President Obama: Policy, Presidency, and Person

Chancie · 10-10-2011, 06:51 AM

My gut reaction is I agree. Then I think, Maybe if it got bad enough, there's be more protest from the left. I am happy to see the recent grass roots organizing, which I thought we were doomed to see only from the tea party. I don't know what it's like for people who live in other parts of the country, but jobs are very hard to come by here, especially for people who need enough money to support a family. Who's to say that radical organizing can only come from progressives.

Heart · 10-10-2011, 07:40 AM

The timing concerns me. The OWS movement, which is protesting policies that started under the Republicans, will put forward a "revolutionary" candidate, split the party, and we'll end up with another Republican president.

Obama did not run as a radical. He has always been a firm centrist. The left projected all kinds of stuff onto him that he never embodied. I'm not an apologist for Obama - I've been disappointed too. But I'm also not inclined to romanticize politics -- it's a pragmatic business at best.

Heart

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Chancie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme-inist Relationship Status: I'm lucky. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Western Mass Posts: 3,772 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,485 Thanked 14,535 Times in 2,741 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	My gut reaction is I agree. Then I think, Maybe if it got bad enough, there's be more protest from the left. I am happy to see the recent grass roots organizing, which I thought we were doomed to see only from the tea party. I don't know what it's like for people who live in other parts of the country, but jobs are very hard to come by here, especially for people who need enough money to support a family. Who's to say that radical organizing can only come from progressives.

10-10-2011, 07:40 AM	#2
Heart Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: rainbows! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Posts: 466 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 303 Thanked 2,522 Times in 409 Posts Rep Power: 12032610	The timing concerns me. The OWS movement, which is protesting policies that started under the Republicans, will put forward a "revolutionary" candidate, split the party, and we'll end up with another Republican president. Obama did not run as a radical. He has always been a firm centrist. The left projected all kinds of stuff onto him that he never embodied. I'm not an apologist for Obama - I've been disappointed too. But I'm also not inclined to romanticize politics -- it's a pragmatic business at best. Heart