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eastwood24Aug 20, 2010
In such a globally integrated economy, too many Americans put too much emphasis on presidents for the economic conditions of the country.
davidnivenAug 21, 2010
Agreed. The President actually has relatively little power in such regard. It's kind of weird, though, because Obama and the Democrats really hammered Bush on the economy as did Clinton and the Democrats hammered Bush Sr. Remember all those "it's the economy, stupid" signs? They worked regardless of how accurate they were.
Now, it seems that many media figures who lambasted Bush are suddenly mentioning how little power the president has over the economy. I'm sure it's an oversight. /s
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gguillornAug 21, 2010
I didn't realize eastwood24 was a media figure.
negative4Aug 21, 2010
Yeah actually, their policies make a HUGE difference. That stimulus fail? The bailout fail? Obamacarefail? All that weighs massively on the economy.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
johndiAug 21, 2010
I have to give you props for truth in advertising. Would you care to give us another rousing round of negitivity?
negative4Aug 21, 2010
It's an ironic name.
cooldude777Aug 21, 2010
I don't recall hearing that when Bush was blamed for this mess.
mgraves81Aug 21, 2010
Because clearly Bush destroyed the economy and the dollar so all his rich friends and donors like George Soros could make billions!
/s
kornbred79Aug 20, 2010
Hmmm, I wonder what Bush's midterm approval rating in '02 would have been if not for 9/11 and the War in Afghanistan.
digg2point0Aug 21, 2010
http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm
kaegroAug 21, 2010
awesome
spacem00seAug 20, 2010
Yeah Bush had so-so ratings, yet was still re-elected, mostly based on the fears of same sex marriage.
rabidjesterAug 21, 2010
Obama isn't a fan for political reasons - he's a civil union guy, but doesn't think it's cool to amend the constitution in an effort to trump states rights when it comes to boys kissing/flag burning. I don't understand what the Republicans were thinking when they tried that s**t.
realeskimopimpAug 21, 2010
Win?
dayal911Aug 21, 2010
Obama doesn't support same sex marriage either.
ironhideAug 21, 2010
Let me know when he politically opposes it.
dayal911Aug 21, 2010
He already politically opposed it. He flat out said he does not support same-sex marriage.
He's not pushing any bills through to allow it to happen. No bills have come his way. There's nothing for him to do; it's already not allowed. The law is set the way he wants it.
Your argument makes no sense.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
covenAug 21, 2010
the argument is, if a bill crosses his desk that would allow it, or if Pop 8 gets to SCOTUS and they strike it down, opening the flood gates, Obama probably wont veto said bill or champion an attempt to legislate against it. This will be a big hands off issue for him.
dayal911Aug 21, 2010
According to him, he doesn't support it.
And I agree with you, he's going to stay away from it as any President should, IMO.
covenAug 21, 2010
as stated, "doesn't support it" =/= "actively opposes it"
dayal911Aug 21, 2010
How can he actively oppose it? There's no bill going his way that would allow it. It's already not allowed. He's not doing anything to promote it. There's nothing for him to do to "Actively" oppose it.
You guys are such dumb uneducated sheep.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
covenAug 22, 2010
By actively oppose it, I mean champion the effort. Call for Congress to address the issue and call for them to amend the constitution against it. Has he even mentioned the subject since the campaign trail? It really isn't that difficult a concept to understand, yet I see you struggling with it. I don't really think there's a simpler way to explain it.
fuzzynyankoAug 21, 2010
I think it was more of people thought that John Kerry couldn't do better.
mgraves81Aug 21, 2010
Yep, same sex marriage was the driving issue in 2004. There was nothing else going on in the world so that was all people were focused on.
/s
malarkeypnAug 20, 2010
No graph, statistic, analysis or other form of evidence will ever convince the average DP that Obama is not the worst president ever.
alanocuAug 20, 2010
Obama's numbers...well, at least the debt is still in numbers scientists have words for. The entire Mexican government hasn’t illegally crossed the border and relocated here. Ghana doesn’t have a nuclear weapons program, yet. And there have been no zombie attacks.
Maybe we should start grading Obama on a curve and say as long as no one is getting nuked, then he's doing just swell.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
malarkeypnAug 20, 2010
Not sure if you noticed but the article is specifically about numbers related to job approval ratings. Your comment has nothing to do with anything the article's actually about.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Does it hurt to be so stupid, Alan?
jgoldberg49Aug 21, 2010
"well, at least the debt is still in numbers scientists have words for."
