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Showing Original Post only (View all)Appreciation thread for President Barack Obama~ [View all]
After All This, Has He Earned Nothing?By Liberal Librarian
There are no wage/labor/environmental protections!
Thats just false. The summary shows this. You can only believe this if you, without evidence, assume the summary is false propaganda.
And that last point leads into the meat of the essay.
Obama must be lying. Hes sold us out. Hes the corporatist we always knew he was.
Pres. Obama has operated under a handicap for the 6 and a half years of his presidency.
No, Im not talking about him being the nations first African-American president. There is that. But Ive come to realize thats not his largest handicap.
No, Im referring to the almost messianic hopes pinned on his presidency.
Yes, his campaign and governing themes have been hope and change. But I defy anyone to point to me where he says I am the hope, or I am the change.
People heard the words hope and change and zoned out after that, without listening to the full message. You are the hope. You are the change.
Nothing is easy. Pres. Obama didnt promise a path laid with primroses. He emphasized that nothing changes without struggle, without sweat. But Americans, being Americans, pinned all their hopes on a magical being. And when life, being what it is, turned out to be much messier than they had envisioned, they turned on a dime and blamed Pres. Obama.
He betrayed us! Theres no change, no hope!
Thats just false. The summary shows this. You can only believe this if you, without evidence, assume the summary is false propaganda.
And that last point leads into the meat of the essay.
Obama must be lying. Hes sold us out. Hes the corporatist we always knew he was.
Pres. Obama has operated under a handicap for the 6 and a half years of his presidency.
No, Im not talking about him being the nations first African-American president. There is that. But Ive come to realize thats not his largest handicap.
No, Im referring to the almost messianic hopes pinned on his presidency.
Yes, his campaign and governing themes have been hope and change. But I defy anyone to point to me where he says I am the hope, or I am the change.
People heard the words hope and change and zoned out after that, without listening to the full message. You are the hope. You are the change.
Nothing is easy. Pres. Obama didnt promise a path laid with primroses. He emphasized that nothing changes without struggle, without sweat. But Americans, being Americans, pinned all their hopes on a magical being. And when life, being what it is, turned out to be much messier than they had envisioned, they turned on a dime and blamed Pres. Obama.
He betrayed us! Theres no change, no hope!
Read More http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/24/after-all-this-has-he-earned-nothing/
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They won't be happy until we get a Libertarian POTUS. Then they'll extoll HIS greatness.
freshwest
Apr 2015
#33
Being skeptical of another so-called "Free Trade" Agreement isn't irrational.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#31
All multi-party contract negotiations, including trade deals and peace talks
lovemydog
Apr 2015
#108
Dear sheshe. We don't have to see the final draft. What we've seen so far tells
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#37
No, if you didn't like NAFTA neither does Tomas Perez and President Obama.. who have learned
Cha
Apr 2015
#9
I suspect some of their candidates are familiar with the mythologies of straw dogs and Jesus:
freshwest
Apr 2015
#106
I am, too! MAN, I don't know how I would withstand the criticism and the constant fault-finding and
calimary
Apr 2015
#84
Yes it's clear the trolls are back at work. I guess they have more scheduled for the weekend. It is
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#30
I won't attack you but I will correct you: He never "moved away from single payer" he NEVER
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#43
I won't attack you but I will correct you: He never "moved away from single payer" he NEVER
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#45
The right isn't God given, it's given by the international laws of warfare. That is the problem with
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#68
Either they don't have the technology some have drones but they either don't have lethal
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#81
"We don't give a shit about cults of personality." This is an appreciation thread for the
Cha
Apr 2015
#98
No, she meant what she posted.. it's an Appreciation thread for President Obama.. for all he's done
Cha
Apr 2015
#99
no, he's been dishonest about this and he's teaming up with the republicans to shove the tpp
cali
Apr 2015
#100
No one expected a "magical being." What a truly dumb fucking thing for that blogger to say.
SMC22307
Apr 2015
#130
I'm Ready For Oligarchy - Are You? - Support Obama On TPP - What Better Way To Enrich The 1% More
cantbeserious
Apr 2015
#133