I'm worried about the future of Nigeria again.

[Bereta_Eder]

No. There were people saying why don't we go there and save them etc
Then Libya, americans killed nothing done etc etc
The inspiration for the question was this thread.

[Sava]

Obama has had a Republican House to deal with this whole time. There's only so much any President can do when one party decides it wants to be douchebags at the expense of the country.

Most of my complaints with Obama have to do with his desire to try to compromise with Republicans. They aren't going to work with you. They never will. IMO, he should have been a more partisan President. But he wanted to govern from the center.

I suspect doing so bought him a second term.

But as for him being a disappointment... I don't think he's made any mistakes. The presidency isn't a dictatorship. The three branches of government need to work together. And Obama hasn't been the one who doesn't want to work together.

So everything bad that's happened since Bush left office, I'm going to go ahead and blame on Republicans. Everything that needed to be done to make things better but wasn't done? Republicans in the House are to blame. Obama can't write laws. He only signs off on them.

America needs the legislative branch to be better.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Don't then, but you should have expected a reaction to what you ssid.

Yeah well, I like you... The important bit is Bakrama sux - no need to haggle over the details when we're so unlikely to meet in the middle on them.

[The Mad Monk]

Obama has had a Republican House to deal with this whole time. There's only so much any President can do when one party decides it wants to be douchebags at the expense of the country.

Most of my complaints with Obama have to do with his desire to try to compromise with Republicans. They aren't going to work with you. They never will. IMO, he should have been a more partisan President. But he wanted to govern from the center.

I suspect doing so bought him a second term.

But as for him being a disappointment... I don't think he's made any mistakes. The presidency isn't a dictatorship. The three branches of government need to work together. And Obama hasn't been the one who doesn't want to work together.

So everything bad that's happened since Bush left office, I'm going to go ahead and blame on Republicans. Everything that needed to be done to make things better but wasn't done? Republicans in the House are to blame. Obama can't write laws. He only signs off on them.

America needs the legislative branch to be better.

Nancy Pelosi had nothin' t' do with it, nosireebob.

[DinoDoc]

America needs the legislative branch to be better.

Don't worry. The midterm election is coming.

[Kidlicious]

The reason was that I felt (maybe wrongly) that a lot of republicans felt that obama meant their country was weak whereas it is regarded as a more or less civilized nation (nowhere near when bush was at the helm)

:/

Since Obama's friends, the Iranians, are winning, I think we aren't safe.

[Sava]

Nancy Pelosi had nothin' t' do with it, nosireebob.

Prior to losing control of the House in 2010, the Dems managed to pass comprehensive health care reform... the Republicans plan from the 90's.

That was a huge legislative success.

Sadly, it didn't go far enough. That's where, if anywhere, the Dems have failed during the Obama administration.

Health reform? We needed single payer. Instead, we got this garbage that keeps the old ways afloat.

Economic reform? We needed to ban derivative trading (amongst other things)... we got a watered-down and unfunded bill with a toothless consumer agency... and Republicans even protested that.

So yeah, Pelosi is largely ineffective. But bad? No. We see bad. We have bad now.

Obama bad? No. We had bad. Bush was bad. The worst ever.

Obama's ineffective. What sucks is that his effectiveness has nothing to do with him!

[Bereta_Eder]

Since Obama's friends, the Iranians, are winning, I think we aren't safe.

Of course

[Sava]

Don't worry. The midterm election is coming.

I said "better"... not "bat**** crazier".

But good news is, tea party candidates are losing their primaries to the establishment Republicans.

[The Mad Monk]

You mean, the same establishment Republicans that gave us W, McCain and Romney?

[Kidlicious]

Yeah well, I like you... The important bit is Bakrama sux - no need to haggle over the details when we're so unlikely to meet in the middle on them.

[Sava]

You mean, the same establishment Republicans that gave us W, McCain and Romney?

Yeah

It's awesome watching the GOP choose electable candidates, only to have them lose because they have to pander to the nutjobs. The modern Republican party cannot compete nationally because of this reality.

Too close to the center? The nutters stay home and the GOP loses.

Too far to the right? The nutters vote but everyone else votes Democrat.

You guys made a pact with the devil and can't bring yourselves to divorce them.

[Kidlicious]

Prior to losing control of the House in 2010, the Dems managed to pass comprehensive health care reform... the Republicans plan from the 90's.

That was a huge legislative success.

Sadly, it didn't go far enough. That's where, if anywhere, the Dems have failed during the Obama administration.

Health reform? We needed single payer. Instead, we got this garbage that keeps the old ways afloat.

Economic reform? We needed to ban derivative trading (amongst other things)... we got a watered-down and unfunded bill with a toothless consumer agency... and Republicans even protested that.

So yeah, Pelosi is largely ineffective. But bad? No. We see bad. We have bad now.

Obama bad? No. We had bad. Bush was bad. The worst ever.

Obama's ineffective. What sucks is that his effectiveness has nothing to do with him!

Doubletalk. If Obamacare is bad law It's bad law. It's a failure, period.

[Lorizael]

Kidicious, how much driving do you do?

[DinoDoc]

I think my point is now made. No one cares about the girls in Nigeria.