TYT: Obama's Republican Policies Slammed By GOP

[ejbr]

Run time: 04:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Io7sm53c8   Posted on YouTube: August 09, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheYoungTurks Views on YouTube: 5467   Posted on DU: August 09, 2011 By DU Member: ejbr Views on DU: 1585

 

[OHdem10]

1. Of course, the GOP play their cards well. First they get Dems

to push Republican Policies. They moved Dems from the
Center to Center Right. The Dems offer up Center Right
OH NO, WE WANT FAR RIGHT POLICIES. Long Long ago
before Obama the Democrats made a serious mistake
by not holding the real Center in this country--
the real center lies between the two parties. The
Republicans keep them Right Field forcing them farther
and farther to the Right.

Someday we will wake and realize that when the people
kept saying---Country going in wrong direction: The Country
was saying make a Left turn and get back between the
parties. It is kinda hard when you have two Republican
Parties for them to see their own errors.

[kenfrequed]

2. So many problems..

The president's team was a poor one comprised primarily of DLC and blue dog sorts that ignored obvious economic warnings and the failings of Bush.

The President's messaging HAS been terrible since the very beginning. It has been unable to communicate its successes (and even I hae to admit they had a scant handful) and it has been worse at keeping focus and emphasizing specific and bold policy initiatives. By far it has failed the hardest on honestly pointing out how the 2008-2010 congress of Republicans was the most obstructionist congress in US history in terms of fillibusters, anonymous holds, and blocked nominations.

He should have used his first hundred days to break them but instead focused his energy on Tarp and absolute minutia.

Though we cannot blame his team entirely, they were stabbed in the back by Evan Bayh's Senate Blue Dog caucus which crossed party lines and failed to vote cloture on entirely too many fillibusters. The House and Senate failed to enforce even the loosest sense of party discipline on its members for crossing the aisle too many times to get things done. The Blue Dogs cut our throats (and appropriately enough their own) when they gave us no big accomplishments to hang our hats on and squandered what should have been a generation of Democratic dominance.

Of course Bayh and the Blue dogs now are happy being lobbyists. I really wish we could pass a law making it illegal for a member of congress to EVER act in a lobbying capacity or to take money from such an organization.

[phantom power]

3. Imagine -- Obama compromises with the GOP and they immediately turn around and shit on him...

Nobody Could Possibly Predict This...

:eyes:

[ihavenobias]

4. Cenk's new blog about Obama

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1699250

[20score]

5. Ignoring reality is never a good long term strategy.

[jwhitesj]

6. Obama should watch this guys videos

He's very smart.

[ScottLand]

7. Run over to the Repubs and ask if there's ANYTHING else we can

do for you.

If this is Obama's fault because it was on his watch, then why wasn't 911 Bush's fault for the same reason? (Or why don't they even acknowledge it was on his watch?) Can't we blame Islamic extremists for the downgrade?