Arch I'll take the compliment (while awaiting the other shoe to fall
So, ok, let me ask you then. You may not like Romney, you may not like Bush, but how can you vote for Obama when he AND HIS PARTY is in a different universe when to comes to real conservative people? There's not an atom of conservatism in the Democratic party's platform anymore and that's really hard to deny. The REAL fiscal conservatives are mostly spread between the Tea Party and The libertarians and the Ron Paul supporters. If your vote was based SOLELY on what you stated above, how in the world could you support Obama's reelection?
I still don't think that GWB wanted a war, he had plenty of other plans for his term other than dealing with someone flying jetliners into the WTC, but he did what he thought the US had to do - so I don't fault him. Obama is still doing the same thing (AFG, Libya, Gitmo is still open, etc.)...I think the lesson learned here is, that it's easy to start a war, but dang hard to end one....
Here's the bottom line, Obama is a level headed guy who is smart and a has a clear understanding of how the country is supposed to work. I know that's something that you right-wingers just can't allow yourselves to contemplate. But consider this:
1. When Obama got in, he put right wingers in charge of the financial cleanup. Dems wanted to jerk the country left, and many said that since the system was crashed, let's make it over in the left image. Obama was smart enough to know that the system was too fragile to go too far left, so he went with right wingers for the bailout crew.
2. America must have healthcare. No american business can compete globally if the Government doesn't help manage the cost of healthcare. And the workforce will crumble if we don't get everyone covered so that medical issues are not destroying so many families. But Obama was smart enough not to take the full left wing bite. A "medicare for all" solution would have over burdened the system and resulted in a massive failure. On top of that, putting all those people on the rolls with recession level revenues would have been disasterous.
3. Obama could have cut and ran from Afganstan and Iraq, but he knew that there were major dangers to just leaving. He got out of Iraq but stayed in Afganistan because he needed to trap the taliban. He also had to be able to stabilize Pakestan, as they directly threaten India, the worlds 5 largest economy. They are also have Nukes, and they could easily fall into the hands of terrorists or Iran.
4. Despite his personal desire to end Gitmo, he realized that he would have to probably let too many bad guys walk because their rights had been so trampled by Bush. Unlike most liberals, he realized that the political hit was worth not letting these dudes walk and said "sorry, this isn't justice, but you're going to rot here".
5. Obama bailed out the auto industry. HE was smart enough to realize that he couldn't allow the american manufacturing base die, no matter the political consequences. Can you imagine where Obama would be politically had the bailout not worked? Then we see the weasel ass Romney trying to take credit for it. BTW: Obama bet his presidency on the american worker.
6. Obama pulled the trigger on Osama. Say what you want, this guy is cold cool. To smack Donald Trump down like a fly while your political life is at risk like that, DAMN. Bush actually said "I don't think about him much". I don't think the difference between a gunslinger and an empty suit. BTW: Obama bet his presidency on Seal team 6. What else is there to say?
7. No body talks about the oil spill. Remember all those people on TV saying the sky was falling, BP doesn't know what they are doing, etc. Obama was focused on that problem and according to people involved he was an expert on oil drilling in a week and was on top of making the critical decisions. Perfect? No. But the method used to clean up the spill largely worked. And most of all, Obama was smart enough to not let that scare him off oil drilling. He is not at political or reactionary, that's a right winged myth.
8. Obama has setup the republicans for a solution to our budget that includes tax increases. With budget armegeddon coming, the Republicans are going to be forced to give in to save the military. This guy is the most calculated chess player I have seen. He bet back when the deal was brokered that he would win this election and that would break the republican filabuster. We'll see if it works but this guy is as cool and calculating as they come.
9. Obama is a "clean" a family man as has ever inhabited the white house. His moral standards are higher than most preachers. Amazing, almost hard to believe.
10. He's cool. He's not a suit or a geek. JUst a normal, really really smart dude.
11. He doesn't take the race bait. If a minority wants to be president, they have to address the good of the country, not just their race. The right wing has been blowing their dog whistles now for 5 years and he has risen above it all.
I could go on but that's enough.
lease: lets just get it done, sick of all the dirty laundry. :2cents:
