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MsMerrick · 01-31-2012, 10:57 AM

My thoughts...
Yes of course, WP plays into everything, it just always does... but that's certainly not the only thing
I like the President, I do not like a lot of things he has not done, or has been done.. BUT, overall, I still like the stuff he has done..
My expectations, and dare I say, everyone's expectations ran higher than ..well than I can ever remember, and i am born in 1950, so you do the math !
I look at some of the papers and covers, that came out when President Obama was elected, and damn, we really did pin everything on him ..!
Everyone was disappointed, because..Well there really wasn't any way that we wouldn't have been. He is not the second coming of anything...The emotional toll has been deep.
Enough said. Reality is, he isn't that bad.. and he is better than many tend to think, for whatever reason, there's a blind spot .. But as Al Sharpton famously said ( ok I am not quoting merely paraphrasing because I am too lazy to look it up ) ..Obama may not walk on water, but he's still the best swimmer we got !
I have been deeply angry and disappointed at times...
BUT..when I hear people saying that there is no difference, and i have been hearing this too much lately, between President Obama and ..any of the candidate s on the Right..
I beg to differ..
No, I demand to differ STRONGLY !
There was a time I thought Republicans , Democrats, whatever, they were all teh same..
Then I lived through 8 years of Bush....
Actually now looking back, it all started with Reagan, but Bush.. capped them all, with his total disregard for the Country in his own pursuit of or fleeing from, his own demons ..or whatever the fuck moved him to destroy so many lives, ruin our economy, and kill our standing in the world....
But its not a matter of saying Obama is only marginally better.. He is Way better than anything on the right .... He did pass a healthcare bill, which NO ONE has been able to do since Roosevelt ! He needs a second term and we need him to have one...
Yes of course, keep pushing him towards more progressive policies..Yes, don't let up, demand more.. Push all the time, but don't lose sight of the overall picture !
I probably have more to say but for the moment.. I think thats it ...

01-31-2012, 10:57 AM	#170
MsMerrick Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Feminist Femme.... Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single and Singular.... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New York City.... Posts: 277 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 855 Thanked 646 Times in 166 Posts Rep Power: 4638166	My thoughts... Yes of course, WP plays into everything, it just always does... but that's certainly not the only thing I like the President, I do not like a lot of things he has not done, or has been done.. BUT, overall, I still like the stuff he has done.. My expectations, and dare I say, everyone's expectations ran higher than ..well than I can ever remember, and i am born in 1950, so you do the math ! I look at some of the papers and covers, that came out when President Obama was elected, and damn, we really did pin everything on him ..! Everyone was disappointed, because..Well there really wasn't any way that we wouldn't have been. He is not the second coming of anything...The emotional toll has been deep. Enough said. Reality is, he isn't that bad.. and he is better than many tend to think, for whatever reason, there's a blind spot .. But as Al Sharpton famously said ( ok I am not quoting merely paraphrasing because I am too lazy to look it up ) ..Obama may not walk on water, but he's still the best swimmer we got ! I have been deeply angry and disappointed at times... BUT..when I hear people saying that there is no difference, and i have been hearing this too much lately, between President Obama and ..any of the candidate s on the Right.. I beg to differ.. No, I demand to differ STRONGLY ! There was a time I thought Republicans , Democrats, whatever, they were all teh same.. Then I lived through 8 years of Bush.... Actually now looking back, it all started with Reagan, but Bush.. capped them all, with his total disregard for the Country in his own pursuit of or fleeing from, his own demons ..or whatever the fuck moved him to destroy so many lives, ruin our economy, and kill our standing in the world.... But its not a matter of saying Obama is only marginally better.. He is Way better than anything on the right .... He did pass a healthcare bill, which NO ONE has been able to do since Roosevelt ! He needs a second term and we need him to have one... Yes of course, keep pushing him towards more progressive policies..Yes, don't let up, demand more.. Push all the time, but don't lose sight of the overall picture ! I probably have more to say but for the moment.. I think thats it ...