Reply #12: I agree.

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President Carter is often referred to as a "weak" president, but he battled on the Panama Canal Treaty, he told it like it was on energy, and even with the hostage crisis -- he never lost sight of the goal of getting all those folks home safe, despite the political beating he took.

Pres. Obama on the other hand has played this "Mr. Nice Guy" role to nobody's advantage except the banksters, big pharma, the military-industrial complex ... and apparently the Tea Party.

There is nothing wrong with Social Security that reducing the national debt won't fix (ie., faith in Treasury bonds) and the way to reduce the federal debt is cutting the Pentagon budget and taxing the super rich.

There in nothing wrong with Medicare and Medicaid that "Medicare for All" ie., 'single-payer' wouldn't have cured ... but we know how he took that off the table from the start.

Finally, the chutzpah of Pres. Obama talking about raising taxes on the rich after his 'deal' to extend all the Bush tax cuts ... really ... what can one say?