This administration has made numerous historically positive policy decisions, such as the repeal of DOMA, the ACA, the end of the Iraq war, just to name a handful, and yet we are still hearing liberals talk about a "failed administration" and their disappointment that Obama did not change water into wine while walking across it.
It is time for progressives to put their big boy pants on and get behind our President.
There is a vicious battle on the horizon and we are going to need all hands on deck.
Unless of course you want to spend the next four years wondering how YOU could have helped stop the Romney or Gingrich presidency from taking place?
President Obama could become one of the great presidents in spite of the hate, lies and the outright blatent attempt in congress to make him fail. It makes me sick to think that people like Scara may take power. They cause enough pain and suffering for us without the presidency in their hands.
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ReplyDeleteScara will NEVER be president of these United States. You know that, so why even go there.
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove it, Love it, Love it!
Amen. I am so sick of these so-called "progressives" who won't deign to call themselves "Democrats" and who have done nothing but whine since Inauguration Day because all of their dreams have not been fulfilled.
ReplyDeleteWe live in a real world. President Obama lives in a real world which we can help make a more rational world by electing Democrats to the House and Senate so that he has the majority that the president needs in his second term.
OBAMA 2012!
This is what I cannot understand. By not voting for Obama you are essentially voting for the republican, how does that get you closer to where you want to be? He's spent 3 years trying to fix past mistakes. He needs more time to make more. He's accomplished much with constant obstructionism, imagine what could happen if we could give him a congress that was willing to actually work with him?!
ReplyDeleteI actually think the the things I disagree with most (remaining in Afghanistan, drones) are happening not because the President is in favor of them, but to appease the GOP warmongering idiots. When we get him a second term, I hope to see this stop. Of course, we need to fill Congress with people who think, not the current crop of rabid hate-filled reactors. Did you see the new GOP ad? They showed it on Morning Joe today...it;s clips from all the SOTU speeches, and audio of him saying the same things since 2010. Well, duh, if Congress refuses to help him achieve his goals, he has to keep trying to do what's right!
ReplyDeleteThis one is a keeper!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSa4d-OeMI
WOW! Check THIS out!
ReplyDeletePoll: High Marks for Obama's State of the Union Speech
An overwhelming majority of Americans approved of the overall message in President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, according to a CBS News poll of speech watchers.
According to the poll, which was conducted online by Knowledge Networks immediately after the president's address, 91 percent of those who watched the speech approved of the proposals Mr. Obama put forth during his remarks. Only nine percent disapproved.
Last year, 83 percent of viewers approved of Mr. Obama's State of the Union remarks.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20029581-
503544.html
Amen to what Mac said.
ReplyDeleteYeah. We didn't get a pony. Boo freaking hoo. Suck it up people. The Corporatists are out to crush our nuts once and for all. Re-elect the President.
ReplyDeleteMy predictions: 1) the Media will give the Republican a pass, never challenging their outright lies about this President; 2) corporations will spend unprecedented amounts of money to run dishonest negative ads; and 3) red states are doing all they can to suppress the youth and minority vote. But it won't matter - President Obama is going to crush his opponent in November. On top of that, he will help increase turnout which will help the downticket races. Dems will take back the House of Representatives, the Senate will reform their rules on the filibuster, and the Government will actually function for the first time in a long while.
ReplyDeleteOkay, if not an actual prediction, it is a hope.
"Good job tonight," President Barack Obama told his Defense chief as he arrived for his annual State of the Union message.
ReplyDeleteUnknown to a global television audience watching the speech moments later, a bold hostage rescue operation had played out half a world away with an elite Navy SEAL team's rescue of two hostages in Somalia, one of them an American. It was the same SEAL unit that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
Publicly, Obama did not tip his hand during his speech, though microphones picked up his congratulation to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta as he entered the House chamber Tuesday night. Obama pointed his index finger to Panetta and said, "Good job tonight. Good job." Panetta smiled broadly.
Unknown to those watching the speech, Obama had learned shortly before that the operation to rescue American aid worker Jessica Buchanan and another hostage had been successful. Immediately after the speech, Obama returned to the White House to inform Buchanan's father that she was safe and "on her way home," according to a White House statement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/navy-seal-raid-obama-panetta-state-of-the-union-special-forces_n_1230645.html?ref=politics
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/01/25/rise-and-shine-81/
VIDEO: Microphone Picks Up President Obama Congratulating Defense Secretary
On his way into the House Chamber Tuesday night for his State of the Union address, President Obama was heard telling Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, “Good job tonight, good job tonight.”
