tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post2439414296246422208..comments2024-03-29T09:28:41.933-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: A WHOPPING 72 PERCENT OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF THE GOPShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-41490245631736507622011-08-08T16:27:01.282-04:002011-08-08T16:27:01.282-04:00Shaw I need no urging to hate the Teabaggers, but ...Shaw I need no urging to hate the Teabaggers, but if Obama doesn't get a handle on things soon we are not going to have a country left to fight over. He has got to do something to turn this unemployment situation around, and FAST. Only a fool fights in a burning house. The time for compromise is over. They are out to murder us, and it's time to hit back big at these lunatics. Surely there are executive orders and other mechanisms available to Obama to thwart the plans of the Teabaggers, no?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614691324815885803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-8288392938785970392011-08-08T11:15:45.386-04:002011-08-08T11:15:45.386-04:00The goopers blame president obama for the downgrad...The goopers blame president obama for the downgrading of the US's credit rating?<br /><br />They really are nuts.<br /><br />S&P specifically named the GOP's unwillingness to compromise and raise revenues as the reason for the downgrade.<br /><br />Are those people really that stupid?<br /><br />Oh, wait...Thayer Nutzhttp://www.nutsonline.com/nuts/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-72416323067648495482011-08-08T09:57:03.565-04:002011-08-08T09:57:03.565-04:00Steve Benen of The Washington Monthly explains how...Steve Benen of The Washington Monthly explains how pundits and more than a few lefties underestimate and denigrate Mr. Obama:<br /><br /><b>"Here are [Mr. Obama's] political accomplishments: defeating the most heavily favored party machine in decades (the Clintons) while actually bringing his biggest rival into his cabinet, where she has performed extraordinarily well; helping to cement the GOP's broad identity as extremists opposed to compromise; entrenching black and Hispanic loyalty to his party; retaining solid favorables and not-too-shabby approval ratings during the worst recession since the 1930s. 44 percent of the country still (rightly) blame Bush for this mess, only 15 percent blame Obama.<br /> <br />On policy: ending the US torture regime; prevention of a second Great Depression; enacting universal healthcare; taking the first serious steps toward reining in healthcare costs; two new female Supreme Court Justices; ending the gay ban in the military; ending the Iraq war; justifying his Afghan Surge by killing bin Laden and now disentangling with face saved; firming up alliances with India, Indonesia and Japan as counter-weights to China; bailing out the banks and auto companies without massive losses (and surging GM profits); advancing (slowly) balanced debt reduction without drastic cuts during the recession; and financial re-regulation.<br /> <br />Yes, there have been failures. The election of Scott Brown; the 2010 mid-terms; the surrender to Netanyahu and AIPAC; the botched and ill-conceived war in Libya; the failure to embrace Bowles Simpson up-front; the collapse of cap and trade (maybe not such a bad thing anyway). But notice what hasn't happened. Where are all the scandals promised by Michelle Malkin? Where are his Katrinas and Monicas?<br /> <br />When I read commentaries expounding on the notion that this man is competely out of his depth, I just have to scratch my head. Given his inheritance, this has been the most substantive first term since Ronald Reagan's. And given Obama's long-game mentality, that is setting us up for a hell of a second one."</b>Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-88870166355083916322011-08-08T08:27:58.479-04:002011-08-08T08:27:58.479-04:00I just wish these seditionist tea baggers would fa...I just wish these seditionist tea baggers would fade into the sunset for the sake of the country.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-72863026982940495242011-08-08T08:01:10.347-04:002011-08-08T08:01:10.347-04:00Jerry, we have to continue to keep the fact that t...Jerry, we have to continue to keep the fact that the TPs brinksmanship caused the downgrade to the US's credit rating, and not let the extremists on the right shift the blame.<br /><br />Sue, I admire your courage. After reading about how FAUX NOOZ characterized Mr. Obama's birthday celebration, I wouldn't watch that snake pit of a cable station if it were the only one on teevee.<br /><br />Infidel753, I agree with you on that. The pundits rarely get anything right and are usually way behind what the American people are thinking.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-43415087576917632752011-08-07T21:59:28.371-04:002011-08-07T21:59:28.371-04:00The anti-teabagger shift would have been even grea...The anti-teabagger shift would have been even greater if more people had been paying close attention to the debt-ceiling fight (according to one survey I saw, three quarters of the public was paying almost no attention to it). But between the Ryan plan and this, the Republicans have crafted themselves a track record as ugly and burdensome as Marley's chains, and the Democrats now have more than a year to drape it over them at every opportunity.<br /><br />Obama is a very smart guy and is usually thinking at least a couple of moves further ahead than everyone else. Never forget that.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-34168411996501790002011-08-07T21:49:02.734-04:002011-08-07T21:49:02.734-04:00My thoughts exactly Jerry!! ya know alot of libera...My thoughts exactly Jerry!! ya know alot of liberals say do not watch Fox, but I like to when something as important as this S&P decision because we must point out the lies and rightwing stupidity. The right fears liberals so much they must lie to make themselves feel better...Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-54421374763745658502011-08-07T21:10:46.184-04:002011-08-07T21:10:46.184-04:00Let's hope the disapproval translates to the v...Let's hope the disapproval translates to the voting booth.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com