Demonstrable proof of Obama’s impressive political muscle

more and more people are wising up to the horrendous choice we made in electing obama... more horrendous than john mccain...? as lewis black would so succinctly put it, "we had the choice of two bowls of shit and the only difference was the smell..."

david sirota...

[I]t is silly to insist that the national political events during Obama’s term represent a lack of presidential strength or will. And it’s more than just silly—it’s a narcissistic form of wishful thinking coming primarily from liberals who desperately want to believe “their” president is with them.

Such apologism, of course, allows liberals to avoid the more painful truth that Obama is one of America’s strongest presidents ever and is achieving exactly what he wants.

Obama is not a flaccid Jimmy Carter, as some of his critics insist. He is instead a Franklin Delano Roosevelt—but a Bizarro FDR. He has mustered the legislative strength of his New Deal predecessor, but he has channeled that strength into propping up the very forces of “organized money” that FDR once challenged.

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As hideous and destructive as it is, [Obama's] record is anything but weak. It is, on the contrary, demonstrable proof of Obama’s impressive political muscle, especially because polls show he has achieved these goals despite the large majority of Americans who oppose them.

Importantly, though, Obama himself has not suffered from equally negative polling numbers. While his approval rating is not terrific, he is in decent shape for re-election—and, more significantly, he has suffered only a minimal erosion of Democratic support. He is relatively popular, in other words, despite advocating wildly unpopular policies. Thanks to that reality, every one of his stunning legislative triumphs now has the previously unprecedented imprimatur of rank-and-file Democratic support.

here i sit on friday, my one-day weekend in kabul, afghanistan, reading about my country, the country i am here to be a role model for, watching the dispatches from the u.s. as they positively drip with the bullshit of uncontrolled money, power and hypocrisy, watching as we literally bulldoze everything we touch, while i try to coach my afghanistan counterparts in the essence of principled leadership... HA...!

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