goldnchyl's Comments (2054)

“Seriously? This is the kind of "reporting" that has turned a once honorable profession into the garbage that it is today.”

“Bush railroaded the American ppl into war in Iraq and neglected Afghanistan. If he had had any kind of strategy in that region we wouldn't be having this discussion.”

“Yea. All that is this president's fault ... NOT! You guys are a joke. Where have you been for the past decade? ALL of the things you mention have been years in the making, not months.”

“Because the president didn't do what you and Michael Moore wanted him to do, you assume he didn't consider it. There's so much you nor Moore could possibly know that neither of you could make an informed decision. But you obviously think differently. Maybe you should run for president.”

“Just think. If Bush had done this 5 yrs ago we'd be out by now.”

“u prove my point”

“No, he didn't. And "change WE can believe in" can't be accomplished in this democracy by the president alone. President Obama has followed through on the majority of promises he has made [ http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/subjects/politifacts-top-promises/?page=1 ]. Washington politics is a quagmire, made more entrenched by the excesses of the past 8 yrs. Anyone who thought President Obama could change things overnight is naive, at best. Anyone who doesn't see that prioritizing is important to best resolve the myriad problems that we face doesn't realize that the U.S. govt is a vast and complex (lack of) structure, manipulated in so many ways by corporate interests. No one person could come into this and ramrod his way through to a better way. It seems the only ones permitted to ram their agenda down the American ppls' throats were the last admin, who were conveniently aligned w/ the corporations. On top of the petrified resistance to change that is Washington, our president faces exponentially higher threats to his life and family's, fueled by crazy wingnuts and permitted by their "leaders" on the right. A country brought close to ruin, not by him. No, he is trying to do SOMETHING in order to reestablish what America truly is. Dealing with brats on the right & left whining, under an sensation-hungry media microscope ... if I were him I'd tell all of you to kiss my a$$. But that's not what president's do, is it?”

“Its really interesting reading some of these knee-jerk posts. Gut reactions ... we sure need more of that, NOT! Maybe when you're president someday of what was once the greatest country on earth, trying to keep it all together in the face of the unimaginable (and unknowable to you now) to rebuild after undeniable years of neglect and abuse ON EVERY LEVEL, crazy mofos everywhere threatening your life, fueled by even crazier and irresponsible "leaders", when any of you find yourselves there, then maybe you would have a valid and informed point. No one here knows why the president made this choice but I sense it has something to do with picking his battles.”

“Neither candidate Obama nor President Obama has ever presented himself as a progressive. Ppl see what they want to see. The president has always been moderate and never said anything different.”

“Dontcha know? That's how its "supposed" to be”

“They still wouldn't get it.”

“If by "fittest" you mean the most disingenuous & greedy. They of the "forked tongue" I believe the indigenous people called them.”

“I must agree with Twain ;-)

However, stats or no, it is safe to say from all the stories told by ordinary folks that 10s if not 100s of thousands of Americans are being screwed by the insurance companies whose goal is only to make profit by any means necessary. They go to great lengths to NOT care for the sick.”

“I'm with you. However, my hesitance to criticize the president has little to do with koolaid drinking. There's just so much vitriolic and ridiculous flooding the media messaging, any criticism coming from anywhere gets all mixed up with the bs. But I don't understand what President Obama is trying to do here.”

“ok, let's take your point further. Say those accidents, the willfully unhealthy, etc., account for half of the 3600 number. So only 1800 die each month directly because they have no health coverage. That's better? I think you're missing the point.”

“exactly my first thought when i saw this”

“The president campaigned from the center and has governed from the center as well.”

“In a nutshell! Fanned.”

“window dressing programs? tell that to Matt Shephard's mother. Not mentioned are the financial sector reforms proposed by the president that the Dept. of Commerce is fighting against. Entrenched standards in Washington are resisting the changes this president has proposed. Too many players already on the court for "the new kid" to come in and make sweeping changes. Incremental steps and a balanced demeanor are the most effective way forward, imho. It's easy to belittle the work that's been done already. It's easy to whine. But the president has always said that real change takes time.

"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who wont agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government cant solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way its been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand." President-elect Barack Obama Nov. 4. 2008”

“fanned!”

“i was making a joke about the last admins' dictator-like ways. i guess not a very funny one”

“missed a few? really? NOOOOOOO! bunch of brats”

“the goalposts have been moving since the campaign.”

“And you know that its that cut and dried because you're a financial expert? You know that there were other people qualified for this position AND who could get through senate confirmation? There are STILL dozens of appointees that the repubs are blocking. You are making assumptions about issues you cannot understand.”

“seriously? how old are you? 12?”