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Liberals and democrats only: What are your disappointments with Obama?

I only want to get a liberal or democrat's opinion of obama, not a right winger who is going to say the same old crap every time(if this happens i will delete your response)

I am a big liberal in my own right and i have four main disappointments:

1. the stimulus: it worked in that it prevented major job losses, a major downturn in the economy, and made smart investments in clean energy but if the funding was used more wisely the economy would be better today. i felt that too little was spent on infrastructure(60 billion) and seeing how our nation is falling apart and infrastructure has a proven history of stimulating the economy, alot more(atleast 300 billion) would have been more beneficial to the nation. If most of the package was spent on infrastructure and energy with the rest going to tax relief and state aid, unemployment would be lower today and GDP would be higher. China spends a lot on infrastructure and their economy is booming

2. Deficits- I defend obama a lot more than i should on this issue but the reality is I don't want us to eventually be like greece because it looks inevitable at this point if the government doesn't take serious action. I know we are in a recession and revenue is lower and spending needs to be higher but i feel like obama waited untill he needed to(debt ceiling crisis) to address this issue in a serious fashion. I have an interest in economics and while i realize serious deficit reduction will hurt our recovery it wouldn't hurt to think more about the future. I am a big believer in what robert rubin thinks in that government borrowing leads to less private borrowing or the crowding out effect. while obama hasn't helped the serious debt problem i do give him credit for attempting to compromise with republicans on this issue by leaving all options on the table. too bad repubs let grover norquist speak for them.

3. Wars- yes we are out of iraq but we shouldn't have waited this long. he had the power to take all the troops out faster but didn't. as far as afghanistan goes, obama's rules of engagement are destined to "improve relations with them and not hurt their feelings" but if he really wanted that then the real solution would be to TAKE ALL OF OUR TROOPS HOME AND STOP TRYING TO IMPOSE OUR WESTERN VIEWS ON THEM. if we didn't try to intervene with everything the middle east does, our national security would be a lot better. plus we would save money

4. he is a pushover. plain and simple in that he lets the right wing walk all over him and he still tries to be on their side. this has infuriated me the most. if people had no interest in helping you and who's main goal was to see you fail, would you still try to be friendly with them?

republicans are pretty much leaving obama to take the blame if the economy is bad but its only fair for him to get all the credit if the economy gets better(like it is) right?

While i am not obama's biggest fan, he still cares about us rather than himself and has done some good things such as health care reform, auto bailout, some financial reforms, and getting us on the path to clean energy. It would be nice to have someone who embraces and stands up for liberal values such as bernie sanders as president

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    It's just that everyone had such high expectations of him. Everyone honestly thought he was gonna be the second coming of Jesus Christ. Of course, it's not him they were excited about, it was his skin colour... what a racist world we live in.

  • 5 years ago

    Because 1). He tried compromising with people that don't or don't know how to compromise and 2). He is pushing TPP trade agreement.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    He didn't arrest Dumbya Bush for war crimes.

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