"I've talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level. One of them said to me, 'Never again. I will never be fooled again by a politician,'" Damon tells the magazine. source
There is little that rankles me more than this type of so called friendly fire. First, I remember the 2000 election year friendly fire from Ralph Nadar that contributed to the defeat of Al Gore. His campaign as an Independent split the progressive vote and net result: 8 disastrous years of Bush/Cheney.
Second, my progressive friends on the left seem to want a Messiah. A Messiah, ala Moses, that can split the Red Sea or change water to wine. On the other side of the aisle, GOP voters have historically been more realistic about how much and how fast change can come. Ronald Reagan did not deliver most of the conservatives' wish list in three years. They understood that Reagan was installing a conservative system that would pay dividends (for his constituents) for decades to come.
We have conservative courts, supply side economics, conservative think tanks, conservative radio and TV news shows and a country that is solidly right centered. The majority of the aforementioned were inspired by the Reagan Revolution.
Were folks on the right upset with Reagan from time to time? Yes! Because out of political necessity he had to compromise with the Democrats. However, the vastly more disciplined GOP expressed their frustrations behind closed doors (with a few exceptions of course).
Matt Damon is entitled to his own opinion - but to borrow from a cliche - he is not entitled to his own facts (with all due respects for the great works for humanity he does worldwide). In particular, when he says:
"You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better."
Obama's Big Accomplishment:
Health Care - many presidents tried but he was the only one that succeeded.
Stimulus Package - many economist believe this (and other rescue efforts) saved our country world from a Great Depression.
Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell - allows openly gays to serve their country in the military
Wall Street Reform Act
Issued an executive order to repeal Bus era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
Significantly expanded Pell Grants, which help low income students to attend college
Signed a new START Treaty - nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia
For more info follow link Obama's Achievements
Keep slamming away my friends - how does President Newt Gingrich sound?
Keep slamming away my friends - how does President Newt Gingrich sound?
So true! Wish every liberal could read this...the left wants change "overnight" but the reality is change has is never quick and it's never easy.
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ReplyDeleteObama's Big Accomplishment:
Health Care - many presidents tried but he was the only one that succeeded.
Clearly you have no idea that ObamaCare has failed and will never be enacted without HUGE tax increases. Best bet is for you to take a course in Real World Economics to understand how punitive his healthcare plan is.
Stimulus Package - many economist believe this (and other rescue efforts) saved our country world from a Great Depression.
Wrong president. The moment that saved the US from deep financial trouble occurred in 2008 when Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns collapsed and it looked like our banking system might fail. The Bush Administration made the moves that saved our bacon.
Obama's stimulus plan has accomplished nothing except to pump our national debt to $15 TRILLION.
Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell - allows openly gays to serve their country in the military
Insignificant. Only a handful of people care.
Wall Street Reform Act
Again, you have no idea what you're jabbering about. Dodd-Frank has changed nothing of consequence.
Issued an executive order to repeal Bus era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
Big deal. Nothing was stopping private industry from investing in stem-cell research. Keep in mind that we've been looking for a cure and a vaccine for AIDS for 30 years. So far -- we have neither. It takes more brains. It's not the money that will matter most.
Significantly expanded Pell Grants, which help low income students to attend college
An increase in free money for college means colleges can raise tuition by that amount. When there was no government money for college, college was cheap. Get it?
Signed a new START Treaty - nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia
As if the Russians are our big nuclear worry.
@No slappz
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Signed a new START Treaty - nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia
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As if the Russians are our big nuclear worry.
The START Treaty (BTW originally negotiated by Reagan) is very significant and important because as even very conservative pundits point out it will help keep nuclear stock piles out of the hands of terrorist:
Read this:
"What is in the treaty? New START will reduce the nuclear arms stockpile by about one-third. But perhaps more importantly, it will immediately put arms inspectors back in place and will greatly improve security for the bombs and nuclear materials now in the hands of the Russian government.
Why does this matter? New START is intended to ensure the security of nuclear weapons so that terrorists and rogue states cannot get their hands on a nuclear bomb. The Russian stockpile represents a very real threat as a potential source of nuclear proliferation or the arming of terrorists."
That was in the Wall Street Journal owned by Rupert Murdoch CEO of FOX.
Furthermore, it had bipartisan support from every Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State going back to President Nixon. They all hailed the treaty as huge and very necessary.
Read this link: http://www.armscontrol.org/issuebriefs/bipartisanNewSTARTSupport
But I guess you know more than the top military leaders, former and present Chairmen of the Joint Chief of States and other four and five star generals.
Healthcare not a big deal?
Just ask the 2.5 million more young adults that now have insurance and all of the major new prevision dont go into effect until 2012
Read this:
"About 2.5 million young people have received health insurance coverage as a result of health care reform measures that President Barack Obama signed into law last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
The Obama administration trumpeted the figure as a sign that the controversial legislation is succeeding.
About 2.5 million more people, aged 19 to 25, have health insurance than had it before the law took effect because of a provision that lets young adults remain on their parents' insurance plans through age 26, the agency's National Center for Health Statistics said.
"Moms and dads around the country can breathe a little easier knowing their children are covered," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement."
I could go on...but I made my point