not come from the top down.  roody   Jan-07-10 10:56 AM   #6 
  - Time to face reality and move forward.  debbierlus   Jan-07-10 10:57 AM   #7 
  - No, you need to be pissed at Lieberman  jpak   Jan-07-10 10:58 AM   #8 
  - Lieberman is a useful idiot.  dgibby   Jan-07-10 02:37 PM   #54 
  - I don't even pretend  FLyellowdog   Jan-07-10 11:04 AM   #9 
  - Bravo. Wise words from FLyellowdog.  lamp_shade   Jan-07-10 11:10 AM   #12 
  - So Bush fucking up = bad...Obama fucking up = good...  winyanstaz   Jan-07-10 11:17 AM   #17 
  - I don't think Obama's fucked up.  FLyellowdog   Jan-07-10 11:35 AM   #21 
  - Yes!  TicketyBoo   Jan-07-10 12:31 PM   #40 
  - I need to be convinced that he is trying to fix things.  freddie mertz   Jan-08-10 08:04 AM   #92 
  - The super-delegates have spoken, sorry  bridgit   Jan-07-10 11:06 AM   #10 
  - He hired the wrong people.  kentuck   Jan-07-10 11:09 AM   #11 
  - He hired the people he wanted.  aquart   Jan-07-10 11:13 AM   #14 
  - I assume you are correct.  kentuck   Jan-07-10 11:26 AM   #19 
     - Oh, we happen to share that opinion.  aquart   Jan-08-10 02:12 AM   #85 
  - Either he has no balls or he's a sociopath  swilton   Jan-08-10 08:54 AM   #96 
  - I was talking with a friend . . .  Richard D   Jan-07-10 11:11 AM   #13 
  - Such great wisdom to bring us!  Bluenorthwest   Jan-07-10 11:28 AM   #20 
  - "Not funnelling trillions of dollars to his buddies"  TornadoTN   Jan-07-10 12:10 PM   #32 
  - Does he come from someplace where he doesn't have to worry about being bankrupted  salguine   Jan-07-10 05:25 PM   #56 
  - Your friend doesn't know shit  FiveGoodMen   Jan-07-10 07:34 PM   #78 
  - Your friend stopped watching the news about March 2009... n/t  2 Much Tribulation   Jan-08-10 08:58 PM   #105 
  - The only comfort we can offer is that you're not alone  spoony   Jan-07-10 11:14 AM   #15 
  - That is because ...  butterfly77   Jan-07-10 11:15 AM   #16 
  - He's playing a longer game...  Orsino   Jan-07-10 11:17 AM   #18 
  - that was a good argument before the afghanistan war escalation  xiamiam   Jan-07-10 12:06 PM   #28 
  - I wasn't making an argument.  Orsino   Jan-07-10 12:10 PM   #34 
  - All his great achievements are still ahead of him...and always will be  PurityOfEssence   Jan-07-10 12:19 PM   #38 
  - That's not good enough. Like using a water pistol on a house fire. The house is burning. Little  salguine   Jan-07-10 05:28 PM   #58 
  - He could be the best president ever, maybe...  Orsino   Jan-07-10 05:59 PM   #67 
  - Oh PLEASE, don't bring that BULLSHIT. Like we were supposed to just wait for a great healthcare  chimpymustgo   Jan-08-10 06:39 AM   #87 
     - Long game.  Orsino   Jan-08-10 07:34 AM   #89 
        - It's fuck the middle class game. Obama's had no problem being out front in giving bailouts to banks  chimpymustgo   Jan-08-10 07:39 AM   #90 
           - You're telling me more about the system than the president.  Orsino   Jan-08-10 07:57 AM   #91 
  - When I want to feel better about him  tblue   Jan-07-10 11:40 AM   #22 
  - How does mentally anaesthetizing yourself help matters?  salguine   Jan-07-10 05:29 PM   #59 
     - Well when I rant about Obama's sell out  Generator   Jan-07-10 06:48 PM   #71 
  - Justice Sotomayor and two more likely SCOTUS appointments, plus Hilda Solis (Labor Secretary)  blondeatlast   Jan-07-10 11:45 AM   #23 
  - Justice Sotomayor is great, but I feel like Solis won't be able to contribute  TornadoTN   Jan-07-10 12:08 PM   #30 
     - Thing is, Solis will have to undo what that scum Cho did. The media doesn't hype  blondeatlast   Jan-07-10 01:20 PM   #42 
        - Thanks for the article, very interesting read!  TornadoTN   Jan-07-10 01:22 PM   #43 
  - I feel worse than I did with Clinton.  asdjrocky   Jan-07-10 11:46 AM   #24 
  - And I will never forget how he,  tblue   Jan-07-10 12:00 PM   #26 
  - I was NOT happy with the Clinton administration, to say the least.  asdjrocky   Jan-07-10 12:11 PM   #35 
  - His "base" wasn't poor people?  bobbolink   Jan-07-10 01:56 PM   #48 
     - I hear you.  asdjrocky   Jan-07-10 06:42 PM   #70 
        - And I was just putting out the reminder, because there are so few who even think about what happened  bobbolink   Jan-08-10 05:27 PM   #97 
        - And I was just putting out the reminder, because there are so few who even think about what happened  bobbolink   Jan-08-10 05:28 PM   #98 
