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Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperYeah, and he just had to overrrule his EPA on the smog rules. He just has to cave on whatever the right-wing Repubs want or, you know, they'll get their way... Oops, I mean... "Your wife or your kids! Or we'll kill them both!" "Oh, well, if you put it that way, I really can't afford to just stand up to you..."
He had to. The Republicans were threatening to cut off unemployment benefits.
I voted for him. As I indicated in the "rope-a-dope" thread, I really hope you, and others, can convince me that my growing cyncism about the President that I voted for is wrong.
Originally posted by vistesdAre you going to vote Republican because of this? I doubt it.
Yeah, and he just had to overrrule his EPA on the smog rules. He just has to cave on whatever the right-wing Repubs want or, you know, they'll get their way... Oops, I mean... "Your wife or your kids! Or we'll kill them both!" "Oh, well, if you put it that way, I really can't afford to just stand up to you..."
I voted for him. As I indicated ...[text shortened]... can convince me that my growing cyncism about the President that I voted for is wrong.
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungNo. But I am not going to vote for a Democrat whose election ultimately results in Republican policy victories anyway--or sets the stage for a complete Republican domination next go 'round.
Are you going to vote Republican because of this? I doubt it.
I wonder about the fact, for example, that Nixon (Republican) ended the Vietnam war (however), opened trade with communist China (though he sent a good union negotiator to do it), and supported and signed OSHA... I wonder how much Obama has done to undermine the principles and hopes of many of the very people who voted for him. I'm not sure that things would have looked a whole lot different if McCain had been elected (even saddled with Sarah)--in spite of any and all election rhetoric: Obama certainly has not stood up for some of the things he expounded when running.
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EDIT: In terms of "letting them win", or some such, by not voting for Obama next time--gee, I kinda think they already have, with his (witting or unwitting) help.