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In reply to the discussion: My son, who preferred Obama over Romney had some pretty startling things to say............ [View all]Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)106. The President is trying to win this war that Bush started and get the hell out of there.
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My son, who preferred Obama over Romney had some pretty startling things to say............ [View all]
1springhill
Nov 2012
OP
Do you believe if John McCain was president, he would have let SOFA keep him from war? nt
morningglory
Nov 2012
#69
I think he meant that kid of a terrorist leader who was killed in a drone strike.
catbyte
Nov 2012
#9
I think Obama is better than Bush on foreign policy, it gets dicey on civil liberties
TheKentuckian
Nov 2012
#6
if he is talking specifically about foreign policy in the second term of the Bush Administration
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2012
#14
US foreign policy is its own beast, largely independent of any particular administration
Scootaloo
Nov 2012
#15
You might mention to him that President Obama will be the one appointing new Supreme Court Justices
Tx4obama
Nov 2012
#16
He voted for Obama and said he was the lesser of two evils, better than Romney. He said
Puregonzo1188
Nov 2012
#179
Sounds like your son has been talking to some Ron Paul or Gary Johnson supporters
Lilyeye
Nov 2012
#18
why wasn't anyone on the ballot in that position? That is the problem, the repubs have someone
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#100
I hate to say it but your son is closer to the truth than farther from it.
former-republican
Nov 2012
#20
I hate to say it but your son is closer to the truth than farther from it
former-republican
Nov 2012
#30
Bush was a war monger , President Obama isn't but his actions closely mirror Bushes
former-republican
Nov 2012
#48
Thanks for explaining this aspect of The Big Difference between Bush and President Obama's
Cha
Nov 2012
#150
That he's not wrong and it is now up to his generation to fix the mess we've
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#22
Tell your son to eat his veggies & wear clean underwear in case he's in an accident, AND ...
Tx4obama
Nov 2012
#26
They doesn't make it any less illegal and the don't drive around with terrorists
Hissyspit
Nov 2012
#51
There is an element of citizenship that has to do with loyalty and belonging to the country
treestar
Nov 2012
#196
That's why even during the debate with Romney even the talking heads said ( democrats and republican
former-republican
Nov 2012
#32
I think courageous gets your ticket punched even before the primaries these days.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#145
I agree with your son regarding the drone strikes, horrible. Never a good idea to vote
crunch60
Nov 2012
#40
Bush lied us into a war that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
NYC Liberal
Nov 2012
#47
I'm sorry, but your son doesn't sound all that aware to me, "politically" or otherwise.
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2012
#53
Yeah, and I'm sure he could be President someday. Everybody thinks their kid's the ONE.
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2012
#61
"The election is over". Which is why the o.p. is strange. "We won". Exactly.
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2012
#138
Tell him to see Lincoln the movie. WARTIME POWERS is a constitutional right a president has
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#54
in a world where the national economy died instantly, for 10 years due to 9-11
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#123
Tell him that American domination of the world by military force has been a cheerfully bipartisan--
eridani
Nov 2012
#58
Tell him that American domination of the world by military force has been a cheerfully bipartisan--
eridani
Nov 2012
#58
Son's often get many of their misconceptions at that young age from their overly concerned parents.
aandegoons
Nov 2012
#67
Sounds as if your son is not a sensible pragmatic moderate centrist, unlike these two
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#70
Tell him Obama is doing the best he can - a more pacifist candidate might have been booted out.
reformist2
Nov 2012
#74
5,000 US troops dead in Iraq. 50,000 wounded. Hundreds of thousands of dead civilians.
WilliamPitt
Nov 2012
#78
What he needs is to gain persepctive. He was 9 when Bush was elected. Nothing
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#86
I was trying to figure out why so many people are acting like assholes in this thread.
WilliamPitt
Nov 2012
#87
Just remind him who started those wars. Obama is 100% better on foreign policy than Bush.
Autumn
Nov 2012
#90
But the flip side of that message is that the lies about WMD and the invasion of Iraq
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#99
What would he do? I say that because the human race is pretty damn backward and
RKP5637
Nov 2012
#105
The President is trying to win this war that Bush started and get the hell out of there.
Auntie Bush
Nov 2012
#106
Refer him to what Bill Maher said about a disappointing friend versus a deadly enemy. n/t
Ian David
Nov 2012
#111
"The lesser of two evils" is a favorite ploy by both of the establishment parties.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2012
#113
No, it's a realistic assessment based on the fact that every human being is flawed.
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#180
Your son summed it up pretty well. There will always be good and evil.
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#115
How many times, over his 21 years has he heard you say just that about an election?
Sekhmets Daughter
Nov 2012
#127
It's always been the lesser of two evils & anyone who says otherwise is lying to you. PO has never
patrice
Nov 2012
#132
I'm borrowing common verbiage to illustrate my larger point about processes. I'm in the habit of
patrice
Nov 2012
#170
Which also, btw, begs the question as to how much lesser. There is no free lunch, but some
patrice
Nov 2012
#171
There may be just a few here on DU who might agree with your son on the foreign policy issue
Fla Dem
Nov 2012
#135
The American citizen in question was a traitor who aided al-Qaeda in killing other Americans.
BlueStater
Nov 2012
#149
if your son, who is essentially correct, is actually as political aware as you say, he isn't gonna be
boilerbabe
Nov 2012
#151
President Bush killed a gazillion Americans and ferners. Did your son talk about that?
valerief
Nov 2012
#153
OP #43 on "Help me, DU, against this CRITICISM OF OBAMA WHICH I'M COMPELLED TO POST.."
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#162
Life is always choosing the lesser of two evils because every single one of us is flawed.
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#178
It's not just that one of his drone strikes killed an American citizen
Time for change
Nov 2012
#185
What do you say to him? Tell him he's right! But also tell him that if we nominated a candidate he
Texas Lawyer
Nov 2012
#192