Reply #70: We have differing views on this Rasputin1952. I think President Obama is equally at fault. [View All]

[bertman]

Congress certainly bears its share of the blame, but the President was not forced by Congress to hire Summers and Geithner, nor to accept their advice. Nor was he forced by Congress to become a quiet mouse of an advocate for a robust public option for healthcare when he could have energized ALL of us if he had used his bully pulpit. Congress did not make the decision about 30,000 more troops being sent to Afghanistan either.

I, for one, have been burning up the cyberwaves with emails to my Senators and Congressman and the President. I'm supporting the activist groups that I think will help elect REAL Dems, not ConservaDems. I've demonstrated for healthcare and for taking action to mitigate climate change. If I had more money and more time I would do more. Right now, I'm doing the best I can with what I have.

And you?

P.S. When were you with the 101st?