The new party of no?

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

I asked my son who whas home for break from fsu what he thought of the prez..he said ' im not sure what hes doing..besides trying to get re elected' 'I was wrong in buying into hope and change. nothing gets done in big government.so why bother getting all fired up on issues that go nowhere'? 'a bigger government is not the answer'. I pointed out that on 90 perc of the issues hes lied as far as implementation of policy. troops still in war, guantanamo still open..ect..

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEfFED GOVT HAS TO BAIL OUT CALIFORNIA?

[jms62]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

I asked my son who whas home for break from fsu what he thought of the prez..he said ' im not sure what hes doing..besides trying to get re elected' 'I was wrong in buying into hope and change. nothing gets done in big government.so why bother getting all fired up on issues that go nowhere'? 'a bigger government is not the answer'. I pointed out that on 90 perc of the issues hes lied as far as implementation of policy. troops still in war, guantanamo still open..ect..

Your son is wise beyone his years. He nailed it. All parties, working on getting re elected or setting themselves up for a windfall in the private sector. Nothing changes except they don't even try to concel it anymore.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

I pointed out that on 90 perc of the issues hes lied as far as implementation of policy. troops still in war, guantanamo still open..ect..

Sorry, that 90 percent figure is simply false and much exaggerated. Please - even the Obama haters have a responsibility for accuracy. This lists each and every campaign promise, and status http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

But I do agree that politicians are simply into choking on lobbying money. The ruling this year on corporations being able to provide limitless, undisclosed source campaign cash changed everything and made it a thousand times worse.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Originally Posted by Riot

Sorry, that 90 percent figure is simply false and much exaggerated. Please - even the Obama haters have a responsibility for accuracy. This lists each and every campaign promise, and status http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

But I do agree that politicians are simply into choking on lobbying money. The ruling this year on corporations being able to provide limitless, undisclosed source campaign cash changed everything and made it a thousand times worse.

stalled,in the works ,broken, comromise..all the same..

[Riot]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

stalled,in the works ,broken, comromise..all the same..

Compared to the last few Prez's Obama's record after 2 years is pretty darn good, especially considering that our Constitution only requires a 51 vote majority in the Senate, but thanks to the GOP and their hundred-plus filibusters the Dems had to get 60 votes on virtually everything that got passed.

Something big is going to happen before the next election - the political process has completely broken down. They need to change the filibuster rules certainly.