Why Don't the Democrats Discuss Obama's Policies?

[Claudette]

It's an election year and it seems all the democrats want to discuss is contrived "Dog and Pony Shows". This is a serious election, and Obama's policies are off the table.
I would like to see the left defend what Obama's accomplishments have been, both the good and the bad.

Shit. Why discuss abject failure??

Dog and pony shows are the only thing they can discuss.

They are just hoping some of it rubs of on Romney.

 

[NYcarbineer]

It's an election year and it seems all the democrats want to discuss is contrived "Dog and Pony Shows". This is a serious election, and Obama's policies are off the table.
I would like to see the left defend what Obama's accomplishments have been, both the good and the bad.

You're implying that Obama supporters on this forum have been noticeably absent in any threads dealing with the economy, jobs, tax policy, stimulus, foreign policy, the healthcare bill, for starters...

simple question -

where is your evidence of that?

 

[007]

The economy was shedding 800,00 jobs per month when he took office. It has created 4.5M private sector jobs in the past 3 years.

The economy was an annualized 9% of its income when Obama took office. It has since been growing for 12 straight quarters.

The President stuck to his promise and timeline in Iraq and to his promise (with a delay due to the situation on the ground) in Afghanistan.

The President ordered the death of OBL. On the other hand, GITMO is still open.

The President rescinded DADT.

The President quit defending DOMA and took steps towards recognizing all marriages.

The President passed the most significant health care reform package since LBJ and significant, if watered-down, financial reform.

Oooooohh... WHOOPSIE... what's this now... oh noooo, this just blows your line of bull shit clear out of the water... real sorry about that leftist, but hey, nobody really likes you guys lying all the time... know what I mean... ?

ANOTHER TRILLION-DOLLAR DEFICIT

CBO: Feds flirting with double-dip recession - Washington Times

The little kenyan boy with the muslim name is nothing more than a shitty little radical raised by commies that hates America. He should be thrown out with the trash from the White House, and that will happen in November.

And here, this answers your OP, Meister. It says it all. It really does.

And here, this is an excellent example of how much you leftist HATE the light of truth to be shown on you and your radical little commie messiah and his agenda.

 

[Full-Auto]

It's an election year and it seems all the democrats want to discuss is contrived "Dog and Pony Shows". This is a serious election, and Obama's policies are off the table.
I would like to see the left defend what Obama's accomplishments have been, both the good and the bad.

You're implying that Obama supporters on this forum have been noticeably absent in any threads dealing with the economy, jobs, tax policy, stimulus, foreign policy, the healthcare bill, for starters...

simple question -

where is your evidence of that?

Their minds have been absent.......You guys have made wonderful parrots of the DNC message, but not a single hint of the ability to think on your own...........

 

[G.T.]

Oooooohh... WHOOPSIE... what's this now... oh noooo, this just blows your line of bull shit clear out of the water... real sorry about that leftist, but hey, nobody really likes you guys lying all the time... know what I mean... ?

ANOTHER TRILLION-DOLLAR DEFICIT

CBO: Feds flirting with double-dip recession - Washington Times

The little kenyan boy with the muslim name is nothing more than a shitty little radical raised by commies that hates America. He should be thrown out with the trash from the White House, and that will happen in November.

And here, this answers your OP, Meister. It says it all. It really does.

And here, this is an excellent example of how much you leftist HATE the light of truth to be shown on you and your radical little commie messiah and his agenda.

I'm just not as disjointed from reality as you seem to be, that's all. I don't hate you for it, but I do think that it's pretty funny.

 

[Plasmaball]

Okay, I'll bite, just what is his economic policies? Or, is it more of a vision and not any serious details?

^ this right here should cause concern for anyone with a brain.

You're on a message board, hammering a candidate who's policies are easily found online -

Asking a message board what they are, and continuing the partisan canaard that both sides continue which is create a false discussion and perpetuate it in light of facts and data.

for fuck's sake, read and learn:

Jobs and the Economy — President Obama’s Record — Barack Obama

Good grief! That is a joke and you know it. Auto sales are down, GM still owes us billions of dollars and the government is a shareholder. Talk about a friggin false discussion, GT, I thought you were smarter than this, I'm disappointed.
Small businesses had to jump through hoops to get any benefits.
Obama cherry picked companies to receive government grants. YES, platitudes huh?
Typical

sales are down in Europe for GM...EUROPE....

 

[courseofhistory]

Obama has been an OK president imo. I hated him 4 years ago and voted McCain because I bought into all the rumors, associations, etc. about him. But today that doesn't matter to me because I think he has stepped up and been a pretty good president. If Romney gets elected, people will be saying pretty much the same thing about him regarding the economy because he will not be able to keep his campaign promises and cut as much as he said he would, etc. In order to keep funding defense as he promises, he'd have to cut many other programs by 40% or more according to some estimates.

Some of his accomplishments:

Most deportations despite his psuedo DREAM act policy

•Obama has overhauled the food safety system
•Advanced women's rights in the work place
•Ended Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) in our military
•Stopped defending DOMA in court.
•Passed the Hate Crimes bill.
•Appointed two pro-choice women to the Supreme Court.
•Expanded access to medical care and provided subsidies for people who can't afford it.
•Expanded the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
•Fixed the preexisting conditions travesty [and rescissions] in health insurance.
•Invested in clean energy.
•Overhauled the credit card industry, making it much more consumer-friendly.
•While Dodd-Frank bill was weak in many respects, it was still an extremely worthwhile start at re-regulating the financial sector.
•He created a Elizabeth Warren's dream agency: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
•He's done a lot for veterans
•He got help for people whose health was injured during the clean-up after the 9/11 attacks
•He's killed Osama Bin Laden
•Eliminated several other Al-Qaeda leaders
•Ended the War in Iraq
•Begun the drawdown of forces from Afghanistan
•End-run Republican obstructionism by recess-appointing Richard Cordray to run the Consumer Financial Protection Board.

The reason republicans don't give him credit for any of this is because most of these things are not priorities for them.

Obama wasn't/isn't necessarily my first choice for President but of the two choices now, I lean towards him.

 

[Plasmaball]

And here, this answers your OP, Meister. It says it all. It really does.

And here, this is an excellent example of how much you leftist HATE the light of truth to be shown on you and your radical little commie messiah and his agenda.

I'm just not as disjointed from reality as you seem to be, that's all. I don't hate you for it, but I do think that it's pretty funny.

its funny and yet just sad, because he is serious.

 

[Jackson]

The economy was shedding 800,00 jobs per month when he took office. It has created 4.5M private sector jobs in the past 3 years.

The economy was an annualized 9% of its income when Obama took office. It has since been growing for 12 straight quarters.

The President stuck to his promise and timeline in Iraq and to his promise (with a delay due to the situation on the ground) in Afghanistan.

The President ordered the death of OBL. On the other hand, GITMO is still open.

The President rescinded DADT.

The President quit defending DOMA and took steps towards recognizing all marriages.

The President passed the most significant health care reform package since LBJ and significant, if watered-down, financial reform.

If these are significant feats that can't be refuted, why aren't they talking about them?

 

[BlindBoo]

Why? Because when talking to Republicans facts don't matter. All that matters to them is the noise coming out of their echo chamber. Any variance from that noise is met with a wide range of mostly insults and lies.

 

[kwc57]

It's an election year and it seems all the democrats want to discuss is contrived "Dog and Pony Shows". This is a serious election, and Obama's policies are off the table.
I would like to see the left defend what Obama's accomplishments have been, both the good and the bad.

 

[Meister]

Why? Because when talking to Republicans facts don't matter. All that matters to them is the noise coming out of their echo chamber. Any variance from that noise is met with a wide range of mostly insults and lies.

Let's talk about the irony in that.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

The economy was shedding 800,00 jobs per month when he took office. It has created 4.5M private sector jobs in the past 3 years.

The economy was an annualized 9% of its income when Obama took office. It has since been growing for 12 straight quarters.

The President stuck to his promise and timeline in Iraq and to his promise (with a delay due to the situation on the ground) in Afghanistan.

The President ordered the death of OBL. On the other hand, GITMO is still open.

The President rescinded DADT.

The President quit defending DOMA and took steps towards recognizing all marriages.

The President passed the most significant health care reform package since LBJ and significant, if watered-down, financial reform.

Well let's see
Bush got the master mind behind 9/11 and all key figures that coordinated the attack. and Bin Ladin wasn't wanted by the FBI for the attacks on 9/11.
DADT exactly how does that change the unemployment numbers?

