"Nitpick the president if you must. But he's not the problem."

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/4/18/21562/9894

Wanker of the Day: Jim Webb

by BooMan
Wed Apr 18th, 2012 at 09:56:02 PM EST


There are a lot of things I like about Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia but I'm not going to miss him. He says too many stupid things. I can understand what he means when he argues that Obama took too passive of a role in the construction of his health care bill. We wound up with five different bills produced by five different committees, and the momentum basically stalled-out. But you can't really say he lost his credibility as a leader when he actually got the bill passed against the longest of odds. And this is just ridiculous:

Webb also said that if Obama had opted for a smaller measure, he would have stood a chance of winning the support of a significant number of Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Jim Webb has to know better than this. Obama's bill wasn't opposed because it was "big." It was opposed because it was his bill. It was supposed to be his Waterloo, remember? Obama was never going to get any support for the bill from Republicans, and pretending otherwise is one of the reasons he didn't get a better bill a lot sooner in his administration. And what would we have now? A smaller bill? Millions less covered? Less consumer protections?

It's this kind of ridiculous analysis that is crippling our country's ability to face up to the reality of the modern Republican Party. Nitpick the president if you must. But he's not the problem. In fact, in so many ways, he has been the solution. Because our government would be so bereft of common sense and basic morals if McCain, Palin, McConnell, and Boehner were in charge that you would never mistake that country for this one.

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Webb has definitely been the biggest disappointment of the Dems who won in 2006...

But what else do you expect from a Reagan lover?

[babylonsister]

2. He's disappointed me. DINO? I'm glad he's outa there, but don't

know who will replace him.

[Lionessa]

3. +100

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Old Jim is a sexist, anti equality Sanctity shouter. So ya know, he and the President are

cozy old fellow discrimination supporters. Mediocrity is a Sacrament and all that.

[freshwest]

5. Webb was GOP for years, then a johnny-come-lately Dem. What's the smilie for a wet raspberry?

[gateley]

6. I never knew that. nt

[la la]

7. i remember right after he was elected....

he was speaking somewhere--he jutted out his chest and was spouting the most gawdawful 'republican-like-schitt'---almost as if he were drunk....right then and there--i realized---big mistake electing this man...

[freshwest]

9. The Democrats were pretty desperate to get someone in that seat. At least he helped the majority.

So, I withdraw the raspberry.

But he's likely going back to his roots.

I'm sure tired of all these cheap shots at Obama.

It's not like the Democrats have a better candidate.

[calimary]

14. Small consolation, he kept that jerk george allen out of the Senate.

Mr. "macaca". But it was a heavy price to pay just for a "D" at the end of the winner's name. Hopefully this time, a REAL Dem.

[freshwest]

15. That's true, it was a great victory at that. Hoping for a stronger Dem this time.

[gateley]

8. Obama would have gotten Republican support on a smaller bill?

[zipplewrath]

13. Ya do gotta laugh at that

Dunno who the audience was, but there was no way the GOP was going to support anything. He could have tried to deregulate aspirin and they would have been calling him a socialist.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. And then there's the asshole senator from W. Va. Joe Blow or something?

[MynameisBlarney]

16. DU newbie here

Need some help please.
I have a something I want to copy and paste, it's was a bunch of lies and half-truths about Obama that someone I know on facebook posted this morning, and it made me see red.
I need help countering the claims made by this person.
I didn't know where else to go.

Thanks in advance.

[maddezmom]

17. welcome to DU

try posting it here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1022

[MynameisBlarney]

18. Very much appreciated!

Thanks!

[MynameisBlarney]

19. That page doesn't look very active

But maybe it will have some resources for me to go through that will be of use.
Thanks again.

[Grateful for Hope]

20. Pretty humorous.

Obama has gotten opposition to everything he has proposed, big or small.