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Subscribe to RSSDETROIT, Mich. – Obama supporters are going to the movies.
In the effort to fire up backers nationwide, the president's re-election campaign screened a documentary about President Barack Obama’s tenure at more than 300 spots on Thursday.
The 17-minute "documentary" production, called "The Road We've Traveled," is narrated by Tom Hanks and directed by Davis Guggenheim. It highlights the Obama administration's aid package to the automobile industry – the same accomplishment touted this morning in a campaign speech by Vice President Joe Biden. (While Biden specifically named the Republican candidates at his Thursday address in Ohio, the Guggenheim movie names only one – Mitt Romney – with a brief mention of Romney’s 2008 op-ed titled, "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.")
In downtown Detroit, the segment about the auto bailout drew applause from a crowd of more than 150 Obama supporters, most of them African Americans, who gathered at a 2012 campaign office for the screening.
"He has the nerve to do unpopular things," Gloria Mills, a retired teacher and native Detroiter, said of Obama after the film. "They keep saying 'saving the auto industry.' He made a very good business decision and made a good business loan. We made money from that and the industry is booming again."
At the Detroit headquarters, the screening was preceded by a lengthy presentation – that at times had the air of a pep rally – by local campaign staff about its area phone banking and voter registration goals.
The film opens by outlining the economic woes faced by Obama even before the inauguration, with key advisers predicting a possible economic collapse without swift action.
"All I was thinking at that moment was 'Could we get a recount?'" senior advisor David Axelrod jokes in an interview.
Also named in the film as major feats are the passage of the health care overhaul, the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, the killing of Osama bin Laden and the president's naming of two female Supreme Court justices.
Perhaps as prominent as Hanks' narration is former president Bill Clinton, who appears in the film five times to laud his Democratic predecessor's decision-making.
"He took the harder and the more honorable path," Clinton says of Obama's decision to order the attack on bin Laden's compound. "When I saw what had happened, I thought to myself, 'I hope that's the call I would have made.'"
Even as public opinion polls show Obama's approval rating in flux, supporters in Detroit were optimistic that the president's record would earn him a November victory.
Longtime volunteer Bill Richardson, 71, said that the still-unresolved GOP presidential primary would help Obama, adding that the more the president campaigns, the higher his chances for re-election will become.
"Once he starts campaigning, people start hearing what his accomplishments are, hearing what the Affordable Care Act is really doing for them and their children and their friends and neighbors, I think his chances will be 75 percent to 25 percent."
Gloria Mills, the teacher, was even more confident.
"Personally, I want him to beat the socks off the competition," she said. "But he's definitely going to be elected."
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Barack "mixed-bag" Obama. He's got some wins, he's got some losses.
Auto bailout? Hey, there's no arguing with success.
2 great Supreme Court picks IMHO.
Got Bin Laden; thumbs up!
Obamacare? Didn't like it when it was the republican plan back in the 90's. Don't like it any better now just because a democrat pushed it through.
Iraq? Pres. Obama would have scored better had he not fought up until the last minute to keep several thousand advisors there. Luckily for us, Iraq kicked us out completely.
And I've always had a problem with the fact that Pres. Obama not only ran with Cheney's book on the Patriot Act and Homeland Paranoia, but decided to add his own chapters.
All in all, he's not as great as the dems claim, but not as terrible as the repubs claim. He falls squarely in the middle of the pack of US Presidents.
Damning by faint praise is an old, old technique.
It is easy to say things have not been achieved when you are looking at what was before the worst economic disaster since the 1930's that began under President Bush and now, that we are catching up across the board. The fact is this President stopped us from falling down a giant, giant hole. From the beginning of his term the Opposition pledged openly to obstruct the US recovery. Even so, we are recovering due to the perseverance of this remarkable President Obama, who has been very busy fixing all the messes that left on his doorstep by the previous Administration.
For those who have been misinformed about the very large accomplishments of this Administration, here are a FEW:
In spite of GOP leadership vowing not to help the President with our economic recovery, this President signed in critically needed Financial Reforms and:
Right away a bill saying an equal day's means an equal day's pay.
Rescued US Auto Industry on the verge of collapse. (GOP-ers like Romney said we should let it all go bankrupt - as well as let the Housing meltdown "hit bottom'.)
Consequently, one million jobs saved, related and local businesses are recovering well.
The Big Three making money and rehiring workers, GM #1 in the world.
