stahrgazer wrote:I really think it's sad that most ppl are blaming him for shit W signed into law while he was in office;
1. The bailouts Obama's being blamed for were W initiatives, signed in late '08 just before the elections. Obama said then it was unlikely to work, but W signed them into law.
2. The Afghanistan campaign he said all along we had to up, because W sent our main forces into the wrong country.
3. Troops in Iraq are needed because those people are so angry at us for W sending our troops into the wrong country; now that we've caused chaos there, it would be dumb to simply pull out rather than try to figure a way to PEACEFULLY pull out.
4. Economy went to sh*t on W's watch, Obama said all along it would take years to recover, but some of the recovery has started because of OBAMA initiatives.
5. Health care. Obama NEVER said he wanted a socialist system of healthcare, he simply said he wanted CONGRESS to find a way to give health care to all Americans because we spend more of our gnp on healthcare and have one of the unhealthiest nations as a whole.
6. Apologies to other nations because W and co. engaged in tactics outside the treaties we've signed; tactics that we've prosecuted other dictators for engaging in. Good for you; if an apology keeps the US out of criminal war court, good for YOU.
7. Rule of law: Much as I don't want terrorists to have the benefit of our laws, that IS what our Constitution outlines. It sucks. I'd like to see all rapists and molesters castrated, all murderers beheaded, and all terrorists torn apart starting with finger and toenails; unfortunately, that's not how our Constitution - which Obama was elected to uphold - outlines. So, good for you for upholding the laws as written.
Thumbs up, Obama: unlike many of your predecessors, you're a critical thinker --- like Reagan was.
NOW ask me how I feel about Congress and our Supreme Court and see how my answers change from thumbs up to rotten tomatoes!!! And W and co. deserve to be tried for treason for pulling some of the stunts they did, but that'll never happen.
This poster is either completely misinformed or is in a serious state of denial. Bush's bailout was Bush's bailout. Obama's bailout is Obama's bailout.(And I think he has 2 of them) Obama bailed out the auto industry, has NOTHING to do with Bush. Some stimulus huh? 1 year later and over 500 billion has yet to be spent! That's not a stimulus package, it's a spending package.
Troops in the wrong country eh? Then why are they STILL in Iraq??????????
Some of the recovery has already started? Then PLEASE explain the REAL 17% unemployment rate!
A Senator has said that there are several things in the health care bill that are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Now why would they ignore the Constitution? Why would you even present unconstitutional items in a bill?
On the subject of the Constitution, why fall back on it when we are talking about terrorists be ignore it elsewhere?
Wake up.