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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]MadHound
(34,179 posts)116. That he is spot on correct!
What, you want your son to be all happy, happy, joy, joy in the face of more war, more violations of nations' sovereignty, more needless killing of innocents, more elimination of our basic civil liberties?
Obama is the lesser of two evils, a center right, authoritarian president who is willing to continue America's imperial role in the world. Just because he is better than the Republican alternative that was offered up doesn't make Obama good by any stretch of the imagination.
Sounds like you've got an intelligent, perceptive son who is willing to do his own thinking. That is a good thing, leave it alone.
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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