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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:06 PM Original message |
Question: Could it be that Obama is acting more like a Senator than a President... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd call it acting more like a President than a monarch |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +1 |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I beleive he should have come out with more than some nebulous goals... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Keep calling them nebulous |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Give me a break... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. That's exactly right...too many DUers want a Daddy |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Man you really misunderstood the idea... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. The parameters are there |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I really hope you are right.. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Isn't it always slipping away |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I was pretty confident durring the election... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. They were like a bull in a china shop |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. We need to use the summer recess to pressure our congress-critters and... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Case in point: the Chavez apologists. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am glad he was a Senator first... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. that's true but he it still seems to me as if they are having a hard |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Maybe it is a strategy we just are not use to seeing.. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Even Johnson, the last Seantor President, resorted to executive mode |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Wowee! It's hard to pass comprehensive health care reform? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It would have been a hell of a lot easier if he had not thrown the process |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Oh, would it have? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Smugness fits you well... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Why thank you |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. If Obama doesn't hit the stump |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm glad he is hitting the stump... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. More like he's always done, throughout his career |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I agree and I thought he was taking that tak... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. He might want to switch to Emperor mode, since he has to herd cats. |
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pinb1212 (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm worried this August recess will be the undoing of health care |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, since he's no longer a Senator, he doesn't craft legislation anymore. By law, he can't even be |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. So, no leader's ever presented Congress with priority legislation? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. There is reality and then there is the real world... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I can't believe some of you think anyone actually buys this argument |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Really,,,, |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Oh. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. There are four or five bills right now.... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No shit |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. What trap are you talking about... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I'm saying you're |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
38. We need more "FDR" and less "Jimmy Carter" from President Obama! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
39. Electoral mandates have nothing to do with the opposition he faces in Congress. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
40. No, he's acting like a president, not a dictator. |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Exactly |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Thats his main problem with some posters on here |
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