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Originally Posted by Matt D.
Funny, I post that link and Tom doesn't have a rebuttal.  |
Sorry i hadnt checked the site in the last couple days because my sons bday is tomorrow so we have been doing stuff for that.
The article is typical conservative twisting of words. Such as Obamas response to Ed Henrys question. tell me this, would you rather have Obama go off on every corporate failure such as the AIG, or would you rather have someone get all the facts before becoming outraged at people like AIG taking bonuses. Its much better to have all of the facts straight before throwing stones as opposed to having to apologize for a mistake in judgment. What would have happened if he had been outraged at AIG and it turned out that they actually hadnt taken the bonuses and that it was a complete miscommunication? Republicans would have jumped all over him like Ed Henry. I would rather have a president that gets all the facts before passing judgment then one that bombs anyone who supposedly does something bad. (yes that was a bush reference, go fuck yourself if you defend him)
Of course people will make mistakes, but as for Obama failing economics, No. The problem isnt that Obama Supporters such as myself are still caught up in the drama of a black president, its that EVERYONE has set the bar so high for a president that no matter what he does he will fail. Why is it that everyone keeps saying that hes trying to take on TOO MUCH. Since when did americans start becoming so pessimistic that we resort to saying things like Too much. When we had the American Revolution, what would have happened if americans such as yourselves had said The British are TOO Much. We would be complaining about a king not a president.
Healthcare, Education, Alternative fuels and technology are not something you want to skimp on. The fact that these industries have been failing on a catastrophic level because of underfunding is not something obama did. Its something that previous presidents did.
Healthcare - I have gone over this before and will go over it again. A government funded healthcare system IS NOT A BAD THING. People like myself who are currently out of a job not because of anything we did but because of a failure of the economy and businesses currently do not have insurance. Im lucky enough that my fiance is still working so my 1 year old son still has insurance under her. But if she were to lose her job and my son gets sick, If I were to get help i would be drowned in bills. The fact we havent gone to a socialised healthcare by now is just stupid.
Education - the US has one of the worst education systems in the world, its about time we started putting some money towards it.
Alternative fuels and technology - We need to start producing our own energy instead of going to china for batteries, Middle east for oil, and mexico for manufacturing, the US needs to start taking pride in creating something new that will drive this economy forward instead of looking for a something for nothing handout to wealth such as lotterys or pyramid schemes.
Please remember that obama has only been in office for 2 months, what did GWB do in his first two months?