283,000 Jobs Lost During Obongo’s ‘Summer of Recovery!’

On 9/7/2010 10:56 AM, trotsky wrote:
> On 9/7/10 9:26 AM, Beam Me Up Scotty wrote:
>> On 9/7/2010 8:33 AM, trotsky wrote:
>>> On 9/6/10 6:41 PM, peachyashiepassion wrote:
>>>> On 9/6/2010 5:29 PM, trotsky wrote:
>>>>> On 9/6/10 9:51 AM, clouddreamer wrote:
>>>>>> On 9/6/2010 12:14 PM, trotsky wrote:
>>>>>>> On 9/5/10 3:49 PM, Barb May wrote:
>>>>>>>> Professor Bubba wrote:
>>>>>>>>> In article<4c82c5b9$1 @&*$?%news.x-privat.org>, Barb May
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The Dems can’t just blame “stupid Americans” for believing the
>>>>>>>>>> GOP.
>>>>>>>>>> The fault lies with the failures of the Democratic Party
>>>>>>>>>> leadership
>>>>>>>>>> and especially its inability to lead — and that goes double for
>>>>>>>>>> Obama. I voted for Obama and my biggest disappointment to date
>>>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>>> been his lack of leadership. Why hasn’t he used the bully
>>>>>>>>>> pulpit? He
>>>>>>>>>> sits back and does nothing while the GOP defines the issues and
>>>>>>>>>> builds tremendous momentum, and then only responds after public
>>>>>>>>>> opinion has hardened to the point where he’s lucky if he can
>>>>>>>>>> salvage
>>>>>>>>>> anything. And at the same time he is letting GOP operatives yank
>>>>>>>>>> his
>>>>>>>>>> chain with a bunch of non-issues that he shouldn’t dignify with a
>>>>>>>>>> response.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If Obama manages to win a second term it’ll only be because
>>>>>>>>>> the GOP
>>>>>>>>>> overreaches once again in a way that disgusts everyone.
>>>>>>>>>> Fortunately
>>>>>>>>>> there’s a very good chance of that happening, but it won’t make
>>>>>>>>>> Obama a better leader either.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I swear you’ve been reading my mind. I couldn’t have said any of
>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>> better myself.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think I might have been channeling a majority of those who voted
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> Obama with that post.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> “Better leader than what” comes to my mind.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Problem is that Obama is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’d rather have him sit back and get the job done and no one can deny
>>>>>> that he had gotten things done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.politifact.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What if, instead of liberals/progressives/Dems complaining that
>>>>> Obama is
>>>>> in some way inadequate, we acknowledge that he has had the most
>>>>> productive first 2 years in U.S. history and compare what he’s done to
>>>>> the GOP Presidents that have come before him?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Isn’t that sort of like comparing our policy on religion to Saudi
>>>> Arabia’s?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, that sounds accurate.
>>
>>
>> Productive or effective? Obama managed to railroad the U.S. people
>> with 2500 page bills that Obama signed into law….
>
>
> This compares to the “Patriot Act” how, exactly?

Well Obama did sign the Patriot Act into law after he was elected and
the *Democrats did remove the sunset clause* , so they don’t have to
pass it ever again, it’s here permanently thanks to Obama.