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Originally Posted by Geoc
I remember when Obama was a democrat primary, everyone was hopeful. He made a lot of good promises and even popularized the the phrase 'yes we can'.
Now that his first term is almost over, it just seems that all the hope went a little unfounded. He had plans, but somethings just can't be done under certain circumstances.
Don't be too hopeful when one good man/woman makes it into the presidency, because the whole government would be working against him/her.
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Obama was really good at getting people pumped up. He had a brilliant campaign. His problem was, he won.
I have really come to believe that he never expected to. He barely showed up in the senate, sponsored a bill or two and suddenly he's president?
Don't get me wrong...I started to get excited by him too. But his jig was up as soon as he started announcing his appointments to the various offices.
"I'm not going to go with the establishment!"
Except for the following appointments that were in Bush's administration and Clinton's. The Bush ones were like,
"We're not going to appoint lobbyists to cabinet posts"
Well, except for these ones, and this guy, and shit! we has got to have this guy....
Oh, and then the economy dies, and he spends his first year on a health care system that apparently no one wants. Honestly...go universal or leave it as is. So you wasted a valuable year. And then lost control of the house.
And the economy got worse.
Then you cleared out GM shareholders through bankruptcy, and gave half the company to the fucking union.
So this is what happens when you Jimmy Carter it up. You set the stage for Reagan.
At this point, they are even more fucked, because he's been sticking it in the ass end now for 3 years, and whatever republican gets the nom, from what I've seen in the debates is destined to be worse. The only guy that makes any sense is Ron Paul, and shit, if you didn't like the changes Obama made, then that dude is gonna curl your hair.