The economy was an annualized 9% of its income when Obama took office. It has since been growing for 12 straight quarters.

42 straight months of unemployment above 8%

The President passed the most significant health care reform package since LBJ and significant, if watered-down, financial reform.

Unwanted by majority of Americans.

The President stuck to his promise and timeline in Iraq and to his promise (with a delay due to the situation on the ground) in Afghanistan.

Bush plan

Now let's see Here's a short list
obama signed the ndaa indefinite detention clause
ALLOWED GUNS INTO THE HANDS OF TERRORIST IN MEXICO
Gave aid to America's enemy in libya
by passed congress on many issues
Losing America's money on failed green energy
Still controls GM
Ended Due process
Record number of Americans on food stamps.
Gitmo still opened

AAA CREDIT RATING DOWN GRADED

 

[Caroljo]

I doubt that's what they'd say because that's the truth! Lol!

 

[Full-Auto]

Why? Because when talking to Republicans facts don't matter. All that matters to them is the noise coming out of their echo chamber. Any variance from that noise is met with a wide range of mostly insults and lies.

Oh please Queenie.................

Did you want to discuss the two thousand felonies committed by Obamas FBI.

We dont stop there either.

 

[Caroljo]

Ya know...i thought making it illegal for insurance companies to reject you for PEC was great. Hopefully it really is. I started thinking about that because so many are out of work, so most lost their insurance too. When they do get insurance again they shouldn't have a problem even if they have a PEC. But does this new law tell the insurance companies HOW MUCH they can charge? Did they put a cap or something on the highest premium they can charge?

I'm just seeing when this really kicks in and people are trying to get their insurance that it'll end up that they can't afford it at all. If Ins companies are forced to pay for treatments that they know ahead of time is going to cost a lot of money, you can bet the insured will be charged out the ass!

 

[candycorn]

It's an election year and it seems all the democrats want to discuss is contrived "Dog and Pony Shows". This is a serious election, and Obama's policies are off the table.
I would like to see the left defend what Obama's accomplishments have been, both the good and the bad.

Passed ACA extending insurable age until 26 y/o. Made it illegal for insurance companies to reject you on PECs. Closing the Medicare Loophole. Saved GM. Killed OBL. Got us out of Iraq. Getting us out of Afghanistan although not quickly enough. Appled American muscle where it was needed; hesitated where it was not. Appointed two level-headed justices to the high court. Will appoint more.

All good reasons to re-elect him.

Bad reasons?

Too big to fail institutions are still too big to fail. Wall Street reform was laughed at by Wall Street and is a muddled mess. Never came up with a 10 word answer about the ACA. The new normal unemployment rate happened on his watch; hesitated to use it.

He has a naievity that is almost the stuff of mal-practice at times...he actually thought he could work with the GOP. Sucker.

These are reasons not to re-elect him but the good drastically outweighs the bad.

Whoa! GM would have survived through bankruptcy protection, and would have come out of it leaner and meaner than before. Their revenues are down 41% from a year ago. You just bought into the talking points of the left.
The ACA is a bill that the overwhelming number of Americans wanted no part of for various reasons.
Killed OBL...yes that is good
We got out of Iraq under Bush's timeline...nothing more and nothing less.
Gitmo os still open.
Yes, two liberal judges are level headed

Easy to say GM would have survived since you don't know either way thousands of jobs would have been lost--most non-union.

The ACA has some very good aspects that Americans are coming to love

Glad you agree killing OBL was good--a lot of your stripe won't give the credit to the CIC.

We're out of Iraq on Obama's watch. He gets credit.

Level headed judges whom you philosophically oppose are fine with me.

Yes Gitmo is still open; points off but really, nobody cares. Too big to fail is still too big to fail which will come back and hurt us really bad later on when they need a bail-out again. The President should wise up and realize that Congress is not going to work with him and do more through executive orders.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Passed ACA extending insurable age until 26 y/o. Made it illegal for insurance companies to reject you on PECs. Closing the Medicare Loophole. Saved GM. Killed OBL. Got us out of Iraq. Getting us out of Afghanistan although not quickly enough. Appled American muscle where it was needed; hesitated where it was not. Appointed two level-headed justices to the high court. Will appoint more.

All good reasons to re-elect him.

