Are you pissed at the way President Obama is running the country?

[Xipe Totec]

Well, here is your chance to do something about it:

TELL HIM!:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

[stray cat]

1. No - I would have been pissed if McCain and Palin were running the country

I may not agree with everything Obama does - but I probably wouldn't be a very good president nor am I likely to be elected. Short of being president and getting to make decisions myself I really am glad Obama is president and not the other choice we had of McCain and Palin.

[Ohio Joe]

7. Very well said, I agree completely - nt

[onehandle]

9. Yep. nt

[Xipe Totec]

30. Really?

I would have been thrilled to have a carcass and a clown running the country...

NOT!

:rofl:

[lostnotforgotten]

2. Yes - Obama Massive Fail - Torture, Health Care, Economy, Transparency

eom

[Cha]

13. And, I'm sure you've contacted

the White HOuse on your opinion?

[lostnotforgotten]

36. Just Sent Them An Email Un-subscribing From Their Emails With This Rationale

eom

[Cha]

46. Good..they don't

that kind of help.

[The Magistrate]

3. He is Doing A Decent Job, Sir, In Trying Circumstances

[Xipe Totec]

6. I don't disagree, Sir,

I think he is doing just fine,

Still, if I have a policy disagreement, I take it straight to him.

That's the forum where it makes a difference.

:hi:

[NoSheep]

15. Yes. Agreed.

[rockymountaindem]

4. Not really

I'm not 100% pleased, but I never expected a 180 away from "business as usual".

[enough]

5. He's not running the country. Nobody is. He's influencing some things, and

making some bad mistakes.

[Xipe Totec]

11. Then my message is not for you.

But, if you are ever in a position, where you disagree with the President,

remember, you can always contact the White House and let him know.

:hi:

[orpupilofnature57]

8. I'm Elated at the way he's running the country ,Asswipe was Ruining the country.

It Seems like ages ago ,since prosperity was robbed by a Media event.

[Xipe Totec]

14. I hope you weren't expecting disagreement from me

otherwise, you might be disappointed...

:hi:

[orpupilofnature57]

18. Hell No ,Thanks for asking the question.

[HopinAndDreamin]

24. "robbed by a media event"

EGGZACTLY

[islandmkl]

10. yeah...he's really screwing up all the GOOD PLANS those 535 Congresspeople are trying to accomplish

...i mean, the President makes the laws, doesn't he?

[NoSheep]

12. Not at all. Not one damn bit, actually. See my journal if you want to know more

about my opinion. I think I just typed all I can possible muster at this point. I am so disheartened by the lack of reality based thinking here today.

[kywildcat]

16. I'm thrilled with how he's running the country

eom

[Xipe Totec]

26. It's okay to tell him that too

eom

[HereSince1628]

17. As if it matters. He is deaf to the left. His administration choosed to seek the right

I am sure that Rahm sees this as the center. But it is the right.

[Xipe Totec]

19. So, did you tell him?

Otherwise, you're useless to your cause.

If you can't take a few minutes to let the President know when he's fucking up, what good are you to anybody?

[islandmkl]

28. i love it when people refer to the 'left'...as if they think there is a viable 'truly far left'...

i would submit that most of the 'left' members that post here on DU are merely left-of-center...

yeah, i know the routine...but very little i have ever seen here speaks to true 'left' ideals with associated actions...

maybe some Lenins, but no Trotskys...

the truly active left was effectively stomped into submission ala 1972...and i have not seen any semblance of that level of activism and devotion since...

i am more than happy to entertain any examples that would prove to display ANY mass involvement in truly 'left' endeavors...

'progressive' is the new left...and progressive isn't out on the left end of the spectrum...

[AngryOldDem]

20. No.

And damn, am I getting fucking sick and tired of these threads!

Tell me, DU: Just what the hell do you all want in a candidate/president? Do you even know?

Five months into the job and people are already calling his presidency a failure. Five. Fucking. Months.

[NoSheep]

25. :-) I think this time, the OP is on your side.

Edited to add I just figured that out myself! :silly:

[Xipe Totec]

27. Thanks for the support!

Glad you figured it out!

:evilgrin:

[NoSheep]

32. I LOVE being wrong sometimes!

:D

[mwb970]

21. No. He's doing fine.

Let's let the man work.

[HopinAndDreamin]

22. Pissed? No-worried, but not because of anything he did...

I just worry that even Jesus wouldn't be able to get us out of the mess the last 8 years made

[Phx_Dem]

23. Not in the least. n/t

[MichiganVote]

29. After that moron George Bush a fucking toadstool would look good.

[Kahuna]

31. I'm outraged!!!

:eyes:
:wtf:

[Xipe Totec]

35. Take it literally....

If you're pissed, let him know.

If you're happy, let him know also, but my message is directed to the mouth-foam-frothing, I-can't-believe-he-just-did-that, swooning, rolling-on-the-floor, pissed-off-he-didn't-do-what-I-wanted, crowd.

:hi:

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[Xipe Totec]

41. Oh sure! but did you tell President Obama?

GovelBot! You need to get President Obama to subscribe to DU!

or at least, Malia and Sasha!

