You are so right. The Divide & conquer comment is precisely what they're up to. We must stand together so the USA doesn't turn into present day Wisconsin.

I hope that we WILL stand together. That has to include the president and his support. Where is it?

The lack of presidential leadership from Obama on issues like the right wing attacks against Acorn, Planned Parenthood, women's reproductive rights, worker's rights, public radio, union rights and collective bargaining, and new voter-ID laws that oppress or prevent hundreds of thousands of legitimate minority votes -is unforgivable.

Obama has sat quietly as republican governors in several states attempted to destroy some of the most prominent political organizing arms of the democrat party. He has just a few days left to step forward and lead on this issue. Someone has to hold his feet to the fire instead of making excuses for failure.

LO - you actually typed all that? FYI - there are no more combat troops in Iraq

@regrlr: What I said was the war in Iraq ran it's full term. Obama the candidate promised to end that war. The assumption was he would shorten it. He didn't shorten it by even a day. Obama let Bush's "Status of Forces" agreement expire. Then... *THEN* the war was over, and Obama tried to claim credit for ending it? That's a sad joke.

Everything else I said in the previous comment is also true. Read it again. Obama is a poser who has betrayed the interests of his own party. That is how republicans will complete the unfinished agenda of the last administration. Look at the net results of Obama's first term. Functionally, you are looking at the third term of the Bush administration.

Consider: If republicans knew they would most likely lose the 2008 election due to public disenchantment with the wars and unpopularity of many of Bush's policies, then the only way to complete their agenda was to nominate the alternative party's candidate. Enter Obama. I can cite proof that this is what they did and even explain how they did it. Just ask me.

Hint: First, do you know what an open primary is? Some states allow anyone, even registered republicans, -to vote for the nominee of the democratic party. Obama got millions of crossover votes in open primary states. Why?

Second, remember the nullification of the democratic primary vote in Florida in 2007? This happened because the republican-controlled legislature in Florida moved the date of the primary so that it was too early to be counted. Obama's competition Hillary Clinton was projected to win Florida, so they rigged things so that none of Florida's votes could be counted. Ask yourself why they did that. Now realize they did the very same thing in the state of Minnesota. My friend, the GOP wanted Obama to win the democratic nomination. Now we know why.

Dude, get some help. You must have a prestigious job where you tell everybody what to do while you just talk & talk & talk. O Knowledgeable One, we are all quite aware why the Donald is rebirthing & you saying out loud, our President has something to do with it, is ludicrous, lol. (pun intended) I've learned in my long life that only poseurs say poseurs. I lost interest at that point but upon scrolling down, in your EIGHTH PARAGRAPH you say "I could go on, but what I've covered so far is more than enough to make any progressive democrat sick to their stomach." You did go on & on & on, blah, blah, blah. Get a grip, get a job & seriously LEAVE US ALONE YOU TROLL!

Regards,

Sanity

@MsDragonFire: I'm not here to attack you or whoever you refer to as "us", I'm here to get some points discussed. Resolve these issues instead of dismissing them and I'll have no reason to remain. -CAN YOU resolve these issues with facts and a logical argument?

For instance, can you not connect the dots between low poll ratings for Obama among his base and a resurgence of the birther story, -which results in improved poll ratings as manipulated democrats rally around the prez to tamp down those filthy lies yet again? Did you know Donald Trump was once a registered democrat?

By the way, I wonder if some of your "long life" wasn't spent at lucianne.com. Am I right? That seems to be where your style of dismissive attack originates.

Kiev, that is one rectally-derived comment.

I would say anal is more appropriate. However, these *are* points and questions that ought to be discussed and answered. HOW do we know this man is truly on our side? We can't be certain. All we can do is look at his record of accomplishment, policy, and enacted legislation. Most of what has been done, accomplished, or ignored seems to serve the other party.

The Bush tax cuts were extended by Obama with his signature. He claims the GOP had him over a barrel. Right. -Here, twist my arm. Guantanamo is still open. He promised to close it. We assumed that meant in his first hunderd days. Allegations of torture were never investigated. That was a GIANT political favor for the GOP that subverted our legal system and constitution in favor of neocon interests.

Obama has ordered and carried out the assassinations of at least two American citizens without trial or legal charge. This is unprecedented. Direct air support and bombings of targets in Libya and covert work to topple the Assad government in Syria prove Obama has done more to topple the governments of Arab states in the region surrounding Israel than he has done to help American families facing foreclosure and loss of their homes. We didn't vote for that.

Taken together, this strategic agenda seems to follow Dick Cheney’s plan for the mid east more closely than it reflects the will of the democratic base that elected Obama.

Of course Obama did give us health care reform. That included the personal mandate, which was originally proposed by republicans as an alternnative to Hillycare when Bill Clinton was in office. Quite telling, Obama removed the public option from that legislation.

And sadly, financial reform didn't go far enough on Wall Street. Reports indicate investment banks are now engaged in a level of derivatives trading and credit default swap (CDS) activity that exceeds the level of trading when the economy collapsed in 2007. A real leader wouldn't allow that.

So who is Obama really serving? Are you being served? Most of us just have that warm feeling that comes from being pissed on. We deserve better. Nothing will change until WE STOP ACCEPTING the status quo from Obama.

Joe Biden's comments to Gold Star mothers today were incredibly poignant. I will be posting this clip to fb as soon as it is available. No matter what your politics, this is a must-read. I would love to meet him and thank him for all he has done for America. Just an FYI, I loved his autobiography.

@regrlr: You need a change. We can smell your diaper.

So many of Americans today are the "Working Poor". They do not earn enough to pay rent and feed their children. Quite frankly, if all people were paid a working wage, then they could pay taxes. A person who is paid minimum wage (and works HARD by they way) cannot afford to have enough money left over to pay taxes. Do the math.

The poor do pay their fair share. The poor pay payroll taxes, sales taxes, and other taxes that directly go to pay for the services that they use. Very few services are funded directly through the income tax- the income tax by and large has to do w/ the national debt which is by and large carried by the wealthier class since it's usually the wealthy who own bonds and not the poor. And since the poor are already paying taxes and are already paying taxes often over 50% of their income there isn't really a reason to complain about raising the tax rate on the upper class when the upper class pays less than that 50% rate. This is particularly true when considering that the amount of money a person has left over after paying 50% of their income if they are a millionaire is vastly more than what's needed to survive than the amount left over from a person making 20k/yr. You are acting like the poor pay nothing the rich pay everything- this is not true. This is especially confusing when you take into consideration how much wealth the upper 10% of Americans control versus that of the bottom 90% of Americans. The tax rate is hardly proportionate. Lastly unless you are a part of that 10% (which you likely aren't since you're blogging here) you should be aware that it's your taxes that will be raised. Just FYI.

It is time that dividends and capital gains are taxed at the same rate as savings account interest. I heard Bill O'Rielly say there is risk in the stock market and that is why dividends and capital gains are taxed less. Will your job be there for the full length of you mortgage, car loans, and the decision to get married and start a family? That is also risk. So you manage to pay on all your loans and have a little left over to put in a savings account and have that interest taxed at a higher rate is a crime. By the way, I own stock and have a savings account. In July of 1979 I got a mortgage on a new house and in December 1979 the company closed down.