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Originally Posted by Nascar1966
I have voted for a Democrat numerous times. He has been in office since Jan 2009 and our economy is still in shambles. One year and three months in office should be enough time to try to make some fixes to our struggling economy. I am fully aware that he inherited a mess from Bush. I wanted him to succeed, but he hasn't shown me anything that makes me think he wants to be a successful President. Which do you think should be of a higher priority: Health care reform or fixing the economy. He has gone against the majority of Americans who didn't want the health care bill passed. Instead of thinking about his fellow Americans he thinks about himself. He has put his own political party under the table with this health care reform bill and could care less about it. What has he done about securing our borders from these thug drug cartels? Governor Perry has taken the initiative to try to protect the borders of Texas. Would I consider voting for someone other than a Republican? Absolutely I would. I want to vote for the candidate who is going to do the best for the people and not go against thier will.
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When are people like you going to get it through your heads that these two things are not mutually exclusive? The former is an avenue to achieve the latter.
And you can't possibly be that simple to think that any president who does something unpopular is automatically acting only out of self-interest. That presupposes that the majority of Americans know exactly what's best for the country despite the complexity of the issues.
Hell, Obama said
on the campaign trail that he wouldn't always do what's popular. You'd prefer a president that always does what the polls say most people want, despite an often misinformed public? Seriously? What if the majority of the public isn't on your side? Would you still be down for that?
Even though I hated most of Bush's decisions, I'm not foolish enough to criticize him simply for not adhering to what polls say people want. I also had to laugh at you talking about how everything should be about the economy, then two sentences later, whining about how Obama's not doing enough to stop Mexican drug dealers? Way to stay on base.