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In reply to the discussion: I'm curious...who here thinks they or anyone else, could have accomplished more than PBO [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)24. I agree with both of you
I was against her in '08 for all the same reasons I don't want her running in '16 HOWEVER in retrospect, I think she'd have gotten more done than Obama. I think she'd have taken less crap. I somewhat fell for Obama's progressive promises and tone, even though I was guarded because I remembered the talk on DU after the '04 election when everyone thought he'd come in and shake up the Senate and then....nothing. I knew there was a chance he was all talk...and sadly that's what happened.
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I'm curious...who here thinks they or anyone else, could have accomplished more than PBO [View all]
Old and In the Way
Sep 2014
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Wouldn't Mitch McConnell hve said of Hillary "We must work every day to
No Vested Interest
Sep 2014
#34
Yes, actually. Since the subject of your post was not obvious unless you knew what PBO meant
Xipe Totec
Sep 2014
#20
Personally, Given the domestic/international structural mess dumped on him from the last administrat
Old and In the Way
Sep 2014
#22
But there is always hope of that miraculous one that can withstand all the pressures
Live and Learn
Sep 2014
#27
Great question ....of course " crickets " from the do nothin hand-wringers on the board
pkdu
Sep 2014
#21
Well, according to Republicans, he is the most ineffectual dictator ever.
Old and In the Way
Sep 2014
#28
A Roosevelt wouldn't have let a few rogue Democratic Senators push him around
AZ Progressive
Sep 2014
#55
So you don't believe there are people out there that could be as great as Teddy Roosevelt or FDR?
AZ Progressive
Sep 2014
#35
And BTW, we Needed an FDR, and all we got was someone pretending to be one
AZ Progressive
Sep 2014
#40
President Obama doesn't "pretend" to be anyone else. He is who he is.. and he's been a great
Cha
Sep 2014
#56
There's more than a few who are never appreciative of what they have.. always thinking
Cha
Sep 2014
#61
I support the President and the decisions he has made regarding the ISIS uprising
Samantha
Sep 2014
#65
"no call outs because they are the amongst the very smartest people who post here."
Number23
Sep 2014
#74
You talk as if people are not supposed to hold their public officials accountable,
cui bono
Sep 2014
#77
Its so cute how the Third Way talking points keep trying to pretend
woo me with science
Sep 2014
#95
He had the biggest mandate ever. He used it to keep things as close to same as possible
librechik
Sep 2014
#104
You'd really like to hear about closing torture camps and imprisoning bankers?
Corruption Inc
Sep 2014
#106