Haha, I dugg you up just for that.
gguillornAug 21, 2010
Yeah, cause we all know scientists are the ones that come up with words for numbers.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
I thought you DP f**ksucks had all been banned or run away with your tails between your legs. But nope, you're still here, commenting on articles in such a way as to make it as clear as possible that you did not read even the first sentence.
malarkeypnAug 23, 2010
Actually alanocu came out of the DP scandal with his hands clean. Everyone was all "I disagree with you usually, but at least you're not a bastard."
lederhosedAug 20, 2010
Hmmm... worth thinking about.
northmassAug 20, 2010
Obama isn't the worst president ever by any means. You can make the argument well that Bush was worse than Obama, he started a war based on lies. But Obama has been a failure as a president. His economic goals in the stimulus package have not been met, he has gotten us into a near unwinnable war in Afghanistan, he has failed to uphold basic civil liberties due to his support of the Patriot Act.
The guy even called for a civilian security force that is just as well funded as the military. How are we going to afford an extra $650 billion a year for a 2nd military domestically? Why doesn't the media talk about the fact that he supports this idea? I am all for a strong police force, but isn't this idea kind of extreme?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
YaTiddleAug 21, 2010
650 *million* my friend. It's only employing 1500 people. Please do your research before spouting off bulls**t statistics.
stavrogin2Aug 21, 2010
The Republicans have been taking credit for all of the good the stimulus has done, so apparently it is working.
He didn't "get us into" a war in Afghanistan, Bush did, but he is pushing more funds in, which I do disagree with.
The "national security force" nonsense is just conservative paranoia. Here's factcheck on it: http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/is_obama_planning_a_gestapo-like_civilian_national.html
Bush gave us a lot more than $500 million in deficit spending per year. A hell of a lot more.
northmassAug 21, 2010
(1.) I don't care about what the Republicans have taken credit for, they will do whatever they can to get elected, I am no fan of either party.
(2.) I never said the security force thing he talked about was going to be evil or anything, what I said was that he supports the idea of a civilian security force.
(3.) I meant to say $500 billion, not million.
skinturtleAug 21, 2010
I dunno...he got health care reformed so that more American's can afford it. He turned the focus back to Afghanistan to pursue where the terrorists actually are. He specifically stated that he couldn't make the changes alone...that it would take every American to make true change happen. Who has lifted a finger in that regard? the only finger I see lifted is the middle one when it comes to helping clean up the mess the republicans made.
Remember...he didn't come into office with everything all nice and shiny and a clean slate. It takes a while for such a mess to get cleaned up. But you see Americans have a "fast food" mentality. Just because the man hadn't changed the world a month after getting into office...everyone was criticizing him.
2004taxesAug 21, 2010
" I will not raise taxes on any family making less than $250,000, not one single penny"
People vote their pocket-book. The man is a liar.
jefftsAug 21, 2010
"..he got health care reformed so that more American's can afford it..."
Uh huh, that's why I was informed recently that rates will once again be increasing by 27% in Jan '11.
northmassAug 21, 2010
I don't like the GOP either but I don't think their own idiotic stances cancel out Obama's policy mistakes. The GOP just wants power, just like both parties do.
skinturtleAug 21, 2010
@JeffTS...That's not Obama's fault. That's an Insurance company's tactic to raise your rates using every excuse in the book.
You can still afford it I'm assuming.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
@2004taxes: [citation needed]
2004taxesAug 21, 2010
"Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."
Here's the actual Obama lie quote.
N.H. Sept 12.
jefftsAug 21, 2010
@skinturtle: The 2 major health insurance company's in this area of NY are CDPHP and MVP. Both are not-for-profit companies according to my doctor and several other people in-the-know. And they are the only insurance companies offered by the Chamber of Commerce associations in my area.
I just had to switch insurance plans with my local Chamber of Commerce in June because I couldn't afford the increase (27% in Jan '10). I'm now paying roughly the same rate that I paid last year but for a lesser plan. If the information I received was accurate (received from a friend who runs an insurance agency and he received the information directly from the source), and my rates increase another 27%, I will be back to paying what I couldn't afford for the first 6 months of this year. That will mean that I will once again have to switch to a lesser plan and, currently, the lesser plan is a high deductible plan.
czernelAug 21, 2010
I believe one of the greatest threats facing this nation is the willful economic ignorance of the political class. Many of our elected officials at every level have no understanding of economics whatsoever, yet they wield tremendous power over our economy through taxes, regulations, and countless other costs associated with government. They spend your money with little or no thought given to the economic consequences of their actions. It is indeed a tribute to the American entrepreneurial spirit that we have enjoyed such prosperity over the decades; clearly it is in spite of government policies rather than because of them.
