Obama Spent Too Much Time...

[dutch508]

Golfing?
Pandering to the far left base?
Not going to Intel Briefings?
Ignoring the Law?
Slandering Republicans?

TheMastersNemesis (4,140 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025619800

Obama Spent Too Much Time Trying To Reach Out To GOP. A Bloody Stump Was All He Got.
I have and still support Obama. My disappointment with him is that he spent so much time reaching out to the GOP. All they did was race bait, attack and undermine anything he has tried to do from day one. Every reach out resulted in a bloody stump. I believe he would have been better off fighting these bastards every step of the way. He would have better approval ratings right now if he would have been more combative the last 6 years and stuck it in their eye.

His most notable errors was continuing Bush's destructive education policies and putting Arne Duncan in Charge. He should have scrapped all of the education agenda. The other error was supporting the CPI concept which damaged Democrats. He may be more of a fighter the last part of his administration and it should help but we needed a fighting progressive.

 

n2doc (34,274 posts)
2. Just wait if the GOP gets control of the Senate, you ain't seen nothing yet n/t

One hopes.

MannyGoldstein (28,845 posts)
7. His core beliefs seem to be. something like

1. Always split the difference between two sides
2. Stay above the fray, don't get dirty
3. Bankers are better than everyone else
4. The little people must respect their betters

What ****ing world do they live on?

KoKo (77,732 posts)
20. His Cabinet and Staff Choices showed that he was working with

Wall Street, Education Reformers, Insurance Companies and DLC/Third Way. When Rahm Emmanuel trashed those of us Left Activists in the Dem Party...the game was revealed. Hard to know what Obama really thinks because he danced with those who brought him to the Party. Did he have much choice? But, what difference would there have been with Hillary? The Party of the People has changed. It's the Party of Special Influence, MIC and only different on Social Issues where Dems have an edge in fighting for expanded rights of women, LBGT and minorities.

It's our Party that we need to blame for going to the right which lead them into Koch Brothers, Chamber of Commerce, Petersen Foundation and RW Think Tanks influence.
A strong Party that broke from the Wall Street, Military Industrial Complex and Big Money influence could control a President. As it is ....we haven't been able to reform our Party because there aren't enough of us to do it.

The Gridlock does seem what you say in that it always works for a Republican Minority and not a Democratic one. When we Dem Voters worked hard and gave the US House a Dem Majority with Nancy Pelosi as Madame Chairwoman....we thought we finally had influence. It was not to be. 

rhett o rick (39,088 posts)
14. I agree with post #8. Almost all of his appointments are conservatives. That's not "reaching out". Your example of Arne Duncan is a good one, but only one of many. Reaching out would have been, "I will appoint Arnie Duncan, if you agree to continue funding foodstamps." Pres Obama's agenda can be seen from his appointments. Penny Pritzker? Really?

 

Yes. For the monkiez at the DUmp ALL of barry's appointments were conservative and all the failings of this administration are due to Republicans and Tea Party terrorists.

[JohnnyReb]

He reached out and asked the GOP to become communist just like him.....and they only met him half way. So it's Bush's fault.

[Delmar]

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 08:58 AM
TheMastersNemesis (4,140 posts)

Obama Spent Too Much Time Trying To Reach Out To GOP.

[Carl]

Well,to be fair,at least one thing the masternumbskull does know about is a bloody stump. 

[Dori]

What ****ing world do they live on?

Not the one the rest of us do.

I can't believe how twisted their thinking is.   

[Big Dog]

Well,to be fair,at least one thing the masternumbskull does know about is a bloody stump. 

You beat me to it!

 

[Ralph Wiggum]

Reaching out to the GOP?  Y'all summed it up already, but he has done nothing but be completely divisive. 

[Delmar]

Golfing?

dutch508 nailed it in the first line.
http://twitchy.com/2014/10/04/now-hes-just-trolling-us-amid-isis-and-ebola-threats-obama-stays-the-course/