Fuel-efficient vehicles Made in America being exported.
Helping our environment, helping to end our oil addiction by raising fuel efficiency standards ...to 55 miles per gallon.
$60 billion of subsidies going to Banks for student loans, now go directly to students. Milions more can go to College because of it.
Healthcare reform after a century of Presidents tried. It doesn't go fully into effect till 2014, but for now:
Nobody goes bankrupt because they get sick.
2.5 million young people can stay on their parents's health plan and stay insured till they are 26 years old.
Seniors are already seeing discounts on their prescription drugs,
Preventive care is available to all.
Children and adults with preexisting conditions get insurance that cannot be denied or dropped by their insurance companies.
Don't ask, Don't Tell is over.
Our troops came home. The war in Iraq is over.
Afghanistan is drawing down.
Al Qaeda is weakened, Bin Laden is gone.
Stop pretending the recovery did not happen due to the actions of the Obama Administration.
When President Obama was inaugurated, we were losing 750,000 jobs a month and GDP fell to minus 8.9% (-8.9%). In the last 2 years, nearly 4 million private sector jobs were created (even as GOP governors laid off 700,000 public sector workers). Manufacturing jobs are up for the first time since the 1990's. The Auto Industry is BACK, and has been re-tooled for fuel efficiency. GM is #1 worldwide.
For example: The President saved 1Million autoworker jobs, while GOP (and Romney) advocated letting the industry die. If that had happened, we cannot imagine how bad the devastating effects would have been on our economy as well as our national psyche.
Stop listening, stop availing yourself to the spinners and bullies on the right. Face up to the accomplishments of this Administration. You have to learn about the actual facts. Stop pretending to know what they are.
Excellent documentary "short movie," especially the part about bin Laden. And very accurate as is Game Change -- and a good commentary on where the Democratic Party is compared to Teapublicans.
Backhouse,
People forget about where we have been, where we could have ended up, and where we are today in comparison. This President took over at one of the worst times. Yet, all the "nay" sayers complain that it's not good enough or fast enough. It's been 3 years, people. Most cannot even pay their credit card off in 3 years but they expect this country to recover overnight.
If anyone wants to be reminded of the severity of the financial meltdown that not only almost took us down but went around the world and came back to us like a tsunami, here is a link to another documentary: "Inside the Meltdown."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meltdown/view/
Damning by faint praise is an old, old technique.
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Nah, I wouldn't damn anyone, let alone the guy who has the toughest job in the world. Not my style and way above my power. I'm simply immune to typical party hyperbole. But I realize that you, being a good democrat, have to say such things when you imagine your side is being attacked. In that, you have much in common with your republican counterparts.
First, we have Democrat Headquarters flying a Desecrated US flag with the image of Chairman Obama and now we have propaganda movies. Check your history books people. As they say history has a way of repeating itself!
Ahhh once again the "losing 750,000 jobs per month" magic talking point. Could you please enlighten all of us on what months those were?
I won't wait. There aren't any.
Sorry, our bad....
.....Just following what Obummer said as a candidate and in 2009. We'll ignore his own platitudes from this point forward.
You ever wonder if he's eating his own words about how easy it is to be a candidate for President and actually being President? Things that make ya go "hmmm".....lol
That -8.9% GDP number is HUGE. Conservatives would like us to forget just how bad things were in 2007-8, and just how monumental the task is of getting us back where we need to be. Fact is the economy wasn't just in freefall, it was practically being driven into the ground by the consequences of deregulatory ideology. It's time to learn, Ayn Rand is in the fiction section and needs to stay there.
The success of President Obama has mostly been about belief in reality over ideology and the pragmatism of searching about until you find a solution that works.
You mean when Pelosi (D) and Reid (D) were in charge of 2/3 of the government?
Michael - You know they don't like to remember that part of the Bush years.
[You mean when Pelosi (D) and Reid (D) were in charge of 2/3 of the government?]
Uh oh...the bull@!$%# claim of a Democratic "supermajority" rears it's ugly head again...you got your ass handed to you once before on this non-issue, didn't you Mikey?
Sure ya did, little buddy!
TttH is once again trying to rewrite history. Here's a little refresher on what REALLY happened;
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/09/news/economy/jobs_december/
All of those numbers, btw, were revised upward as it became clear the Bush Recession was 20% worse than anyone at the time realized. By late 2009 it was clear to those of us in the "reality-based community" that climbing out of the mess created by deregulatory fervor was going to be a monumental task;
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/worst-unemployed-americans-hunker-job-losses-article-1.417196#ixzz1pHWxxzV0
Oh hey, there's a mention of that 700,000 job loses the invisible Hand says never occurred!
