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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
Clearly that's what I said. I'm just getting a huge kick out of this thread. Watching the Republicans be the Chicken Littles six weeks into a Democratic presidency when eight years of a disastrous Republican administration caused them no concern is freaking delicious.
I'm reserving my opinion on how well Obama is doing on the economy considering the stimulus just passed last week. I think his closing of Guantanamo and denunciation of torture is a major step in the right direction, and the fact that the unnecessary $2 trillion war that your guy started will end is pretty cool, though I'm not happy with his planned "surge" in Afghanistan. I certainly don't think it's unreasonable or radical to not yet make extreme declarations about his Presidency one way or another.
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Joey you may not like the response but you are really not seeing what is going on in the world right now. You are in college and dont have a family to support or mortage to pay or business to run. You arent seeing your hard earned retirement money being burned at the stake daily. You dont understand that business is terrified by the economic decisions made by the Obama administration. you dont seem to get that the reason that Wall Street has tanked worse since Obama took over is Obama. The market is speaking on the economy daily. You are in the wonderful world of academia where theories abound and everything is insulated especially since Obama is sending more money. The real world isnt that concerned with torture or Guantamano right now. I would be willing to bet that many who were appalled at torture would sign up to wear the black hood since they got laid off and cant find work. The war ISNT ending anytime soon regardless of what Obama or his people have said. Obama is still campaigning to keep up his approval ratings. He will soon find out that he will be judged by his actions just like Bush was. Remember that at one time Bush had an 80% approval rating. Obama cant campaign forever. The Pelosification of the country will eventually lead to his downfall. He got 53% of the vote last time. There arent many people that will believe his centerist fiction in three years if he is as bad for the next three years as he has been for the first 2 months. Of course you can continue to worry about torture. Maybe since there will be no jobs when you graduate you can write press releases for Amnesty International or become a professional protester against Free trade?