Bad reasons?

Too big to fail institutions are still too big to fail. Wall Street reform was laughed at by Wall Street and is a muddled mess. Never came up with a 10 word answer about the ACA. The new normal unemployment rate happened on his watch; hesitated to use it.

He has a naievity that is almost the stuff of mal-practice at times...he actually thought he could work with the GOP. Sucker.

These are reasons not to re-elect him but the good drastically outweighs the bad.

Whoa! GM would have survived through bankruptcy protection, and would have come out of it leaner and meaner than before. Their revenues are down 41% from a year ago. You just bought into the talking points of the left.
The ACA is a bill that the overwhelming number of Americans wanted no part of for various reasons.
Killed OBL...yes that is good
We got out of Iraq under Bush's timeline...nothing more and nothing less.
Gitmo os still open.
Yes, two liberal judges are level headed

Easy to say GM would have survived since you don't know either way thousands of jobs would have been lost--most non-union. - Bullshit, GM is still in the shitter
The ACA has some very good aspects that Americans are coming to love - Really? It doesn't go into effect until 2014
Glad you agree killing OBL was good--a lot of your stripe won't give the credit to the CIC. - Thanks Bush!

We're out of Iraq on Obama's watch. He gets credit. - That plan was in place in 2008

Level headed judges whom you philosophically oppose are fine with me. - They're left wing ideologues.
Yes Gitmo is still open; points off but really, nobody cares. Too big to fail is still too big to fail which will come back and hurt us really bad later on when they need a bail-out again. The President should wise up and realize that Congress is not going to work with him and do more through executive orders. - Hail King Obama!!!

 

[Caroljo]

So where in this long list does it say he's gotten people back to work?

OH! IT DOESN'T!...

How about his FAILURES?

Exempting 166 trade unions from Obamacare mandates. And other companies are exempt as well - pays to play.

Threw Israel under-the-bus, telling them to go back to pre-War borders after he said he would not... liar-in-chief strikes again.


Using taxpayer dollars to pay back his donor friends - like Solyndra and Siga!

Either is the most uninformed President ever or a liar - (Fast and Furious)

Naming numerous Communists/Socialists/Progres... to his various Czar positions and then watching them scurry for cover when Beck begins to call them out, forcing them to resign!!

Allows a House Bill Cap/Cut/Balance to be killed by Reid in the Senate resulting in a downgrade of the nation's bond rating.
It's time to list obama's failures and accomplishments in light of the upcoming election cycle.

OR How about all his "1ST'S?" (same link)

First President to refuse to show a valid birth certificate.

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.

First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.

First President to preside over a cut to the credit rating of the United States.

First President to violate the War Powers Act.

First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

First President to defy a Federal Judges court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.

First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.

First President to spend a trillion dollars on shovel-ready jobs and later admit there was no such thing as shovel-ready jobs.

First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.

First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.

First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.

First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.

First President to terminate Americas ability to put a man in space.

First President to encourage racial discrimination and intimidation at polling places.

First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.

First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.

First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly speak-out on the reasons for their rate increases.

First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state they are allowed to locate a factory.

First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (Az, WI, OH, IN)

First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.

First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.

First President to appoint 45 Czars to replace elected officials in his office.

First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office.

First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.

First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.

First President to coddle American enemies while alienating Americas allies.

First President to publicly bow to Americas enemies while refusing to salute the U.S. Flag.

First President to go on multiple global apology tours.

First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends, paid for by the taxpayer.

First President to refuse to wear the U.S. Flag lapel pin.

First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.

First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000.00 a year at taxpayer expense.

First President to repeat the Holy Qur'an tells us, and openly admit the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth.

 

[8537]

I guess that is what needs to be said when the president didn't have his eye on the ball for the first two years of his presidency. His policies toward corporations, small businesses, energy and Obamacare was a downer for any type of serious recovery. just sayin....

Yet somehow we went from losing 800,00 jobs per month when he took office to creating jobs 6 months later.

We went from losing 9% annualized of our income to gaining in six months.

Just saying...

Just what did Obama do that accomplished that, what policies did he set in place to accomplish that? Or was it the normal recovery cycle after having come out of a recession?

First you say recoveries are just normal cycle, to be expected.

Then you complain the President did nothing about the economy and therefore failed us.

Which is it?