There's nothing like incessant Obama bashing to remind me that I'm glad he's President.

[cali]

Do I agree with him on everything? Nope, not by a long shot, but I'm relieved nearly every day that he's the President.

[bluestateguy]

1. Thank God that this man is the president

After 8 years of being ashamed to be an American.

Tonight, a man with integrity sleeps in the White House.

[depakid]

2. Yep- take critical thinking, turn it into bashing- and watch the sheep bleat along to the tune

Morning in America.

Revised for the 21st Century.

[cali]

15. I'm fully aware of the difference between bashing and reasoned criticism

and endless posts about how Obama is bush 2 or a puppet is not reflective of critical thinking, dear.

[depakid]

17. Since you mention similarities, Obama's Justice Department is in many ways like Bush II

For example, do you think anyone at Massey's going to be held accountable by the administration anymore than the criminals at Peanut Corp?

Or that the decision not to use a recess appointment with Dawn Johnsen was just an oversight?

Sadly, there are instances where comparisons with the worst administration in modern history are apt.

[emulatorloo]

18. This kind of Hyperbole is getting real old

but do carry on.

[depakid]

20. The denialism is far more pernicious

The record is exactly what it is- torturers, banksters, fraudsters corporate criminals of all sorts walk away scot free- or hiding behing their corporate veils.

It's been nothing short of a disgrace- an indelible black mark on the administration that won't bode well for your future in America, as they'll be at it again and again and again.

[Mithreal]

33. +1

Progressives warned the Dem Party.

[Toasterlad]

3. Yep, That'll Show Those Haters!

:eyes:

[maxsolomon]

4. Holler. +1.

I posted multiple times on DU after his election that he was going to disappoint every single one of us multiple times, but after 2 terms (yes, 2 motherfucking terms), we'll be overjoyed with the balance of the progress this country has made towards stepping back from the brink.

my standards are so low that the fact that the man thinks before acting is in itself relevatory.

[Rowdyboy]

5. Justice John Paul Stevens is retiring at 89....I am THRILLED Obama is president....

Can you imagine the knuckle-dragging Neanderthals "Maverick" McCain would be parading before us as potential supreme court candidates right now?

[Bluerthanblue]

6. me too-

:hi:

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[deaniac21]

8. Finally, we have a transparent government!

[caty]

9. What I don't understand

is why so many people are so impatient. It took eight years for the rethugs to send our country to the point of destruction. Common sense states that it will take at least that long (or even longer) for our country to heal and get back on it's feet. That's why it is so important that we keep a Democratic president in office for decades to come, and why we can't lose the majority.

[redqueen]

12. Because we lived through Bill Clinton's presidency?

That's all I can figure. We saw what NAFTA did... what the Telecommunications Act did...

It'd be nice Obama would send clearer signals that he's not another triangulating $#&*(@%.

[U4ikLefty]

31. Bingo!!!

[NNN0LHI]

10. Yea, but you have to admit its kind of fun playing spot the loony Larouchies

They are crawling all over this anonymous board.

Don

[Clintonista2]

11. I see him as a placeholder

Not necessarily doing anything that I would get excited about, but at least he's not doing any real harm. Just by being there he's ensuring that the rethugs can't mess up the country even more.

[babylonsister]

23. Curious. Who would do a better job IF they could even get elected? nt

[Clintonista2]

25. We'd have to wait and see, wouldn't we?

It's clear how much value is placed on campaign promises.

[babylonsister]

26. So you don't have an answer. I honestly can't think of anyone myself,

at least there is no one on the horizon who I'm aware of.

[Clintonista2]

29. Again, it's tough to say, because as Obama showed us

Proposing good ideas and acting on them are two very different things.

[Mithreal]

30. No offense, but that is a morbidly stupid question

The world would never be the same without our President.

I am pretty sure it would cease to exist.

:)

[Mithreal]

32. For the sake of discussion I will disagree somewhat

The following was written in May 2008

You desperately need to understand this: the next President of the United States, no matter who it is, will enter office knowing that he or she can systematically and regularly authorize torture, order mass murder, direct the United States military to engage in one campaign of criminal conquest and genocide after another, oversee uncountable acts of inhumanity and barbarity -- and he or she will never be challenged or called to account in any manner whatsoever. It may have taken the Bush administration two terms to bring us to the point where such evils are committed and even boasted about in broad daylight, while almost no one even notices -- but this will be where the next President starts.