I totally agree with all of you. The other side sucks.
"Which one?" you ask.
"Yes" I answer.
Ummm, genious!?!....
I do not seem to recall mentioning a "super majority" at any point in my response to your buddies reference to the 2007 and 2008 year.
What part of Pelosi being in charge of the House and Reid being in charge of the Senate is even remotely false??
Now, I realize you may feel a bit uncomfortable remembering that fact but hey, that's life. lil buddy.
What stays with me from this film is the courage that President Obama has shown. He has made some very tough choices under difficult conditions without ever breaking a sweat.
History will recognize him as a great man.
Many of us already do.
So Michael, you're saying the economy is still weak because Republicans run the House? You're argument would lead to a conclusion that House leadership MUST be at least partially responsible for our current conundrum...and that the President is in no way responsible.
[I do not seem to recall mentioning a "super majority" at any point in my response to your buddies reference to the 2007 and 2008 year.]
...yeabut...yeabut...yeabut...see little Mikey...that's EXACTLY what you meant, now isn't it? I mean, in your little mind, how else could Pelosi and Reid totally collapse the U.S. economy in in two years?
So, this is just about the time you say "You're too easy" and then disappear, isn't it?
...sure it is...way.to.go Walters...now off to Fox Nation and The Blaze! You're seat is getting cold...they NEED you, Mikey!
H-O-W F-*-C-K-I-N-G ignorant can you liberals be???!!!?!??!??!??!???!?
Let's recap for the "special" among us, shall we?
John B reminds us of the horrors in "2007-8" in post #1.9. Then his "lil buddy" pipes in with post #1.12 with sheer brilliance like he didn't even read my retort with some "super majority" bullsh*t and NOW John B is talking about a completely DIFFERENT topic in thread #1.17
No wonder noone can debate a liberal. They couldn't stay on topic if their lives depended on it. WTF?!?! Someone throw something shiney on the floor?!?
I see I struck a nerve with Michael.
Hey, if Democrats were responsible for the Bush recession because they were in charge of Congress (and President Bush is wholly blameless) then Republicans must share responsibility for the still-weak economy because they're in charge of the House (which would make President Obama wholly blameless.
I'm just following your chain of logic, little buddy.
[No wonder noone can debate a liberal. They couldn't stay on topic if their lives depended on it. WTF?!?! Someone throw something shiney on the floor?!?]
So, can't refute a thing, eh Mikey? No, you can't...you're just not that smart. Nothing. Nada. Zip. You'd rather just make a blanket statement and call it a debate, now isn't that right Mikey?
Sure it is...but here's your big chance...don't let your fans down...they're watching. Tell us about the "democrat supermajority" that was needed for these two "eeeevil libruls"...Pelosi and Reid...to bring the U.S. economy to it's knees in two years...then you can start refuting John's post...you can refute it, can't you Mikey? I mean, you ARE smarter than a "libbie", aren't you?
...sure you are...
But I gotta hand it to you though...I mean...you standing up to the "eeeeeeevil libruls"...your Fox Nation and Blaze buddies must be oh so proud.
Here...I'll even say it for you so you can...you know...save face...
...now run along little buddy...
LOL....to be quite honest, I have no idea what you're talking about with "Fox Nation" and "The Blaze"....I could Google it in about two seconds and find out I suppose, but that would mean I give a sh*t!...lol
I actually watch MSNBC daily so as to keep up with my FR skills. Too easy. Martin Brashir, the most racist person I'v ever seen on tv, daily at 1 pm eastern. Chris Jansing, 8 am eastern HOT!...nm....SMOKIN HOT......Morning Joe is a good show with a fake conservative Joe Scarborugh and then the Grand Poobah, Chris Matthews at 3 eastern, almost as big of a hack as you folks here.....almost. His show on Sunday mornings, which I rarely miss, is a First Read extension.
I'm trying to figure out Chris' fixation with Howard Fineman. What a pompas ass if I ever saw one.
Anywhosers, The only Fox show I watch is O'reilly at 8 eastern, and thats usually just the first 5 minutes for his "Talking Points" - good stuff.
Sooooo, to sum up for the idiot crowd......
