A President We Can Be Proud Of.

[JayHawk]

Damn and McClatchy is a liberal rag......

I knew some tunes would change when he took office. Grand speeches are one thing and reality is another.

Of course i did not expect him to sing the same song.

 

[Kulindahr]

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People said Reagan had an "Imperial Presidency", but his was just show and window dressing. Bush, and now Obama, are establishing a true imperial presidency, where the doings of the emperor may as well be in a Forbidden City, where the apparatus of justice is bent to intimidate and destroy, where all power accumulated is retained except little dribbles tossed away to satisfy important supporters. For the rest, there's smoke and mirrors, words and drama, and a sense that there's an imperial Court in charge, and the emperor is but a figurehead.

 

[JayHawk]

Yeah. He said he was going to reach across the aisle not stroll across and take a seat.

 

[Kulindahr]

Yeah. He said he was going to reach across the aisle not stroll across and take a seat.

Wow -- ordnance on target there!

 

[Adam777]

While I am glad for Pres. Obama's pointed rebuke of Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his doubts concerning the Holocaust that are, indeed, hateful, I would like President Obama to put his sentiments into action in the form of support and aid. The disastrous Rwanda genocide comes to mind, in which the U.S., while aware, made decisions that slowed, even facilitated, the genocide. The most recent that comes to mind is the genocide in Darfur, in which the U.S. government was again slow to respond. We need more regulation in repsonding to incidences of genocide before and after the impact of such a devastating act. Not to fault Obama, but these genocides could have been better contained and aided. Creating policies to overcome the slow system in recognizing genocide should be on his agenda.

i understand where you're coming from on this point. yes, the many genocides around the world in history, and in the present day, are plaguing this planet, who are we to intrude? you say we need to help those survivors in Rwanda, and those struggling for freedom in Darfur, but what about our country? the poverty levels in this country have skyrocketed in the US in the past five years, our economy is in turmoil, and yet there are those who want to focus on other countries first? i say build up our country first and worry about others later. how much help can we be to other countries if we can't even help ourselves?

 

[Adam777]

Since Obama pledged on his first day in office to usher in a "new era" of openness, "nothing has changed," says David -Sobel, a lawyer who litigates FOIA cases. "For a president who said he was going to bring unprecedented transparency to government, you would certainly expect more than the recycling of old Bush secrecy policies."

now see this is the major problem in the minds of many Americans today. i was reading an article the other day and there were thousands of people protesting in Connecticut with signs saying "where's the change?" and "i want my vote back!" Americans want instant gratification. with the US in more countries than i can count fighting other people's battles, and our economy down the toilet, and gas prices rising each day, how can one man turn all of this around in his first 120-something days in office? wake up people! nothing in this world comes instantly in this situation. it takes time to makes these things happen. i stand by Obama 100% and i know that IN DUE TIME, change will come. people just need to sit back and relax for a little while.

 

[JayHawk]

now see this is the major problem in the minds of many Americans today. i was reading an article the other day and there were thousands of people protesting in Connecticut with signs saying "where's the change?" and "i want my vote back!" Americans want instant gratification. with the US in more countries than i can count fighting other people's battles, and our economy down the toilet, and gas prices rising each day, how can one man turn all of this around in his first 120-something days in office? wake up people! nothing in this world comes instantly in this situation. it takes time to makes these things happen. i stand by Obama 100% and i know that IN DUE TIME, change will come. people just need to sit back and relax for a little while.

It is not about turning around thing instantly. That may be the idea offered to you from elsewhere. However we are referring to things that do not have to happen. That can occur overnight.

He can release secret emails as requested instead of arguing Bush policy, He could allow DOMA case to stand on its own merit instead of bolstering its merit with comparisons of bestiality and polygamy, He could allow the visitor logs of the white house to be reviewed, He could do as he said he would and try the detainees in american courts...all of them, He ridiculed tribunals in ignorance so stand by your word big guy,

these are just the indications. Of course he will have to take longer than 6 months to accomplish something huge like righting the economy, or healthcare or permanent gay rights. However he is not indicating he is headed in the direction.

If you were intent upon support of Gay Right next year why would you argue it is abhorrent this year? What about timing does that have to do with anything?

 

[Kulindahr]

Obama Closes Doors on Openness

Since Obama pledged on his first day in office to usher in a "new era" of openness, "nothing has changed," says David -Sobel, a lawyer who litigates FOIA cases. "For a president who said he was going to bring unprecedented transparency to government, you would certainly expect more than the recycling of old Bush secrecy policies."

I read that in a news article -- I'm just as disgusted, reading it again.

Americans want instant gratification. with the US in more countries than i can count fighting other people's battles, and our economy down the toilet, and gas prices rising each day, how can one man turn all of this around in his first 120-something days in office? wake up people! nothing in this world comes instantly in this situation. it takes time to makes these things happen. i stand by Obama 100% and i know that IN DUE TIME, change will come. people just need to sit back and relax for a little while.

Much of what has been complained about -- specifically, the matter in the post to which you were responding -- could have been taken care of overnight: he made the promises during the campaign, and he should have had the executive orders made out, ready for signing on his first day in office. That he didn't tells me that either he's duplicitous, or a klutz... or being run by someone else, as Bush was.