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2008/05/nightmare-made-real-torture-murder-and.html

That a number of old conservatives ideas have been dusted off and Bush policies received a rebranding does make Obama a curious kind of placeholder. If I wanted to I would argue that Obama is in a number of ways legitimizing many Bush policies and escalation of Presidential powers.

To avoid nonsense, yes, Obama was a better choice than McCain if for nothing else to keep more rightwing activist judges out of the SCOTUS. That wasn't directed at you, just trying to preempt silly comments.

[Dr Morbius]

13. Barack Obama is an amazing fellow.

His combination of intelligence, drive and charisma have made him into a political force. His reputation, well earned, as a hard worker who's honest and fair is clearly important to him; when you add integrity to his natural gifts this becomes, well, an historical figure.

All Presidents, especially in the modern era, are important historical figures. Since WWII, every single Presidency has had an impact on our lives, and the tapestry of history shows the ways one administration affects another. For one example, in the wake of the disaster Nixon's second administration became after Watergate, Gerald Ford's Chiefs of Staff were Don Rumsfeld and then Dick Cheney. Brent Scowcroft became NSA. A fellow named George Bush was director of CIA. These four men would be hugely influential in determining the direction of the Republican party around the turn of the century. So even the Ford administration, shortest since the big war, has had historical significance.

But one can sense this first Obama administration will be nothing short of amazing. He has already passed landmark legislation, restored integrity and respect to America abroad, and turned the corner in a severe economic crisis. And then there's the nuke summit; the media is treating this like a minor matter but between this and last week's agreement with Medvedev, Obama is taking an unprecedented move by an American President: this guy is actually going to significantly reduce the number of nukes in the world. America, we should remember, is the reason the world has so many nuclear weapons; Eisenhower saw them as a way to save money versus a large standing mechanized army, and the arms race was born. So when America takes the lead in the other way, it matters. Finally, some common sense. In international relations, mind you.

I was never happier with the result of an election than November 2008. Not because America elected a black guy, though it was cool that the country finally was able to do it. Not because a fellow Chicago guy won, although that was cool, too. It's the nature of Barack Obama. This guy was born to do this job. Every experience in his life sought to prepare him. Every gift the job needs a person to possess, he was born with. He is absolutely the right man at the right time in the right position.

And he's not always right. He makes mistakes. He has made some deals I would never have made. He has made some compromises which I can't sanction. But all in all, I can't imagine anybody else doing half as well. Can you?

[Hekate]

14. He's holding a nuclear summit. I'm sort of staggered at how big this is.

I'm equally staggered at how the US populace is not dancing in the streets with the MSM leading the parade. :wtf:

Barack Obama is a young man in a hurry. I pray he has all the time he needs.

Hekate

[redqueen]

16. The MSM is too busy obsessing over teabaggers.

And most of the populace is too busy dancing to the MSM's tune.

[babylonsister]

27. Great post, Hekate! I am agog myself!

:fistbump:

[spanone]

19. frackin' a, b and c

[pnorman]

21. K & R, me too!

n/t

[onethatcares]

22. just remember to

type out his title and full name when speaking about him on internet forums. i.e.; President Barrack Hussein Obama.

That allows the nutjobs to read it....................all.

[caty]

24. I always type out

"President Obama". It is such a joy to do that. Since I always believed that Al Gore had the election stolen from him, I always referred to bush as "bush". I've never capitalized the first letter in bush or cheney when I typed those names out, even if it was the first word in a sentence. I just could not give them any respect, even in that small way.

I proudly type out "President Obama".

[Mithreal]

34. Actually winning an election commands some respect.

Would be nice if Dems got around to election reform at some point, you know, to avoid more stolen elections.

[LostInAnomie]

28. Agreed

It's easy to sling shit from the cheap seats. I'm glad every day that he's president.

[Maru Kitteh]

35. I do agree. n/t