A Raving Liberal's Complaints About Obama

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The conversation in our house last night....'why is he making it so dang hard for me to actually vote for him.'

I didn't expect whoever was elected in 2012 to instantly step in and fix the economy.  I figured they would be a one term president on this account alone.  However, I did expect him to have the fortitude to actually implement change.  Instead, he has held the typically Washington status quo and isn't any better (or worse) than the rest of them. 

I think he means the policies he expected to pass that never did.

Personally, I pretty much figured whoever won was screwed. No one could have fixed the economy after what had happened. I think whoever wins this year is equally screwed because it won't be fixed during their term either. If you follow any Austrian Economic Theory you would see that this type of financial crisis takes many years to recover from. I kind of want Romney to win so that when the next 4 years do suck, maybe people will think huh 4 years of Dem's sucked and 4 years of Rep's sucked, we should try something new. A guy can hope right?

I don't understand the last part of that.

The GOP is nominating a candidate who is:

• An expert on the economy
• Clearly competent regarding foreign affairs and national security
• A seemingly social moderate

All of that wrapped up in someone who has spent his career as an executive in both the private and the public sector.
Also a decent family man with no skeletons in the closet or other personal baggage. 

What's not viable about that?

The fact that a lot of conservatives didn't want him as their first choice should actually give some comfort to moderate independent voters and disaffected Obama supporters.

I'm still a bit perplexed... how can adding 5 trillion in debt be "doing it right" at all?

Having faith in a politician, any politician, is misguided naiviety  at best.   

/public service announcement. 

I'm not a fan of Obama, and even I'm upset at what happened.  The opportunity was there for massive sweeping changes, that would most likely take years to figure out if they were really helpful or not.  many I'll admit I probably would be very skeptical of.  BUT to squander that opportunity is sad, regardless of which polictal side you are on.

What would true healthcare reform look like in your opinion?
What would immigration reform look like? 
What else is in the full litany of the so-called Liberal Agenda that you want? 

Honestly I think most liberals would've put health care pretty far down their list of priorities if asked in 2008.

Had Obama made something else his priority (like, say, the economy) then there wouldn't have been this rallying cry of FUD from the far right.  He'd have had a chance at maintaining 60 votes in the Senate and I'd give even-odds of Democrats still controlling the House.  He burned way too much political capital on a single item on his list, when the country has many more things that need to be addressed.

Forgive me for misunderstanding.  When you said "do it right without spending any more then he did to do it wrong" I took that to mean you were OK with him increasing the national debt by 50% in just 3 short years.

Fact is, his own budget estimations has the national debt at $20 trillion by 2016, so he would add yet another 5 trillion in his 2nd term... gotta love that "liberal agenda"!!!  

LIKE^ 

But what I see more likely if Obama does get a second term is Congress loosing more Dem seats and it will be ever harder to get anything passed.

??"A Raving Liberal's Complaints About Obama"

Imagine the complaints from those of us that are more moderate or conservative. 

I was listening to the radio over lunch and one of the guys asked which demographic is going to vote for Obama in greater numbers than last time.  Its actually a pretty good question and I think it says a lot for his reelection chances.  He's somehow managed to tick off just about every demographic that originally supported him in some way or another.

 I'm not sure if i remember him promising to promote a liberal agenda during his campaign. I recall hope , change, strong American values, middle class and all that hoopla.  The only people I can recall actually saying or predicting him being anything but middle of the road were the right wing pundits. Look at it that way and you really shouldn't be too upset with what he has delivered so far. 

So basically what you're saying is that Obama didn't do almost anything that he promised yet you're gonna vote for him again anyway.

Well if that's not a reason for him to try harder next term I'm not sure what is...