Ron Paul
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul311.htmlComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
card51shortAug 21, 2010
OMG stop being rational and serious about Politics! To be an American these days you have to :
a) choose a side (democrat or republican)
b) Blame EVERYTHING on the other side (even when your side does the same thing the other side does; which always happens)
c) vote for your side no matter what. It's all about winning!
Yay! Go America!!1
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
And there are economists who think that Ron Paul is full of parasite infected s**t.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
Those economists are right. The unregulated free market would be a f**king disaster.
czernelAug 21, 2010
Yeah the same ones who drove our economy into the ground.
pintomp3Aug 21, 2010
Cool, which other evolution deniers do you worship?
funkedupAug 21, 2010
Obama will be a one termer. I just wonder what all of his supporters will be saying when it's 2012 and unemployment is above 10% and the economy is in worse shape. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
stewvaderAug 21, 2010
They'll say it's Bush's fault, of course...
homercles337Aug 21, 2010
Yeah, because it is you dips**t.
gojirraAug 21, 2010
As everyone has said, we will still be remembering that it is Bush's fault. Anyone that doesn't admit this is ignoring the facts. Clinton = Surplus, Bush = Deficit. Simple as that.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
Both Bushes, Clinton, and Reagan. Clinton is least to blame (he signed one Republican-sponsored bill passed by a Republican Congresss as opposed to dedicating his entire presidency to f**king America in the ass hard enough to make it spit its gold fillings into the hands of corporations, but his misstep was a f**king huge one), but he's still part of the club.
sumtallguy1Aug 21, 2010
They'll just put their fingers in their ears and scream about how the rest of the country is stupid and can't think for themselves. And then digg you down.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
funkedupAug 21, 2010
Haha. I have a hard time believing that an Obama supporter would do that!
waiting2awakeAug 21, 2010
"Haha. I have a hard time believing that an Obama supporter would do that! "
don't look now...but.....
predictable
davidnivenAug 21, 2010
Bush's fault. That is what they'll still be saying. Oh, and something about inheriting a mess and how we voters never gave Obama a chance...and how inherent racism is why Obama was a one-term president.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
d4nie1Aug 21, 2010
Haha, we'll see in 2012. Can't wait to taste your tears. Mmmmmm so good.
2004taxesAug 21, 2010
I don't think Americans are smart enough to do the right thing. They are too easily swayed by the media.
2004taxesAug 21, 2010
^^^^
Uhhh I was referring to what candidates would run.
Reading comprehension, try it, for a change. You might find it will help you in life.
facepalm....
basalcellbosskAug 21, 2010
"Obama will be a one termer."
Unlikely. He has better approval ratings than Reagan at this point in his first term, and the GOP are in disarray. They no ideas, no leadership, and are tainted with incompetence and mendacity of previous administrations that the public are unlikely to forget for quite some time.
Who are they gonna field to go up against Obama? Jindal? LOL. Bachmann? HA HA HA. Romney? Not a chance. Palin? BWAHAHAHAHA.
Stop being bitter and delusional.
funkedupAug 21, 2010
I'm not bitter and delusional. I'm realistic.
Obama's base will not be as supportive in the next election as it was last time, and his detractors will be more energized in 2012. This is true with most elections, as the Dems and Progressives were pretty fired up in 2008. They aren't anymore. The House, and possibly Senate, will go Republican and they will block his entire agenda. Obama will essentially be a lame duck president for the entire year of 2011 and 2012.
You are right that the Republicans are lacking leadership, but guys like Romney (I know!) are actually pulling close to him. Ron Paul pulled even with him a few months ago. Most independents will pull for the Republicans since they would rather choose the lesser of two evils, and will just want Obama out.
You're the bitter and delusional one here... :)Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
2004taxesAug 21, 2010
You are going to have a very cruel November this year.
negative4Aug 21, 2010
We certainly have ideas but no presidential contendors for 2012 yet.
basalcellbosskAug 21, 2010
"Way too early to believe anyone knows what will happen."
And then you go on to try to predict exactly that.
/facepalm
scabnabbitAug 21, 2010
Didn't know you could read the future!
But I digress, and wish to call out a pretty important matter that I've never seen any Republican take ownership of that's appearing in this thread:
We're fighting two wars. Those wars are insanely expensive.
As a credit-based country that was over-extended to begin with, how are we not going to be in trouble when acting like that?
I'm not going to get into Obama's (miss-?)spending to kickstart the economy, or any other items, that when added up are a fraction of what these wars have done.
chuckdeesAug 21, 2010
So if the GOP wins control of Congress in November. Like the right wingers think. Unemployment will be 10% in 2012? I guess even right wingers know that the GOP's policies will not fix the economy.
