The question or frequent requests coming in from folks that normally vote left of center before the November elections is why can’t President Obama be angry maybe they want that angry black man that so many on the airwaves reference to. I guess folks; mainly men of all races btw want him to move more left of center. In my opinion, changing the calm and cool ways to serving up anger at this moment would be a bad thing. The Democratic party does not have enough true Democrats in place in the Senate and if we did, not only could President Obama be more angry when needed it would be appropriate …being Black or bi-racial is just who he is so that part is not debatable but thankfully he is not McCain/Palin or Clinton.
I am proud to have a President who keeps it cool as he can, who can serve it up when needed and as he stated himself …he can politic as good as the rest of them. Has President Obama been playing it too safe? Not in my opinion, the problem is the rule of 60 and not having true democrats in Congress. Though some are saying he is playing it too safe even after 20 months of hard work getting Congress to pass legislation that no other President has been able to do years has not been easy but the achievements are many: Lily Ledbetter, HCR Reform, and Financial Reform. The legislation placed in front of lawmakers on the Hill since the President was elected and Republicans have been voting No to were put on the floor of Congress to help the middle class and that included HR1586.
My question to those against HR1586 would be; is what your neighborhood would look like without Teachers, EMT’s, Police, Firefighters, and the unemployed had not gotten the help they needed? The Bill to help government jobs HR1586 was repeatedly voted down by Republicans with Bachmann, Boehner and others who called HR1586 a bailout. It is with great pride that HR1586 was passed and should open the eyes of Republican constituents because the Republican Party of NO affected all us not just the Democratic Party people. Think about what would happen to your children if HR1586 had not passed because chaos would be just one way to describe it.
It is upsetting to hear from folks more left of center than me but to hear how they truly believe President Obama is not tough enough from my own people tells me that some are not listening, watching or staying informed and that could hurt the rest of them and us as well. I paid attention during the 2008 campaign had no hesitations about supporting him and it was not because he was bi-racial by any means. The choice was clear his background was superb, as a person who has done community organizer it made me understand where his heart was and he voted against the War in Iraq. I took the time to do my own research to find out if in fact he had skeletons in his closet were the rumors true and lastly was he fit. That became apparent when Bush and Paulsen announced that our economy was heading definitely into a recession and possibly a depression the solution is to give up billions or trillions of dollars without us telling you what we are going to do with it because the sky is falling. The sky was falling but out of all the candidates President Obama was very calm very knowledgeable, willing and able to do the research in order to not only be able to make Americans understand but work on a plan that can be implemented. The facts are that not one candidate responded well to the collapse or near collapse of our economy and with comments like our economy is fundamentally sound from McCain the choice was obvious. It is obvious that that claim was so not true and offensive beyond the pale for me because McCain treated Americans as if we were stupid and could not handle the truth. In the end, Americans were smart enough to see whom the best possible choice was now those people who voted President Obama need to rise up and vote more true Democrats in Congress and that will solve more of what has this country in the hole of life.
Yes, we still have Americans who will not trust the President for reasons that seem odd stupid and extreme to me but we live in America. Yes, people have the right to have those beliefs about this President as long as they do not use their somewhat ugly rhetoric to hurt anyone or themselves physically or with violence and for me that is my concern when t comes to folks on the right and their lack of what America has always been known for. Anytime he seems to lets me know that it is time for his Supporters to rise up … tell them to go for it…
Let your state representative know we voted him in to make changes…
Step over republicans and conservatives if needed… stop the slow down of important changes needed NOW!
President Obama is fighting numerous battles against a congress of men and women thinking only of their futures and the 2010 elections “We the People” need to rise up and stand with him. I do not understand how people think the President can move in and make Congress what he wants. This is not true people, he may be the President of the United States, but we need to make a conscious effort to tell our Representatives to go for it and stop being obstacles to the changes we voted and hoped to be implemented as soon as possible. It is up to voters to be as informed as possible on how Congress works will increase support for not just our President but for the Democratic Party. We as Democrats belong to a Political Party with a huge tent of various attitudes and though we talk Conservadems, are what the political crowd calls Blue Dogs. These folks are a quiet force that we need to call as we move a long in and the effort to get the middle class back on track. That can only happen if we get out the vote in November people.
At least 53% voted for change and at this moment, we need to continue the support moving into the 21st Century! The consequences of our positive support of all things moving Americans back on track will be a big 2012 win for OBAMA. ” We the People” need to step up – tell Congress to Reform health-care is good for families, dadt good for families and the military, immigration reform is good for families, , deal with the energy bill and implement better education choices… all good for families
…equality is not just good for Americans it is good for families.
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