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Last night on the cab ride home, I had a great discussion with the driver about President Barack Obama. Many of the supporters that rallied, cried, and worked to get the man elected are now the main people ready to throw him under the bus.
Does that make sense?
People stressed about having a Democratic president, someone who was going to fix all the problems that the Bush Administration created, but what we failed to realize is the damage that was done during those 8 years would take longer than everyone really considered.
right?
According to Air America, "During the hours before President Obama gave his speech on Afghanistan, progressives began panning it. Said The Huffington Post's Derrick Crowe:
“The president is getting ready to announce his decision re: Afghanistan. A note to press covering this: adding more troops is the opposite of an "exit strategy," and should be noted as such."
So, what does that say about elections and promises? Do people really expect the person to deliver the first year of their presidency? Have people taken a step back to realize how much damage was done before the man got into office?
If it was a White Male Democrat who was president, would people still be so judgmental and critical?
While reading Air America, there was a question that Tina Nole posed to her readers that I thought was a perfect question for Americans to consider:
It’s quite possible that our expectations are not only unrealistic but impossible. The president, in 365 days was supposed to, close Guantanamo Bay, legalize gay marriage, get rid of "don’t ask don’t tell," repair the economy, end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, create an endless supply of jobs for the American unemployed and repair the economy?
WOW! That's going to take more than 365 years, let's just say 8 years if we are lucky!
According to Politifact: President Obama has kept 56 of his campaign promises thus far with another 255 not yet rated, while breaking 7, odds I’m willing to accept.
My Thoughts....
Are we truly supporting a candidate that we elected?
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I’m not suggesting we stop questioning our president, but if we wake up in a few years to a new regime of Republican leadership, let’s not scratch our heads and wonder how that happened, says Tina Nole.
Published December 4, 2009 by Tatiana McKinney |
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Comments (3)
I think Democrats are very poor realists and not very reliable. We are on our way to being so much better off than we were, but it all takes time.
When people are unhappy with the government's responsiveness, one has to realize that not only are all the other elected leaders pretty much the same as before, ALL of the government bureaucracy is pretty much the same as always.
The only exception I think is the military. They surprised the administration I think by being way ahead of the curve on a different way to proceed. They saw the errors of the previous administrations ways LONG ago and have quietly prepared a different strategy.
But every other service is colored and hampered outright in many ways by the status quo, which will take years to recreate whether change is mandated or not.
Democrats should take note that a very bad President went a long way and a long time just on party loyalty to the point of accepting lies. We should not accept lies, but holding fast to predicted dates and expecting change NOW is irresponsible. How about a little loyalty while we give advice?
Posted by Jean
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December 4, 2009 11:55 AM
Posted on December 4, 2009 11:55
You are absolutely right. Quick fix will only produce short-term, shallow results. Producing real, ripen fruits always takes long, with much pain and efforts until to get there.
Posted by Mikyung Lim
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December 4, 2009 1:24 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 13:24
I don't mind being patient; however, not at the expense of the lives of hundreds of thousands of Afghans and our soldiers-- ending war is not by any means easy, and in fact there is no simple solution to the wars we're engaged in, but sending in more troops is an escalation of conflict, not a step towards ending the war. At least that's how I see it. Being a voter is not as simple as cheering for the home team-- we also have to be actively engaged in pushing our legislators towards peace, justice and doing the right things. Plenty of others are pushing Obama to do the wrong things. It's up to us to be an engaged citizenry. The people of the world are counting on it.
Posted by mtuckey
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December 4, 2009 5:22 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 17:22