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| I think that Obama has done most of the direct damage he could do to the country. The worst thing I can think that he would be able to do in the next four years would be appoint more supreme court justices. Of course he might be able to manage more damage if his reelection is taken as a progressive mandate but I don't think it will be - and I trust that our GOP representatives would continue their efforts to rein him in, in accordance with the will of their constituents. There is still the possible problem of other countries perceiving us as weak militarily. But mostly it's the supreme court I worry about. I'd be more worried about Romney appointing replacements for Scalia and Thomas because he'd be more likely to appoint a moderate like Kennedy who is only conservative some of the time. I also don't worry that much about an Obama second term because, historically, none of these guys have good second terms. Second terms is when it usually falls apart. To recap for those who came in late- Bush had Katrina, lost congress, and the war went south on him. Clinton had Monica and all the other petty scandals. Reagan had Iran Contra Nixon had Watergate. and "-gate" became a suffix for scandal. LBJ had Vietnam. Truman had Korean and McCarthyism. I think the only guy who had an okay second term was Ike. THird, my biggest problem with potential Romney presidency is that the man is really at his heart a liberal. So things that the GOP congress would oppose if Obama had a second term they might go along with in a Romney first term.
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| Yeah.....Right.....it was Obama's Court that blew campaign-spending straight-outta-the-water. ![]() Quote: January 21, 2010 "The ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08-205, overruled two precedents: Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, a 1990 decision that upheld restrictions on corporate spending to support or oppose political candidates, and McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, a 2003 decision that upheld the part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 that restricted campaign spending by corporations and unions." |
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| RNC Chairman Compares Obama To Italian Cruise Ship Captain Accused Of Manslaughter | ThinkProgress Norquist: Republicans Will Impeach Obama If He Doesn't Extend Bush Tax Cuts | ThinkProgress Real Time Panel Embarrasses Dana Rohrabacher After He Claims Obama Wants 'To Gut The Military' | ThinkProgress What's your point? p.s., Norquist sucks .... other than that I have no idea why you posted that.
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| These days, Presidents and other governmental leaders don't introduce something unless they are sure they can get it passed. There is nothing about changing minds, dragging the kicking screaming opposition (and some supporters) across the finish line. So the result is timidity and wide-spread dissatisfaction.
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| I'm pretty sure that sums it up nicely. She has a cute kitten however.
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| Even if Obama doesn't win the election, we still have those nit wits in the senate that will cause the same problems. We need to get those people out of the senate somehow too. We're in the same situations if we don't because the senate will continue to make our getting back on the right track impossible. |
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| I think that Obama has done most of the direct damage he could do to the country. The worst thing I can think that he would be able to do in the next four years would be appoint more supreme court justices. Of course he might be able to manage more damage if his reelection is taken as a progressive mandate but I don't think it will be - and I trust that our GOP representatives would continue their efforts to rein him in, in accordance with the will of their constituents. There is still the possible problem of other countries perceiving us as weak militarily. But mostly it's the supreme court I worry about. ![]() um, the weak military argument doesn't work anymore in a all volunteer military force... now if you want to reinstate the draft, we'll go all over the planet and be the world's police force, like you want it to be. shit, we'll even bomb Iran for you. |
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| I think that Obama has done most of the direct damage he could do to the country. The worst thing I can think that he would be able to do in the next four years would be appoint more supreme court justices. Of course he might be able to manage more damage if his reelection is taken as a progressive mandate but I don't think it will be - and I trust that our GOP representatives would continue their efforts to rein him in, in accordance with the will of their constituents. There is still the possible problem of other countries perceiving us as weak militarily. But mostly it's the supreme court I worry about.
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| Obama creates government jobs. Those don't count. We need private sector jobs.
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| I think I get it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() See? In the Republican World of Bizarro ideology, a good president is a bad one and Bush, a bad president, was a "good" president. Killing thousands of Americans and maiming tens of thousands of Americans to bring down a dictator that never attacked us is a "good thing" and is the "way things should be done". But stopping a dictator who has American blood on his hands from killing his own people without the loss of a single American life is a "bad thing" and proves we are "weak". See? |
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| Well, rdean's familiarity with comic books might explain his reading comprehension. Yeah, his posts make more sense now. |
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| That would be a bigger mistake then electing him potus, but idiots will support the fool for that also. |
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![]() BTW, gov't workers do earn money, which they spend on goods and services, just like any other consumer. You do realize that, right?
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| RNC Chairman Compares Obama To Italian Cruise Ship Captain Accused Of Manslaughter | ThinkProgress Norquist: Republicans Will Impeach Obama If He Doesn't Extend Bush Tax Cuts | ThinkProgress Real Time Panel Embarrasses Dana Rohrabacher After He Claims Obama Wants 'To Gut The Military' | ThinkProgress p.s., Norquist sucks .... other than that I have no idea why you posted that.
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