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In reply to the discussion: Because President Obama is NOT evil; that is why many of us trust and defend him... [View all]whathehell
(28,968 posts)As far as people "hating" him, please -- every president has people who "hate him".
It comes with the job. In addition, he's won two terms which suggest that more
people like him than hate him. My question, which you haven't answered, is what GOOD things
has he done that could compare with those of FDR?...I'm not saying that Obama hasn't done a few
moderately "good" things, but I believe he could have, even with a hostile congress, done more.
The Affordable Care Act is a good thing, but it could have been much better had he
done what he PROMISED to do, which was to include a public option. He could also have
actually LIVED UP to his campaign promises, especially those of SUPPORTING Unions,
and NOT cutting Social Security. So far he's done NOTHING for organized labor, though
unions GAVE a lot of money to his campaign, and have ALWAYS been an important part of a Democratic Agenda.
He's also been the FIRST democratic president to suggest cuts to Social Security.
It doesn't look like it will go through, but that won't be because he didn't try.
He signed the Lilly Led better Act and at least TRIED to get gun control enacted.
Getting bin Laden was good, but along with the controversial drone program, he
spends about a billion dollars a week or so on the war in Afghanistan for no apparent reason,
given we've got bin Laden and so many top Al Queda operatives.
Some other negatives are appointing BANKSTERS to supposedly "fix" the economic situation
while REFUSING to make them pay any particular penalty. He's refused to reinstate Glass-Steagal,
the law introduced during FDR's administration, which kept this country SAFE from the major
economic meltdown we suffered under Bush...He also hasn't done much for people who have
suffered through the mortgage crisis. Added to that, we now have this scandal of spying on Americans.
I voted for him three times, including the primary, and I'm not saying he's "evil" by any means,
I just think he's kind of lame.