[TexasObserver]

34. Nope. I'm not even pissed at all the cry babies whining about him.

Annoyed at them, yeah, but not pissed.

[CBR]

37. I have written him regarding DADT, mountaintop removal,

and health care but I am fairly pleased with the job he is doing and super proud of my vote.

[natrat]

38. i have lost all hope for a just american society

but i understand you all wanting to believe in your leaders, i guess it's human nature or something

[Xipe Totec]

43. And, did you tell him?

If I'm important enough for you to reply to my message,

why not the President of the United States?

:shrug:

[tularetom]

39. Not pissed here either.

Although I'm less than delighted at the way the story of the job he is doing is told to the public.

[babylonsister]

40. Thanks for the link. I have some issues, but

there is so much to fix. I think, overall, he's been doing a good job.

I'm really, really glad he got this job. I can't think of anyone who'd be doing better.

[frylock]

42. i'm terribly disappointed in a some of his decisions..

i really really want to give this guy the benefit of the doubt, but i'm finding that to be incredibly difficult.

[Xipe Totec]

44. The link in the OP is for you!

Let him know.

Nobody on this thread is an elected representative.

Nobody on this thread can address your concerns.

But, your President, your Senators, and your Congresscritter can.

They are the ones who's ear you should be bending.

They are the ones who care who you are going to vote for in 2010.

They are the ones who can change policy, today....

:hi:

[frylock]

56. you're right!

thanks!!

[Fire1]

45. I've got my pet issues but I'm not by any means disappointed.

[islandmkl]

47. HEY!!..

where's my goddam jetski...??

i forgot all about it, until the dog saw these posts, and asked where 'his' pony was...

i never told him i traded the pony choice for the jetski...

anyway...WHERE'S THE DAMN JETSKI??

and none of you f***ers better tell me you got your ponies already, either...

[Xipe Totec]

49. Or, at least, go windsurfing with John Kerry...

[FLyellowdog]

48. No, I'm glad at how he's running the country...better he than me.

:patriot:

[Xipe Totec]

50. Still, I don't think he would mind some feedback from us

positive or negative...

[kwenu]

51. I'm not pissed. No one has done better.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

52. I'm horrified by the budget

sick of the bailouts and unsure how funding a mountain of boondoggle projects will shock the economy back to health...

But not John McCain or Hillary Clinton is good enough for me,

[Xipe Totec]

54. Tell HIM

President Obama is the one who needs to hear from you.

All the griping at DU don't amount to a bucket of spit, unless he hears it.

:hi:

[TheKentuckian]

53. Hell no. Better than could be expected, I'd say.

Screw the McPhailn angle. You could gather the entire field and anoint who I please he's still my pick as the best of the lot for the job. Even if you think someone else would be better on policy, you'd have to accept that they'd have much less room to maneuver and/or to engage the public.

I don't disagree with some of Obama's harshest critics on our side of the spectrum as far as goals but I also think that some of you guys have more chance of taking us in the wrong direction than towards the goal. I find it hard to buy people tactically that are under the impression that moving this country into a sane direction would be like flipping a switch. This shit is not days, months, or even likely years. I'm talking decades, one and a half or two of them.

I also think people "misunderestimate" the dysfunctional general state of the entire political system. At this point Democrats actual have to embody nearly the entire legitimate political spectrum in anything resembling a liberal democracy. We have a wholly cancerous growth of a party that represents a half of one percent of people and another 20-25% of people that buy their bullshit (granting another 20% or so that is somewhere between susceptible and sympathetic), with the standing and stake of an actual partner in governing.

Until the Republican party is drastically different, minimized to the point that have 3rd party status, or got the way of the Whigs there are sever upper limits on what can possibly be accomplished. The debates must happen between those that are actually participating to really make deep changes. Obama to a eye measurable level has been transformational already in waking some people up and encouraging them to step up in their own way.

We are beyond need of many systemic and structural revamps but as far as I can tell we are still quite early in the game of Hearts and Minds. Beyond that, Obama will do well to stabilize the patient. I was pleased we had a deep group that all could at least stop the bleeding and brains oozing out of our heads to varying degrees. I was and continue to be excited by a guy with some potential to get this country to at least get the country facing the right direction.

I'm shocked that people would just generally expect to do much more than back up some. Shit folks, in this country a little backing up earns and earns honestly, a borderline top 10 all time ranking for Clinton. That's just on competence. In our times a person isn't settling with their vote when they get sane and intelligent...you hit the lottery. Somebody actually accomplishing anything of note for the people is a gold mine on your rich virgin oil lease PLUS Bill Gates has to give you all his money too.

Actual steps, no matter how small towards being the country we brag we are is priceless. Few have even tried and less have succeeded.

Some folks are grading with a set of metrics that would allow them to both declare Obama a top 5 President (maybe even the #1) and grades an D-----/F+.

[Xipe Totec]

55. I'll give you one guess who you're preaching to...

[stillcool]

57. thanks for the link..

and the power of suggestion!