A Highly Logical Approach

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  Posted By: Richard1327 @ 07/12/2009 1:54:04 PM

  I always said if by some miracle Obama became president, he would be eaten alive by Washington, would never accomplish anything and would be a one term president. Obama needs to move full force with gay rights in marriage/serving openly in the military, ending Iraq, saving Social Security, backing renewable clean energy and setting up a single-payer government managed universal healthcare system - JUST LIKE WE ELECTED HIM TO DO. We do NOT care about the GOP and bipartisanship. They had eight years and all they did was screw up the country. We voted in a Democratic Congress to help Obama get the job done, SO DO IT ALREADY or we'll elect someone else that will. I think the media and pundits are being ignorant if they think if Obama won't get the job done, we'll turn back to the GOP again. WRONG - 2012 is when the independents, disillusioned Dems and moderate Repubs turn away from both parties to elect an independent visionary who will finally get the job done with bold leadership. Just exactly when did our government stop being a representative democracy?

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  Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 06/20/2009 3:13:57 PM

  "I welcome a debate about how we can make sure our regulations work for businesses and consumers," Obama said. "But what I will not accept - what I will vigorously oppose - are those who do not argue in good faith." As this quote clearly points out Obama once again gets to the heart of it and 'calls a spade a spade'. He simply doesn't always have all of the best answers but he really seems to continually have the honesty and conscience to sincerely identify and address the problems, something not seen enough in politics. As far as not always having the best answers, he states he "welcome(s) a debate" and in the past he has completely encouraged compromise with the intent of finding the real best solutions, which actually should be the single focus of an honestly conscientious congress. The Associated Press article continues, [By that, Obama said, he meant those who defend the status quo at any cost. He didn't name any people or organizations, but said special interests are already mobilizing to fight change. He called that typical Washington. "These are the interests that have benefited from a system which allowed ordinary Americans to be exploited," Obama said. The president said he would stand up for his plans, saying: "While I'm not spoiling for a fight, I'm ready for one. The most important thing we can do to put this era of irresponsibility in the past is to take responsibility now."] Really, who can deny that the Special Interests and Republicans who are loudly criticizing and aggressively trying to block everything, while offering no real solutions and only hoping to return to 'more of the same', are nothing more than obstructionists irresponsibly playing politics and focused only on their own selfish interests. Obama's responsible approach to conscientiously focus on what is right for the people is what this country desperately needs but to be really effective it has to be coupled with a Senate and Congress who put politics aside and conscientiously focus on fine tuning everything. Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever should see this truth and demand that our representatives/candidates drop their deceptive and exploitive politics, with their focus on only benefiting a few, and begin to "in good faith" debate and cooperate to achieve what is best for the people, which is their only real responsibility. To loose this opportunity and return to 'more of the same' would be disastrous.

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  Posted By: Alvy @ 06/15/2009 7:23:20 PM

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