At the time, viewers wondered to what the President was referring. It became clear Wednesday morning, when news of a military rescue of an American hostage in Somalia was made public.
Here’s video of the moment:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/4678
LANDSLIDE 2012 President Obama
After watching Pres. Obama's speech last night--and seeing the Repub reps seething with anger toward him I am inspired to start doing my part to ensure Obama's re-election. So I will be phone-banking tonight with our local OFA team, calling on local Democrats to help with the 2012 Obama campaign grassroots effort.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching Pres. Obama's speech last night--and seeing the Repub reps seething with anger toward him I am inspired to start doing my part to ensure Obama's re-election. So I will be phone-banking tonight with our local OFA team, calling on local Democrats to help with the 2012 Obama campaign grassroots effort.
ReplyDelete"Aww! Hims got a frowny face!"
ReplyDeleteThat sentence alone will explain to anyone just why I'll be giggling at odd moments throughout the day (at my job in the reddest part of the city). Best. Caption. Ever.
And the best phrase is from the previous post about some liberals' "disappointment that Obama did not change water into wine while walking across it."
This is a Good Day.
Thanks a million, Gryphen!
The 2012 election cycle is another chapter of more of the same. It’s fiddling while Rome burns.
ReplyDeleteOn this planet only immutable realities work overtime. Only immutable realities serve the citizenry and the country. Immutable realities yes; today’s system no.
The linchpin for destroying the legitimacy of constructs (today’s system) and positing what serves the citizenry and the country as the only legitimate bases for endeavors is the immutable reality governance, which is found at www.frankcorey.com.
Normal people are in sync with immutable realities, so there is a consensus for immutable realities. Structures that serve the citizenry and the country are eminently doable.
Anon@5.35a - you said it exactly right.
ReplyDeleteYou know, as odious as the attacks on Obama are from the Right, they're at least expected. I can deal with those from the Right, but what I can't deal with are the attacks from the "progressives" who are disappointed in what Obama HASN'T done (in their words). They're as naive in their own ways as the RWNJs.
LOVE IT!!!
ReplyDeleteFrank Corey...if I couldn't understand what the hell you are saying in your comments on this blog, WHY would I go to yours for more of the same?
ReplyDeleteOver the past decade I've identified myself as an independent progressive. But I am also a pragmatist. I think if the President had tried to push forth a progressive agenda this first term, he would have crashed and burned. He played the "game" masterfully this past 3 years.
ReplyDeleteWhen he wins his second term, I have faith that many of the progressive polices he talked about during his election campaign will be put into action.
Too many Progressives seem to have lost touch with what we'd like to have (if we had a magic lamp and 3 wishes) and what is actually possible to accomplish.
Lynn - Bwaaa haahaaa! That's EXACTLY what I thought when I read that. And I thought I was an educated person!! hahaahaaa!
ReplyDeleteLynne- I was thinking the same thing too!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant.
ReplyDeletePolls show that most folks know who is obstructing action in Washington. Our president could either whine like some quitters who shall remain unnamed or he can take action and remind the people just who will not act except to help the wealthy.
I love this video, and I can't wait to vote, neither can the folks we phone on behalf of OFA. I know money's tight, but tossing a few bucks in the till may help President Obama- the rethugs keep getting blank checks from "corporations are people". Found it humerous that Alito was absent from the Supreme Court.
ReplyDeleteFrank Cory, this isn't the place for your social experiment. I perused your sites and five buck made in america tees, but your issues need to be addressed by a trained professional.
no offense, just some useful advice.
Love it!
ReplyDeleteLove him!
Not to be Debbie Downer, but the President gives me such hope and encouragement. I truly believe our country will be a better place under his leadership. Then I remember how well we did under Clinton, and how all that was destroyed under the Bush regime. No matter how good it gets, the RWNJ can take back power and ruin this country. Let's hope Newty finishes off the RepubliSCUM party once and for all.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, wonderful, more bash a progressive.
ReplyDeleteIt's okay to offer the POTUS criticism. I'll vote for him. Though I'm not happy with the Wall Street people in his administration who obstruct President Obama from doing an even better job for even more Americans.
Including the long term unemployed, the 99'ers.