2004taxesAug 21, 2010
"So if the GOP wins control of Congress in November. Like the right wingers think. "
RTFA and analyze the second graph. Jeesh.
funkedupAug 21, 2010
No question. The Republicans won't help out at all. I never said that they would.
gojirraAug 21, 2010
As everyone has said, we will still be remembering that it is Bush's fault. Anyone that doesn't admit this is ignoring the facts. Clinton = Surplus, Bush = Deficit. Simple as that.
funkedupAug 21, 2010
You need to learn the difference between deficits and debt. Clinton had a budget surplus for 3 of his 8 years. The rest were deficits. He added to the debt just like every other president. Plus much of the housing crisis was a creature of his administration.
I don't need to explain to you how Bush added to the deficit because you already know. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
homercles337Aug 21, 2010
"No one is saying that Bush doesn't share the blame."
Yes, you are. Not to mention that you f**kwits like to blame where convenient. Repealing the Glass-Stegall Act lays squarely at the feet of Gramm, Leach, and Bliley--all repugs. Clinton signed it because the repugs had veto-proof numbers, that being said, he deserves blame. Did he craft, support, or endorse the legislation? Nope. The fact that you want to blame him is more revisionist history. Just learn some f**king history for f**ks sake...i know the conservatives are always on the wrong side of popular legislation, but does this mean you can ignore and reinvent it? To do so is profoundly dishonest.
gojirraAug 21, 2010
@funkedup no one is getting confused about the difference between deficit and debt. Obviously this country has been in debt for a long time, and no president, no matter how glorious and godlike, is going to get us out of it. The debt we have accumulated, even before Clinton, will take many many generations to fix.
digg2point0Aug 21, 2010
Given that there's a non-insignificant number of people who think he's a Muslim from Kenya, I don't give two s**ts about poll numbers.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
I think that he is a Salvador Allende who needs to be Pinocheted!
hatdropAug 21, 2010
yeah because Pinochet was an angel that really represented democracy.
maybe we should forcefully install a Pinochet over here so idiots like you can "disappear"
skinturtleAug 21, 2010
People just like ro bitch no matter who the president is.
With the US...the country is pretty much divided equally politically speaking so the number of people complaining will always be about the same no matter which party in elected.
stunt66Aug 21, 2010
Typical liberal. Make the current president seem less s**tty by looking into the past. Guess what. The guy sucks and his only term isn't far from overComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
solitaireroseAug 21, 2010
Typical conservative. Hates the past because it proves his ideas don't work and he doesn't understand anything not on talk radio. Thanks for f**king things up so bad when your people held power it will take decades to fix it.
kennmacAug 21, 2010
And while it's taking forever to fix it, they'll sit in the background with their arms folded yelling obscenities to try to distract others from any progress that might be happening.
kennmacAug 21, 2010
And while it's taking forever to fix it, they'll sit in the background with their arms folded yelling obscenities to try to distract others from any progress that might be happening.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
So you don't believe we should learn from history?
u2canfailAug 21, 2010
History, learn from history? Not until we rewrite it, at the very least.
No terrorist attacked, on Bush's watch.
Ronald Reagan was a fiscal conservative.
Republicans don't spend tax dollars.
norman619Aug 21, 2010
We don't even know history.
alceste1978Aug 21, 2010
Never has been and probably never will be a more loved/loathed president. Most divisive in history. 50% of the non-African-Americans voted for him primarily with the hopes that it would finally put an end to racial divisions and/or inspire black folk to "civilize" themselves.
Didn't work...won't be voted for again.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
stavrogin2Aug 21, 2010
Racist moron.
alceste1978Aug 21, 2010
Excuse me? I'm black, for your information.
sniperhareAug 21, 2010
Blacks can (and are often) racist. It's not just a word to describe whites.
mgraves81Aug 21, 2010
@Alceste
"Excuse me? I'm black, for your information."
HOLY COW that makes you even more racist! Don't you know you are all supposed to think alike?!
Please note my very heavy-handed sarcasm.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
stavrogin2Aug 21, 2010
If that's true, Alceste, which I doubt, how does that prevent your racist musings from being racist? You said that non-blacks voted for Obama so black people would become civilized. That's really stupid, patronizing and racist. You're a racist moron.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
Okay, Alceste1978, so you're a self-hating Uncle Tom, then. We're not civilized? Oh, I bet you think you're a special kind of black man. The more you deny your blackness, or at least the things it entails, the more "civilized" you become. The harder you work to impress your white peers, the better of a person you are, right? f**k you.
u2canfailAug 21, 2010
I voted for smart. Obama Not race.
