Obama back on stride? Prelude to 2012, or just for Mid-Terms?

AtLast · 09-24-2010, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by betenoire

I think it's bullshit that DADT is being put before congress at all. Obama PROMISED you that he would get rid of DADT. Obama has the power to just go ahead and end it with the executive order - so why the fuck doesn't he just go ahead and do that already?

Yup! And what is historically ironic is how DADT was put in place in the first place- Clinton made some promises too to get queer support in being elected! What we got was... DADT!!!

theoddz · 09-24-2010, 11:47 AM

I think what we're seeing, too, in another sense, is the awakening and angering of America. For too long, politicians have campaigned on lies, but before, we were all economically better off and there were enough folks satisfied with status quos, as opposed to those whose lives and livelihoods were on the line. People who are this angry want to blame someone and *do something*, so they are doing just that now and going to the polls. If a politician doesn't fulfill promises, we'll vote 'em out!! Simple.

It always comes down to whose ox is getting gored. This time, it's not just the GLBTQ's and other "fringe" groups. It's now the everyday "mainstream" American, and large numbers of them. Too many people have lost and are losing too much and this has gotten everyone all fired up...and scared, too. Unemployment can happen to career politicians as well as anyone else now and that's a lot of power!!!

So, if we're lied to, we'll vote 'em out and these crooked politicians are waking up to this fact. It's not just "business/politics as usual" anymore. In Michael Moore's latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story", he hits the nail on the head when he says that the ONE thing that the Politicians/Ruling Class/ "Have's"/Corporatists fear most is the vote, because there are more of US than there are of them, and nowdays.....we'll use that power.

Yeah. Change.

It has come, indeed.

~Theo~

09-24-2010, 11:47 AM	#2
theoddz Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Cranky Old Poop Preferred Pronoun?: Mr. Beast Relationship Status: Married to a beautiful babe whom I don't deserve. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,547 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,163 Thanked 9,937 Times in 2,514 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I think what we're seeing, too, in another sense, is the awakening and angering of America. For too long, politicians have campaigned on lies, but before, we were all economically better off and there were enough folks satisfied with status quos, as opposed to those whose lives and livelihoods were on the line. People who are this angry want to blame someone and do something, so they are doing just that now and going to the polls. If a politician doesn't fulfill promises, we'll vote 'em out!! Simple. It always comes down to whose ox is getting gored. This time, it's not just the GLBTQ's and other "fringe" groups. It's now the everyday "mainstream" American, and large numbers of them. Too many people have lost and are losing too much and this has gotten everyone all fired up...and scared, too. Unemployment can happen to career politicians as well as anyone else now and that's a lot of power!!! So, if we're lied to, we'll vote 'em out and these crooked politicians are waking up to this fact. It's not just "business/politics as usual" anymore. In Michael Moore's latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story", he hits the nail on the head when he says that the ONE thing that the Politicians/Ruling Class/ "Have's"/Corporatists fear most is the vote, because there are more of US than there are of them, and nowdays.....we'll use that power. Yeah. Change. It has come, indeed. *~Theo~* __________________ *"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."* -- J. R. R. Tolkien

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