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In reply to the discussion: I'm Sorry... But I Gotta Ask... People Here Keep Saying We Have To Have The President's Back... [View all]amandabeech
(9,893 posts)262. You're not alone.
I'm still registered as a Dem, though. I'm looking for a new FDR, but I'm settling for better primary choices.
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WillyT
Jan 2013
OP
In democracies, it doesn't matter that the President has information we don't have; we are still
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#132
I think you might have covered two logical fallacies. Putting words in someone's mouth
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#150
my problem isn't with you trusting him, it's with you trying to shut down criticism from others
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#137
Bull crap!.....you easily are in the category of shutting down positive discussions re: Obama.
Sheepshank
Jan 2013
#207
The juries are a popularity contest - if you're popular you can say shit. If not, you get hidden.
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#283
You're a "cut and runner", now there's a neo-con meme I ain't heard in a while!!!!
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#109
This congress should just be sent home as unfit to serve. It would be a tremendous cost
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#108
i don't recall him asking voters to get his back. i recall him asking something different of us.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#95
"...the people he is trying to kill...are horrid people who have killed and
truth2power
Jan 2013
#77
Fix health care like he promised he would if we passed Obamacare crapsurance!!!!!!!
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#111
Homework Assignment for You: How many votes did "Obamacare crapsurance" pass by in both houses.
ellisonz
Jan 2013
#112
Obama said, ""If a mandate was the solution, we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#183
He was re-elected DESPITE the fact that the whiny Left/Libertarians infesting this site
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2013
#231
Take the progressive vote out of the equation and he lost. Fact is most of the issues
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#239
I'm a progressive. I have long given up calling myself a Liberal after FiredogLake and DKos
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2013
#248
OK... I'll Bite... The President Also Has The 14th Amendment, And (I Guess) The Trillion Dollar Coin
WillyT
Jan 2013
#19
What's the long view for the Patriot Act, indefinate detention and domestic surveillance?
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#250
I'm not sure, but neither of those things diminish my support for the president
Politicub
Jan 2013
#280
no, he's a citizen with an opinion, just like you. There's no analogy between computer programming
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#136
Beautifully, perfectly said. Especially the bit imploring the OP to "educate himself"
Number23
Jan 2013
#130
He has and does and will, imo. (aside) There are 3 branches of government, as you know.
pinto
Jan 2013
#14
WillyT, after four months of DU spitting venom at the newly elected president...
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#22
That's the basic point. What kind of world do people live in where one kicks and screams at
patrice
Jan 2013
#119
I accept, Cha...but it looks like we will have to fight the fight, along with cheerleading...
sheshe2
Jan 2013
#141
Holding public servants accountable is the responsibility of the people.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#34
Did you strike a nerve...sure. You just accused me of being corrupt...ie: a criminal! Really?
sheshe2
Jan 2013
#159
How CAN he have OUR back if we don't have his? The GOP is trying to erode his support and turn his
okaawhatever
Jan 2013
#37
We support him...he supports us, yes. And he is. So, what's your point? I don't get it.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#41
That's Me... Always "Whining" About The U.S. Constitution And Violations Of Oaths And Laws...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#60
And I Am So Glad You Are Amused... And Glad I Could Bring Some Joy Into Your Life...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#103
The operative word being "us." Not "me." "Us," as in the American citizens. Not Democrats,
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#192
HA! I thought I was the only one who noticed...have been noticing for some time n/t
Sheepshank
Jan 2013
#212
I don't know what this particular poster's complaints are. There are many complaints
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#190
That's a weak way to criticize Obama. No, I don't know what your complaints are.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#188
No matter what the ODSers say or do, I will NEVER turn my back on this president!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2013
#46
Good Point... What About Those Comfortable Shoes... Walking With Labor In Wisconsin ???
WillyT
Jan 2013
#56
So, basically, because he hasn't been able to do everything, he's not had our backs...
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2013
#179
I don't want the Prez, whoever he/she may be, getting involved in state politics. Not his job.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#194
Many people have learned from life that relationships need reciprocity & Have functioned under that
patrice
Jan 2013
#58
1 man, and 300 milion people sitting on their lazy asses, doing essentially nothing.
liberalmuse
Jan 2013
#61
The assumption that anyone who supports this President is engaging in a cult of personality is
patrice
Jan 2013
#90
President Barack Hussein Obama knows things you do not know, negative nellies & willyT.
hopemountain
Jan 2013
#98
When a post starts out, "So you think...." you know it has to be a logical fallacy.
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#206
Speaking of Bernie Sanders, his appointments would likely have been very different.
amandabeech
Jan 2013
#266
Not as embarrassing as the freeperlike attacks on a sitting Democratic President.
JTFrog
Jan 2013
#201
When the sitting Democratic President acts like a Republican I would hope he gets criticism.
Dawgs
Jan 2013
#236
Whoops. Just saw that the OP, after high-fiving every single post in this thread that shit on the
Number23
Jan 2013
#157
Noticed that too, huh? While all the while, WillyT's cheering squad bemoans the President's
Number23
Jan 2013
#249
Obama does have your back. It's the republican't part of Congress that's screwing us. Now they want
judesedit
Jan 2013
#230
Did the republican congress pick all of those Wall Street guys for his administration?
Dawgs
Jan 2013
#237
he releases his plans at the last minute and uses the time-crunch as an excuse to bow to neocons
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#268
Just curious, but how many of your 43,000+ posts have been rants against the President?....
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#278
I'm sorry I got here late WillyT. I wish I had been around to have your back...
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#281