I did not like Mac, ( or his silly choices). Palin
I actually read. I check facts. You should learn. I will vote again. Obama is way out in front of all potential GOP candidates. Tbags are simply idiots, with votes. There are not that many of them, they are just loud.
mgraves81Aug 21, 2010
Very smart musings you put together too.
Brilliant bits like:
"I voted for smart. Obama Not race."
and
"You should learn."
and
"I will vote again."
and
"Tbags are simply idiots, with votes."
My question for you is...where do you come up with such brilliance. You way with words mesmerizes me. I wasn't going to vote for Obama in 2012 but after that professorial piece of work, I realize I would only be a naive backwoods rube if I did not vote for Obama in the future. Hell, I will even write him in in 2016.
With that level of intelligence you must be a Hurvurd College grad. How much did it cost you to get your doctorate in brilliance? $39.95 plus what ever a sheet of printing paper costs? I am soooo envious of you!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
magus_melchiorAug 21, 2010
@mgraves81: Stop harassing people you disagree with.
mgraves81Aug 21, 2010
Sorry for pointing out when people are down right wrong. I forgot when someone on the 'right' points something out they are harassing. However, if Obama calls out someone on the right...well then... he is just being Presidential.
Lastly, I do not see how my last post was harassing. Care to emphasize or are you just going to carry on with baseless accusations.
FYI:
You are doing the same thing you accuse me of!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
fluxAug 21, 2010
wow the idiots are even gonna try to spin this
geez just how dumb do you think we are
ironhideAug 21, 2010
Do you really want me to answer that?
maddoktor2Aug 21, 2010
Dumb enough to try and spin it?
2004taxesAug 21, 2010
Non sequitur
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
I do not think it means what you think it means.
ironpirateAug 21, 2010
Spin baby spin
funkedupAug 21, 2010
Pathetic. You know it's bad when people try to spin negative news into positive. Obama supporters just can't accept the fact that most people reject his collectivist policies. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
basalcellbosskAug 21, 2010
f**k off back to your Ayn Rand/Ron Paul claptrap, loon.
funkedupAug 21, 2010
Awwww... Someone is getting a little sand in their vagina because their messiah is being rejected. How cute :)
Demonize and make sure to avoid logical discursive recourse. The way of the left!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
gguillornAug 21, 2010
You criticize him for avoiding logical discourse right after you tell him he has sand in his vagina. Incredible.
homercles337Aug 21, 2010
Yeah, except that they dont. Most of the problem with Obama is that he is not progressive enough, that he caters to the shrill conservatives, that he is not liberal enough. You f**kwits on the right are going to be severely bummed this November. Quote this, comment it, do whatever you have to do to mark these words.
funkedupAug 21, 2010
Okay, will do.
Your assertion that most Americans are angry because he isn't progressive enough is fallacious, at best. I agree with you that he is not helping his base by being "moderate."
However, it's erroneous to conclude that MOST Americans support his agenda. I don't know how to explain this to you, but Americans are soundly rejecting nearly every major decision that he has made.
This is the problem with most liberals and even libertarians (whom I identify with) that pretend that most Americans share their vision. The reality is that, for better or worse, America is a center-right christian country. I'm not saying that's the ideal world or that I agree with it...just facts.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
homercles337Aug 21, 2010
Just because you say s**t does not make it true. I know you learn this s**t from your extreme right-wing, hate radio and faux news, but its not true. Youre perspective is truly distorted. Get out in the real world and interact with people and you will see what most Americans see. Conservative ideologies are failures. There is a s**t ton of facts that support this and all the censoring you clueless old f**ks attempt can not hide FACTS. Yes, you dopes have filled the misinformation highway with reinvented history, lies, and bulls**t, but you can not deny that your ideologies are dying--maybe thats why you are so angry? I hope i live long enough to see the complete decimation of your extreme right-wing ideology in this country. It has begun and it wont take long given that you have no ideas and proven failure of political thought. Even Greenspan has admitted he is wrong--when will the rest of you dopes follow?
funkedupAug 21, 2010
homercles...
Everything that you're saying should be applied to yourself. The above comment fits yourself very nicely. Throughout your whole post you somehow managed to not say anything. How is my perspective distorted? You don't say. I know the Left can only demonize, and distort and use revisionist history and facts to legitimize their vision.
Right Wing ideology. HAHAHAHAHAH. I don't watch FOX news, but thanks for being the 1 billionth moron to suggest that I do. I love how when anyone says that are against Obama that they are extreme right wingers. This shows how out of touch the left really is.