Quit watching the easy stuff. Kinda like a liberal being on this board....Too Easy! Get outta yer comfort zone and go into the lions den.....grow a pair!
John and Mickey,
I'm trying to remember the last time I was talking to someone where common sense was lost.
I'm there again with you two. Retarded.
Micheal1969
So according to you the Senate + the House is the 2/3 of the government? When did that change because I thought it was only 1/3 of our government. House+Senate=Congress=Legislative Branch.
Also, being in charge of the Senate or the House does not equal to a divine power. It's like saying the Boehner has the power over the entire House today. He apparently cannot control his own people never mind the rest.
I knew you were ignorant but the more you post the worse you make yourself look...your are not doing your cause a favor by posting, you know.
[Too Easy!]
Right on time, little buddy...right on time...at least you don't disappoint!
never...lol
C'mon, you do have to admit if logic is the yardstick by which we'll measure our comments, the loony libs DO make it too easy!
However, that being said, logic is not required or even reccomended with liberals.
...tick tock, Mikey little buddy...tick tock...
Hey, Q for ya....
Is that "little buddy" a gay thing? 'Cause I don't know if you caught my #1.23 post where I referenced Chris Jansing "SMOKIN HOT" comment.
Wanted to point it out and remind ya I don't fly the "Little Buddy" way. Must be a truck driver.
Mickey, NY
Don't hold your breath, Mickey. Micheal+bunch of numbers does not respond to legit questions. He is all about insults but no facts. Have you seen him post ANYTHING that was worth ANYTHING.
Micheal, I am still waiting on you to show me how Congress= to 2/3 of our government. You claim to be the intellectual - prove your theory.
LMAOOOO, you moron. I'm a Union Millwright (construction worker) if you must know. I aint sh*t....lol
That's how easy you folks are....even an idiot construction worker can make looney libs look goofey.
Tell your Mom and Dad to lower your rent.
Hey little mick since you like the recovery of the 2010 House of Representatives just think how great it will be when we Republicans take the Presidency and the Senate in November. I know you won't be little mick anymore you will be posting as a Republican with a different name. lmfao *popcorn* Rot in hell derrick bell.
Michael, you still haven't addressed which of your points was wrong.
Was it the part that says Republicans aren't responsible for what happens in the House?
Was it the part where you claim that President Bush wasn't responsible for anything that happens in the economy but President Obama is responsible for everything that happens in the economy?
Michael, you still haven't addressed which of your points was wrong.
Was it the part that says Republicans aren't responsible for what happens in the House?
Was it the part where you claim that President Bush wasn't responsible for anything that happens in the economy but President Obama is responsible for everything that happens in the economy?
Bob Jones, which parts of the Republican House agenda have been passed by the Senate and signed into law by the President in order to cause the improvements for which you claim credit?
Micheal, at least we agree on this one thing.
how is that exactly? How is making yourself look like an idiot make us look goofy?
...still waiting for Mikey, my little buddy, to explain the "democrat supermajority" of 2007 & 2008 and how two (only two?) "eeeevil libruls", Pelosi and Reid, brought the entire U.S. economy to its' knees...
But I guess what's more important (to him, anyway) than debating this topic is whether I am gay or not...but, yeah...you have no problem with gay people...after all...some of your friends are gay, right Michael?
Sure they are...
No deflection there, eh Mikey?
Way to stay on topic, eh Mikey?
John B - Where is the other 50,000? The point was, all you on the left tout 750,000. That article says 700,000. Is that rounding up the actual number of 580,000 as reported by the labor department in one of the left's favorite newspapers, The New York Times?
See if it posts this time.
I wonder who Michael's union will be supporting for President in November? I would be willing to bet it will be Obama instead of the anti-union GOP candidate.
www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/business/economy/07jobs.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Its a sad state of affairs when we are more interested in making the other side look stupid rather than working with them.
Again, we are all Americans.
Congratulations, you found a link to an article referencing the initial numbers, which are always adusted once more accurate information can be compiled. Wow, you've really made your point by insisting that "only" well over a half million jobs were lost in a month instead of three quarter million.
Great follow up to a post in which you seek vindication by insisting that a jobs loss of ALMOST 3/4M jobs is somehow significantly different than jobs loss of a FULL 3/4M jobs.
Debating the numbers doesn't change the realty...the Bush Recession, the culmination of 30 years of deregulatory, Laissez-Faire failure was a near repetition of the last period in which Laissez-Faire ruled, the Great Depression.
