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In reply to the discussion: Why the arguments of Obama's defenders leave many cold. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Higher incomes for the top 1%?
Good paying jobs for the rest of us?
Lots of jobs for Chinese slaves?
A tax system that evens the playing field for American companies and workers?
Prison camps for Americans?
Respect for and adherence to our Bill of Rights especially with regard to First Amendment rights and of the rights of those accused of a crime?
The best of all possible health care that bankrupts the country?
Never ending wars or peace and the acceptance of our place in the world?
Continued dependence on carbon-based energy sources, especially foreign oil?
Or a truly aggressive effort to develop better sources of clean energy?
Continued privatization of our schools and prisons?
Or an economic system in which business has more profitable and productive things to do than to cannibalize the public sector and eat our tax dollars?
We have to make choices here. I am not impressed with Obama's choices in some of these categories. On which of Obama's policies and goals do you agree? Which of his goals do you reject? Which policies? Which do you like?
Just saying nice things about Obama is meaningless.
We all agree that he is a nice guy with a nice family. The problems are with some of his goals and policies. I agree with him on some things but disagree with him on a lot of others.
It isn't a Rah! Rah! my team matter. It is about deciding what is best for the country. It is about negotiating real change with regard to things we do not like, not just electing a president and a party with a different name.