Greenspan was never devoted to the free market. Maybe in the 50's and 60's he was, but by the time he became the FED chairman there is no way that you can say that. Just because Greenspan is a supposed representative of the free market doesn't make him one. He lowered interest rates to disastrous levels and was a big supporter of regulation. People say Bush represented the free market. This just isn't the case. A believer in the free market wouldn't accept the FED in the first place.
My ideology isn't dying...far from it. Praxeology and Austrian Economics are growing, as an ideology, faster today then anytime before. You can pretend that I'm an objectivist or a neo-con, but you're wrong.
You can call out the neo cons for (rightly) being hypocrites, but that has nothing to do with me.
Homercless337, I challenge to to a debate on what ever issue you want. Here's your chance to prove how I am "filled with misinformation," "reinvent lies," and how I attempt to "hide facts."
Are you up for it, or are you just going to scatter away like all leftists do?
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
Most people don't support his policies? Is that why he won by 7.2%, campaigning on the very same things he's tried to pass? They haven't failed to pass in the forms he promised during his campaign because of lack of public support. They've failed because of lack of support in Congress, particularly among Republicans. That's why we keep getting watered down versions of the policies that got Obama elected.
blunt7raumaAug 21, 2010
Don't speak for "most people", fool. Speak for yourself.
mrquackerAug 21, 2010
Buried for bulls**t.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
Read the article. If you can refute any of the facts contained therein with valid sources, I will deposit a dollar into your Paypal account.
mrquackerAug 22, 2010
nty, after all the fees I'd end up with next to nothing.
ddrskataAug 22, 2010
I'll take that to mean you couldn't find anything. The burden of proof is on you anyway, given that you made the claim that the article is bulls**t; I just decided to make it interesting. But you know you're wrong, so I'll just let you leave with your tail between your legs.
rabidjesterAug 21, 2010
The Digg Patriots have arrived!
mgraves81Aug 21, 2010
Like OMG soooooo true. Like if you totally like disagree with the Prezident and use Digg you are like totally a Digg Patriot conspiratating against like the smart people that are like not Digg Patriots. Like I know that like all the Liberals bury Conservative articles and comments, but like when the Conservatives do it, thats just like um totally rude...ya know. I can't believe anyone would think that I am wrong *hair-flip* like I totally watch that butch Maddow and she tells me that FOX News lies and like I believe her because she is on TV and stuff...totally!!!!!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
wosayitAug 21, 2010
Go f**k your leader, you zombies. Majority here agree that you dips**ts patriots are annoying. Go s**t bricks on foxnews and leave us alone.
mgraves81Aug 21, 2010
Sorry I am not part of the Digg patriot brigade. Sorry for exercising my first amendment rights on the interwebz. I didn't know that would offend you so much.
You know the majority of Americans agree that Congress and Obama are doing a s**tty job, and I find the majority of Americans slightly, just slightly, more important than the majority of Digg users.
Toodles douche.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
magus_melchiorAug 21, 2010
Judging by the number not in my block list, it seems they recycled their IPs and made new accounts...
homercles337Aug 21, 2010
"That seems like a problem for Bai's thesis."
Conservatives are adept at reinventing history and they have the corporate media on their side to parrot their lies.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Oh, I'm not bad, someone else was WORSE before!
u2canfailAug 21, 2010
And that would be correct.
yurmutha412Aug 21, 2010
Considering we have a stimulus that hasn't created anything but government jobs and a health care bill that raised the costs of health care, he's doing quite well.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
hatdropAug 21, 2010
X was implemented and then Y occurred, thus X caused Y is fallacious reasoning. for all you know, a third event W, could have caused Y to occur.
this was explained in the article which you failed to read. please try to learn casual reasoning.
yurmutha412Aug 21, 2010
@hatdrop
I don't believe everything I read. Tell me about it after the election when the GDP is lower than it is now. Cause and effect are real sometimes. It's not coincidence that the GDP drops as we approach the capital gains tax increase. Somehow I think Obama would be more popular if a few of the Democratic bills that passed actually worked as intended, but you go ahead and believe whatever you want. Just don't ask me to believe that tripe.
pharmaphoxAug 21, 2010
BREAKING: What you read today in the paper about President ________ is blown out of proportion.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Is that you, Barry?
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Barack Hussein Obama...
...yes damn it, community organizers really ARE worthless.
homercles337Aug 21, 2010
diggreiver
A 34 year-old person who joined Digg on July 3rd, 2010
How you are not permabanned yet is beyond me. You and your Digg Parrot ilk are f**king trash.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
awwwww....where's the love?