A McCain presidency would have given us a chance for us to beat all the Great Depression records, made possible because Hoover was President for an additional 3 years after the Depression started until FDR stopped the bleeding.
I'll mostly Agree with you , Chucky . Just I would rate him more top 25% . I am a " no party affiliation " voter in Central Florida . Regardless what the right says about some people thinking this President is the "Messiah ".
I see him as a man trying to do a job . Sometimes without a lot of help .
The Obamas lied they didn't travel the road , They had no student loan debts - The reference from Barack Hussein Obama II having published his and Michelle's tax returns on the internet from 2000 through to 2010, Barack Obama is stating the truth in September 26th 201[1]1, at Linked In Town Hall in Mountain View, California, as neither him or Michelle claimed any student loan deductions ever, Both Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama told burglar lies in 2008 - September 26th 201[1]1, 38:06, Obama states he lied to the world as he now inserts "I went to school on scholarships Michelle's father paid for all her schooling" President Obama at Linked In Town Hall 4Qv_KxhBb0I - January 31st 2008, Michelle Obama went into the most elaborate emotional story about her and Barack Obama's pain sufferings of them paying off their student loans for over 10 long years, to be what they thought society wanted them to be - Michelle Obama speech Delaware part3 QT8pdbJB8bk - November 2nd 2008, The senator (Barack Hussein Obama II) takes up your concerns over the rising cost of college and student loans. Obama insects " this I can relate to I went to college having to take out student loans, I went to laws school having to take out student loans Michelle took out student loans ....... " It's A Huge Burden'news/314264/its-a-huge-burden.jhtml#id=1598410
I may be outta line here, but I doubt anybody's gonna base their vote one way or the other on "Student Loangate". This is the definition of a non-issue.
You wrote "No student loan debts"
Either you are desperate, or you read one of 'those' books or believed somebody, somewhere.
Undergraduate degrees came first.
At some point after that, separately and by chance, the President and First Lady both went to Harvard Law School.
In 1990 a Harvard Law degree was $25,000 per year.
Anyone who is advertising "Impeach Obama" has zero credibility. They either don't understand the Constitution or don't care about the Constitution. Either way, zero credibility.
impeach the traitor obama.... now! save the dam counrty!
You're a winger alright.
Pray tell, what are the grounds for impeachment?
I assume you're addressing me, myboys?
What am I asking for?
Those who favor impeaching Obama (as if that would ever happen) are asking for President Biden.
Have a nice day.
Winger-412010
If you consider Obama a traitor, you must be rooting for an Islamic Caliphate.
Osama bin Laden was executed during the Obama administration, Winger, if Obama was a "traitor" why would he kill our most dangerous enemy?
First of all the moron obama never killed bin laden..he sat a watched like everyone else... PLease .Obama kills babies though. By the millions... worldwide too.... his hands and body is splatted with the blood of MILLIONS OF BABIES..... OK... so get it right... SO HOWS THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER WORKING FOR YOU STUPAK.... you,freaking IDIOT..trusting obama is like trusting the devil....he is already killing usa babies on the fed dollar....MURDERING PIG!
He didn't kill Osama bin Laden because he didn't do it with his own hands, right? Okay, I'll grant that.
Then he hasn't killed any babies either, unless you're accusing the President of the United States of being a serial killer.
Are you?
yes he is a serial killer ..INDEED ..get it right oK?
Truth hurts dont it...Hows that executive order working for you STUPAK you freaking IDIOT! ???
Wow, your tinfoil hat's a little tight today.
Does the Secret Service know he's a serial killer?
John B, Des Moines, IA
looks like winger is off his meds!
They put the "proof" in the same vault as Obama's birth certificate.
Compared to the hilarious campaigns conducted by the GOP's current crop of wannabe losers during the Republican Party's primary race, President Obama's first efforts look like solid gold. I wonder what the right wing lunatic fringe will be doing the morning after November's general election...beside crying, that is.
which "solid gold" efforts would those be? Deepest debt in the nations history? 3 consecutive years of trillion dollar deficits? choking off over a third of the countrys domestic oil production and putting over 250000 Americans out of work as a bonus? Getting the countrys credit rating downgraded for the first time in our history? Putting in place a piece of legislation that will destroy the finest medical system thats ever existed? A few more obama "accoplishments" and the US will be a third world country
PC/NOT
the Republicans voted to saise the debt ceiling under the Bush Administration 19 times. Did that get reset to zero when Obama took over?
The 2 unpaid, unfunded wars are up to $3.7 trillion as of 2011. Hmmm, do you think that added to our debt?
That was due to the last minute passage of the ceiling debt which was held hostage until last minute by the Republicans. They chose to play games with our future so thank them for that. By the way, it was the same Republicans who voted YES 19 times under Bush. Hypocrites.
But Obama capitalized on that fact saying on his campaign trail that it was unpatriotic and showed a lack of leadership against Bush's terms in office. Yet he has done it 6 or more times in three years.
You don't deny, then, that Republicans are playing the deficit and debt for political points. Glad to see that nod toward reality.
This is what I dream of, Sailcat:
I dream that after Obama is re-elected, he'll get support from the other side of the aisle in his second term. I dream that the partisan bickering will abate, that Republicans will understand the value in working together to achieve the goals that benefit the middle class.
I dream that Americans will at least sometimes put the good of their communities and their country over their own selfish personal interests.
I dream that we'll be able to educate and care for all our children so they can grow up to be responsible, contributing members of society.
I dream the tone of disrespect and hostility so prevalent in America will evolve into civility and compassion.
We have the power to make all of that happen, and we also have the power to follow the path of least resistance and let our country slide into second-world status.
Talk to the Hand
Yes, and when did the total financial meltdown happened? Had Obama been given an healthier economy, I would agree with you but he inherited a country that almost hit a rock bottom.
By the way, debt ceiling was raised 49 times under Republican presidents and 29 times under Democratic presidents. I believe that the debt ceiling under Obama was raised 3 times - not 6 as you claim.
We will be celebrating big time when that white house door hit that PATHETIC LOSER obama in the @$$ on the way out. This COMPLETE FOOL IS A DISASTER. Anything he touches or breath's on is automatically F' ed UP... I will tell you one thing... I will give this movie one thing...
COMEDY OF THE YEAR!!! LMAO Hows that volt working for you obama you complete worthless FOOL!
I heard they had a 16 minute 55 second commercial on the volt in this one and 5 seconds of oblabma achievements... I heard there was a 5 second fart ... LMAO........ what a LOSER!
Winger-412010
At least there are people who were willing to make this film, play, it, talk about it, acknowledge it whatever....You party will not even admit that Bush2 ever existed - he is treated like a venerial disease by his own party. Oh, yes. I broke the rule again. I braught up the worst president in the history of the United States....I keep forgetting that we are not allowed to talk about him.
the blood dripped murderer obama is a MASS MURDERER... A horror to society and a complete Freaking failure in every sense of the word.
Just a friendly reminder: don't feed the trolls.
Speaking of trolls.... obama pretty much looks like a troll.. You notice that nose just gets longer and longer with every lie that sputters out of his lips.... which is only when he talks........Pinocchio Has got nothing on this lying sack of poopy...
Sailcat,gotta feeling their will be a lot of suicides,on Nov. 7th and Grover will be driving the ambulance. J-MAL
Amazing man...amazing president! We are so blessed to have him at the controls.
I want what ever you are smoking! My GOD..talk about completed clueless.... I would not expect anything else...
I agree, laura.
President Obama has a heavy burden but he bears it well.
Whatever happened to this country to turn some people so hateful and pessimistic? Whatever has made people so blind and gullible that they'll support those who callously use them to suck the life out of America?
laura-417908
I agree. I must admit that at some point I was being mad at this president for not being presidential enough. I felt like he was rolling over and taking it from the Republicans. I was wron and I stand corrected. There is so much going on behind the closed doors that we are not allowed to see. And I too forget sometimes what the mess this country was in January 2009 and how much worse it could have been had other choices been made.
That's very true. The president, any president, is briefed on national security and economics in a way that none of the rest of us are. We can't always second-guess the decisions a president makes because we don't have the same information he has.
Politics play a large part too, compromise and trading favors. The Republicans no longer want to compromise. They just want their power back.
I trust Obama's judgment and his absolute commitment to the U.S. I can't say the same for ANY Republican.
kaybeetoys
It's amazing that this President bailed out the auto industry even though all the Republicans (even some Democrats) were agaist it. Even with the proven success of GM, the Republicans are still against it. The auto bailout (aka loan) was not politically motivated because he was taking on way too much risk by doing it. He took the side of millions of Americans facing losing everything they had: homes, savings, pension plans.
