Would someone please explain to me why I voted Obama?

GaReb770 · Dec 7, 2010

Since all he is going to do is apparently kiss the Republicans where the sun doesn't shine, I might as well have voted McCain/Palin.
 
Do you know how low the cost of living is in Costa Rica for ex-American pats? Better get my spanish tapes out and start practicing.

jcumming · Dec 7, 2010

You can't go there....Costa Rica doesn't recognize your citizenship in the CSA.

coachie · Dec 7, 2010

I still think Obama is a smart guy.
 
I voted for McCain. NOT Palin.

GaReb770 · Dec 7, 2010

President Obama has new a new designation:
 
President Barack Obama - R

GaReb770 · Dec 7, 2010

Maybe I'll just apply for asylum. If that doesn't work I understand Castro still has a fondness for Rebels. 

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runfishhunt · Dec 7, 2010

He knows he'll never get re-elected by governing to the far left. This is the first of what I'm sure will be many attempts to appear more center to appeal to the independents he will need.

Tech Tee · Dec 7, 2010

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 It worked for Clinton.

airehead · Dec 7, 2010

Why isn't anyone discussing term limits for Congress?
 
 
I think that is the seat of a lot of our issues.

coachie · Dec 7, 2010

they tried that once... Similar circumstance Repubs won control of the House with a Democratic President... 1994 I believe.
 
It didn't work.
 
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by airehead <a href="/forum/thread/71540/would-someone-please-explain-to-me-why-i-voted-obama#post_1967845"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a> Why isn't anyone discussing term limits for Congress?
 
 
I think that is the seat of a lot of our issues.
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GaReb770 · Dec 7, 2010

Clinton compromised. Obama has surrendered. Outside of a very marginal health care bill he has done nothing nor accomplished any changes that I voted him in for, nor upon which he campaigned.
 
This was simply the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
 
Maybe Hillary will run again in 2012. She apparently has more testosterone.
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by Tech Tee <a href="/forum/thread/71540/would-someone-please-explain-to-me-why-i-voted-obama#post_1967842"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a> It worked for Clinton.
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kerfwango · Dec 7, 2010

Obama is sleeping in the political bed he made with healthcare reform by mistaking his election for a popular mandate to govern to the far left. Victorious political opportunists always do this. They always, always, always overreach. Bush II did it. Clinton did it, both as a governor where he was voted out after his first term, and then, bafflingly not having learned that lesson, as president in his first term.

GaReb770 · Dec 7, 2010

This would work of Members of Congress also had no benefits, such as health care, retirement, paid vacation days. Then meaningful legislation would be accomplished.
 
 

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I think that is the seat of a lot of our issues.
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Tech Tee · Dec 7, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by GaReb770 <a href="/forum/thread/71540/would-someone-please-explain-to-me-why-i-voted-obama#post_1967854"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a> Clinton compromised. Obama has surrendered. Outside of a very marginal health care bill he has done nothing nor accomplished any changes that I voted him in for, nor upon which he campaigned.
 
This was simply the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
 
Maybe Hillary will run again in 2012. She apparently has more testosterone.
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by Tech Tee <a href="/forum/thread/71540/would-someone-please-explain-to-me-why-i-voted-obama#post_1967842"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a> It worked for Clinton.
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I still think that Obama is being stabbed in the back by all the Dems that rode on his coattails in 2008. Pilosi being the biggest backstabber of them all. Of course, a lot of them paid the price and didn't get reelected.
 
Be that as it may, he has to do something, or he's out in 2 years.

merigayle · Dec 7, 2010

One reason:
 
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gatorbob · Dec 7, 2010

The dumbest thing the Republicans can do in 2012 is nominate Sarah Palin. The second-dumbest would be to nominate Newt Gingrich.
 
Not far down the list would be to nominate retreads like Mike Huckabee or Mitt Romeny. 
 
Also right up there would be to nominate Jeb Bush.
 
While I will never underestimate how stupid the Republicans can be, I have to think they are smart enough to realize that none of those people are the right answer. And especially since right now the public pretty much hates any politican they know, the Republicans are probably best off nominating someone who is relatively unknown now. It worked very well for Obama in 2008, since nobody knew anything about him other than the fact that he's black. Here are some candidates that I think all have a better chance in 2012 than any of the ones I named above. 
 
Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana
Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana
Haley Barbour, governor of Mississippi
Tim Pawlenty, governor of Minnesota
David Patraeus, U.S. Army general
 
I'm a little skeptical about Barbour's chances to win a nationwide general election because he's got a little too much "Good Ole Boy" in him. But the others are all candidates will be much harder to kick around than people like Palin or Gingrich, etc...

jcumming · Dec 7, 2010

One needs to remember that the sitting President almost always gets re-elected...good, bad or indifferent. Only 4 elected Presidents in the past 120 years failed to be re-elected. Also many presidents seen as excellentin history were in deep doo doo during their first term.
 
Nowadays though you only get one chance at election if you get the nomination...You are in Loserville if you don't make it.
 
Therefore as a Republican you better be confident you can win, because if you don't you won't be running again in 2016.
 
 
Personally, I could see Obama just saying "Fuck it", being satisfied to be the first black President and realizing this war between the parties cannot be won....and that it's not about governing or running the country, but merely about winning.
 
Let someone else be in charge for the next 8 years of the decline of the American empire.

Dennis · Dec 7, 2010

It didnt surprise me that so many Americans fell for the "hope & change." And it doesn't surprise me now that so many have become disillusioned and voted back in conservatives in the last election.

kerfwango · Dec 7, 2010

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Personally, I could see Obama just saying "Fuck it", being satisfied to be the first black President and realizing this war between the parties cannot be won....and that it's not about governing or running the country, but merely about winning.
 
Let someone else be in charge for the next 8 years of the decline of the American empire.
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 Obama's no babe in the woods. He knew this about the office long before he won it.

jcumming · Dec 8, 2010

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Yeah, he did come out of Illinois where the game is all about winning.
 
I'm guessing the pressure to run again is pretty strong and probably the ego of any frontline contender is even stronger.

kerfwango · Dec 8, 2010

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Yeah, he did come out of Illinois where the game is all about winning.
 
I'm guessing the pressure to run again is pretty strong and probably the ego of any frontline contender is even stronger. 

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 Not to mention the Rs don't seem to have a decent horse to run against him. Probably his greatest advantage at this point.

Would someone please explain to me why I voted Obama?

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