Keep reading my posts Sparky, you might learn something....
gguillornAug 21, 2010
Sparky? Is that the new Honey? Anyway, it's hard to take you seriously when you call an obviously well educated and accomplished person (Harvard professor that became the president of the U.S.) a know-nothing asshat.
Closed AccountAug 22, 2010
wtf......do you use your brain at all?
Those very same "well educated and accomplished persons" are the VERY SAME PEOPLE who have bankrupted America! (Both D's & R's)
They are the very same people who are too stupid to realize that if they don't rein in spending, we're going down the tubes.
America would be 1000x better off if we replaced all of the "well educated and accomplished persons" from Washington DC and replaced them with random people off of the street. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
vegetablelambAug 21, 2010
takes one to know one.....
absurdistAug 21, 2010
I'll keep posting this till the management does something or hell freezes over:
Repeatedly banned troll violating digg's TOS. Buried, reported.
Closed AccountAug 22, 2010
It's an honor to be able to provide meaning to your life.
wosayitAug 21, 2010
You f**king hypocrites live on government handouts and call the President a communist. You can't troll Digg and have a full time job.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
Right. Someone who graduated from Columbia, got into Harvard Law and graduated magna cum laude, then was a lawyer and a law professor, state senator, US Senator, and then President is clearly unintelligent.
Oh, I'm sorry, that doesn't sound as dumb as calling him a "community organizer."
Closed AccountAug 22, 2010
If he's sooooooooooo smart, why is he too stupid to realize that America can't continue to spend more than it takes in???
Really...I'd like an answer!
jayjaylolAug 21, 2010
Obama's ratings have been excellent throughout his presidency.
frombeyondAug 21, 2010
Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
chuckdeesAug 21, 2010
May 11, 2004
Only 37 percent of those surveyed said they were satisfied with the way things are going in the United States -- a sharp drop from early January, when 55 percent said they were satisfied.
Only 41 percent of voters said they thought Bush was doing a good job handling the economy, with 56 percent disapproving.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/10/war.bush.kerry/
May 24, 2004
Only 30 percent currently say things in this country are headed in the right direction. One year ago, in April 2003, 56 percent of Americans said the country was headed in the right direction.
Bush’s overall job approval rating has continued to decline. 41 percent approve of the job he is doing as President, while 52 percent disapprove
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/24/opinion/polls/main619122.shtml
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
You've got the gift of warping the questions to fit your needs.
"Only 30 percent currently say things in this country are headed in the right direction"
That doesn't mean "they don't like the democrats"
I do not like the direction the country is going, and it's not because I don't like the administration. I don't like the way the country is going because there are bigoted religious zealots getting extremely close to high political power. Fascism is beating on America's door, and I'm very uncomfortable about how the country has started to act because of it.
I am a democrat who caucused, convened, and voted for Barack Obama; I do not like the direction the country is going.
djoverezAug 21, 2010
Did the graph have to use 4 shades of green?
thechauvinistAug 21, 2010
Exactly what I was going to say. I believe there are at least 3 colors besides green out there in the spectrum.
salinemistAug 21, 2010
LOL, Funniest thing I read today.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Good enough to lose his rubber stamp congress in November! The dirty secret about us Tea Baggers is that the filthy Marxists are the ones that are going to get teabagged!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
soc7Aug 21, 2010
You sound like a bottom who desperately wants to be a top.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
LOL I am rather versatile. Thank you! For the record, I don't support the Palin wing of the Tea Party. I am more on the CFL end.
soc7Aug 21, 2010
I was just messing with you.
soc7Aug 21, 2010
Thanks for the complement. Lefty on domestic issues, a bit more hawkish on international issues.
fuzzynyankoAug 21, 2010
The TEA Party needs to ask for the Patriot Act to be removed. You know those "Marxist" guys currently running the country, and the rights given to President Bush to detain terrorists?
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
I agree with you on this one, as I am from the CFL faction. Tell me why our precious Obongo hasn't inequivocably called for this?
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Oh f**k off. The teabaggers are corporatists in disguise. They scream and holler about "states' rights" and less taxes, but what they really mean to do is usurp democracy and hand it over to their corporate overlords and further the current police/national security state. Teabagger is short-hand for "fascist pig ****!"
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Says Sr. djrelic who supports Obongo and Goldman Sachs!
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
"Obongo?" Did you come up with that yourself?
I support neither. TARP was bulls**t, and Obama is a spineless sellout. Where was your discontent over Iraq? Where was it when WMD's proved a facade? Where were the vapid fires of dissent when the Patriot Act was signed into law?