  - correct; at least he seriously tried. i don't hold political reality against him. nt  PizzaDriver   Jan-07-10 05:33 PM   #63 
  - amazing how Bill Clinton is looking better and better these days. nt  PizzaDriver   Jan-07-10 05:32 PM   #62 
  - one year in  bigtree   Jan-07-10 12:03 PM   #27 
  - Get over yourself. Stop with the Obama hatred.  Don Caballero   Jan-07-10 12:06 PM   #29 
  - I swear, this place sounds more & more like Freeperland or right out of 1984  TornadoTN   Jan-07-10 12:09 PM   #31 
  - Sure does  Egnever   Jan-07-10 12:15 PM   #37 
  - Really now?  TornadoTN   Jan-07-10 12:36 PM   #41 
     - Its hard to face the shoe being on the other foot, and taking a good, long look at it, isn't it?  bobbolink   Jan-07-10 01:54 PM   #47 
  - I'm praying it's just satire. n/t  Starry Messenger   Jan-07-10 06:40 PM   #69 
     - Actually, you might be on to something here, good point. nt  inna   Jan-07-10 07:04 PM   #73 
  - We now return you to regularly scheduled programming nt  laughingliberal   Jan-07-10 12:10 PM   #33 
  - You are becoming incredibly annoying ---  Hell Hath No Fury   Jan-07-10 01:50 PM   #45 
  - He's *always* been transparent and annoying.  inna   Jan-07-10 06:37 PM   #68 
  - "Why do you hate America??!!!11!!??"  inna   Jan-07-10 05:42 PM   #65 
  - There was no hatred in that post.  freddie mertz   Jan-08-10 08:06 AM   #93 
  - Think about this, what if there weren't other people  EmeraldCityGrl   Jan-07-10 12:15 PM   #36 
  - I'm beginning to feel  TicketyBoo   Jan-07-10 12:28 PM   #39 
  - Some of us believe that the country and its citizens are more important than allegiance to one  bobbolink   Jan-07-10 01:58 PM   #49 
  - I understand where you're coming from but those factors cannot give Obama a license  TheKentuckian   Jan-07-10 02:30 PM   #52 
  - You're equating our dissatisfaction with policy to a death wish  dgibby   Jan-07-10 02:47 PM   #55 
  - You say "Now it feels like the whole of America has turned on him". I tend to think  salguine   Jan-07-10 05:37 PM   #64 
  - Maybe what's wrong with me  TicketyBoo   Jan-07-10 07:08 PM   #76 
     - NO-ONE here wishes any harm to the president!  freddie mertz   Jan-08-10 08:13 AM   #95 
        - People talk about how disgusted  TicketyBoo   Jan-08-10 08:56 PM   #104 
  - This is the second time I have seen you make this crazy argument.  freddie mertz   Jan-08-10 08:10 AM   #94 
     - People here say that they value  TicketyBoo   Jan-08-10 08:54 PM   #102 
  - Here's the only therapy I know of in this situation...  bobbolink   Jan-07-10 01:52 PM   #46 
  - I wouldn't say you need to be comforted. Mainly because, for all the reasons you  salguine   Jan-07-10 02:06 PM   #50 
  - No, sorry, I can't offer any words of comfort.  closeupready   Jan-07-10 02:10 PM   #51 
  - Nope I can't help you...  ddeclue   Jan-07-10 02:31 PM   #53 
  - What war on Yemen?  treestar   Jan-07-10 05:27 PM   #57 
  - live and learn. nt  PizzaDriver   Jan-07-10 05:30 PM   #61 
  - I wish I could help.  midnight   Jan-07-10 05:49 PM   #66 
  - He had nothing to do with "socialism" becoming a dirty word.....  FrenchieCat   Jan-07-10 06:55 PM   #72 
  - If you want some help and therapy...  lyonspotter   Jan-07-10 07:04 PM   #74 
  - can't help you  Skittles   Jan-07-10 07:05 PM   #75 
  - The American people were, en masse, duped...  lyonspotter   Jan-07-10 07:08 PM   #77 
     - I was not duped  Skittles   Jan-07-10 08:54 PM   #79 
        - Glad you were not duped...nor was I.  lyonspotter   Jan-07-10 11:34 PM   #82 
  - Maybe if liberals/progressives come together as a voting bloc . ..  defendandprotect   Jan-07-10 09:40 PM   #81 
  - You're not alone, although that's small comfort.  Vidar   Jan-08-10 12:29 AM   #83 
  - He consistently allows the GOP to frame the issues.  TexasObserver   Jan-08-10 12:32 AM   #84 
  - Take it easy Judy! Some chess matches last longer than others!  TK421   Jan-08-10 05:31 PM   #99 
  - Especially intergalactic googledimensional chess! n/t  QC   Jan-08-10 09:07 PM   #107 
  - You don't need to be comforted. You need to dig within and find the courage to FACE REALITY.  TheWatcher   Jan-08-10 05:37 PM   #100 
  - he still is the smartest guy around unfortunately he is a Corporatist  Geek_Girl   Jan-08-10 05:39 PM   #101 
  - If you think this is like the Bush era there is no help for you or any other DU'ers agreeing with  KittyWampus   Jan-08-10 09:05 PM   #106 
 

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