Oh, that's right, you were too busy calling us anti-American leftist-lib'ral-commies.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Listen here you piece of leftist s**t. I participated in anti-war protests during the Bush administration and campaigned for Ron Paul. I never supported the war or its proponents, but given the choice between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle, I would go for Sharron Angle.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
We might actually agree on some things, but I remain fiercely independent, with as much distance from the Tea Party moniker as possible. Your more vocal brethren would make Hitler proud.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Who is ever happy with their representatives or President? They're all in it for themselves, they're at least polite to not tell us to go f**k ourselves.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
norman619Aug 21, 2010
"Obama's job approval ratings aren't that bad when compared with other recent presidents who took office amid a recession."
LOL!!! This is just like trying to hide your bad BO with perfume. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
tyrghastAug 21, 2010
Much to the chagrin of the right wing, the president is working to keep this nation from disintegrating in to a hedonistic cesspool of violence.
It is unfortunate that Fox and the GOP are working in tandem to make us fear, hate and oppose our fellow American.
alceste1978Aug 21, 2010
You're living in a dream world. He's almost certainly not going to get re-elected. Apparently we are not "All Socialists Now."
Dude only got elected because he is (half) black. You know it, I know it, seriously. Oprah cried, we sang cum-bah-ya, we all got to pat ourselves on the back for our magnanimous open-mindedness and diversity; such a step was needed for our cultural evolution, but that party is over and folks are honestly tired of hearing about race, and as an individual leader, Obama sucks. The Bushes are fast fading into distant memory, so you won't be riding the Everything-Is-Dubya's-fault gravy train into the 2012 elections.
The Gimmie-Gimmie crowd is more clamorous than ever for their "due" handouts, and many, many people with real jobs (or desperately seeking them) have begun to realize that the Democratic Party's agenda has crossed the line that separates promoting general social welfare, and into the blatant realm of outright bribery of voters with expropriated tax money.
It is plain as day to anyone who owns a business, large or small, or who knows anything about how the private sector works, that companies are not hiring BECAUSE of the looming healthcare loot-fest, and this administration's animosity towards productive citizens and our capitalistic economy.
You will lose big-time in November. Worse in 2012. The unusually large minority turnout will show up again to blindly "save" the Obama when his second term is in danger, but it will pale in comparison to the wave of discontents literally counting the days until the can re-vote against him. He would lose to Donald Duck. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
You really, really wish you were white, don't you? Like, do you dream about being white at night, cradling your pillow, staring at the poster of Ronald Reagan on your ceiling? Do you regularly side with co-workers when they talk about how they wish black people wouldn't do x, y, and z? Do you cry to yourself in the shower when the blackness won't come off?
f**k yourself. Seriously. Just f**k yourself.
alceste1978Aug 21, 2010
I was lying/joking about being black.
You sure did get pretty "racist" and offensive there for a second once you realized that I didn't fall neatly into your idea of how a black person SHOULD think, though.
So is that what a black person who doesn't support Obama do? Stand in the shower and try to "wash their blackness off"?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
What's up with you DP idiots lying about being black to try to win arguments? Can you not win on the merit of your argument without resorting to lies and bulls**t?
shack95Aug 21, 2010
You will never make Fox News Corp or it's Saudi shareholder happy. Thanks to the foreigner (Murdoch) interfering with American politics.
mwrlAug 21, 2010
Obama is about as re-electable as a table saw.
drmangrumAug 21, 2010
Nice to see Obama has at least put some spin doctors to work.
ddrskataAug 21, 2010
As the DP-filled comments section on this article proves, the right does not give a f**k about facts. Obama's beating Reagan right now in terms of approval ratings, but the right will still act as though Obama has sub-zero numbers. They have to believe this to justify their abject hatred of everything he does.
rw2yAug 21, 2010
The Facts--Presidents can bounce back--Clinton, Reagan.
GOP will have its opportunity (perhaps with majorities)-let us see what they do with the opportunity.
What happens in 2010 not an automatic predictor of what will happen in 2012--that was point of the article and it is true!
The key question is what do Independents do in the future--they are now moving to GOP for 2010, what will they do in 2012 cannot yet be predicted. Partisans such as myself--we don't change, but about 9% of electorate are the "true independents" and they will determine the outcome of 2012
jollyspaniardAug 21, 2010
He's still got six years to work on his legacy (I don't see him losing to the likes of Palin). He's got a lot of work to do.
If he can trim down the military and do something about energy then he'll have done better by far than any president in living memory.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
winston80Aug 24, 2010
Obama is destroying the US