Obama has the courage and the character to do what is right for Americans, even at great political risk.
What he did regarding the issue of contraceptive rights was another example. Obama could have told the Catholic church to have it their way and deny coverage to women in their employ, but he refused to allow anyone to usurp the rights of American women to have choice in health care.
The Catholic church has misinterpreted the constitutional separation of church and state in an attempt to shame and control women. It's going to backfire on them.
President Obama also could have refused to take the very real risk necessary to stop Osama bin Laden. A "no" decision would have been classically political because it's risk-averse.
He does what's right. Some of it annoys the Left, all of it reflexively infuriates the Right. So be it.
sad - I used to like tom hanks - now this lear jet liberal whos far too rich to suffer from the terrible policies of this prancing little fraud in the WH - shills for easily THE WORST , most dishonest, disingenous , most divisive excuse for a leader this nation has ever had to endure. Shame on you tom
What a joke! Oblabma is a devastation to the USA.. The spin dont even work anymore... It's the computer age and nobody is fooled by this complete failure of this PATHETIC man..... What a shame... can we have a few bars of 'yes we can" ... Yeah! Yes we can screw up everything.. What a COMPLETE disaster this guy has been.. November can not come quick enough.... Dont let that white house door hit you in the @$$ on the way out... GOOD RIDDANCE!
Yeah, COMPLETE FAILURE...... 17 minute film with tom the idiot hanks... I hear the first 16 minutes and 55 seconds is a volt commercial..... LMAO.... hows that working for you... Yeah... WHAT A LOSER!...
Judging from the negativity of the right's comments on FR, I'd say the 17-minute movie of The Road Travelled hit the ball out of the park. They cannot stand to face the truth about how bad the near depression, the Great Recession was in late 2008 least of all the successes President Obama has had, historical successes that will make a difference in everyone's future not just that of democrats. Excellent!
Actually this is a comedy film...I never laugh so hard. As a president he's COMPLETELY WORTHLESS.... But I do see a budding career as a COMEDIAN! LMAO.... very laughable!!!
We built a new Detroit in a ring around the Old city(700,000 people).If Obama wants Michigan he is going to have to convince the 4000000000+ people living in Metro Detroit suburbs(new City of Detroit).Pandering to Inner city Detroiters is a waste of time.
elenore, would the donut Detroiters have preferred that Obama do as Romney proposed and let the auto industry go bankrupt?
Obama made the right decision. No pandering needed.
Using the bailout or bankruptcy the auto remains where it is at. Two different techniques that would have had the same result. Neither action is wrong. Of course assuming that the monies are paid back, which they were.
Talk about completely Clueless.... Toys in the head.... PHFFFFFFF This just shows you the completeness of MORONIC thought.. Education is definitely LACKING in the USA..No wonder at number 32 in the world in math.... science..lets not even go there.... Perfect example a couple slots up of complete and utter disfunction of those specific studies.... this is the only way a pig like oblabma gets in... EDUCATE THE MASSES I SAY!
Would you like to present any facts, Winger, or are your life skills limited to insulting people?
DNFTT
Just telling the truth.. now that particularly hurts you ..now doesn't it????
No rebuttals from you..WHY? YOU CANT HOLD THE FREAKING GROUND THAT PATHETIC LOSER STANDS ON!
Your life skills are limited to insults. Thanks for clarifying.
Well while we are looking over life skills or body of works....... You in particular have ZERO to offer... Actually going over your 'body of works".... would you not be better suited to wear a little obama suit with pom poms... maybe a little bull horn... with a stupid "O" on it... Jump up and down a little like the clueless masses you represent???
Do we see obama's new flag where his azz and ears, replace the stars on our American Flag, during this movie????
Will soros's "One World Government" be called obamazuela????
Vote comrades soros, van jones and obama OUT!!!!
Ah, the John Birch Society wing of the Republican Party chimes in.
Ah, a comrade troll, good morning!!!!!
Regardless, if gas prices continue to go up and unemployment stays above 8 he is a loser in November. It will be close but he will lose Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida
Thats right.... he is a GONER! Bang goes the whitehouse door on his SORRY @$$!
It is only the American Flag if it has 13 stripes and 50 stars - that's why it is called the Stars and Stripes. Any flag can have 13 stripes and not be the American Flag.
You would have a point if the flag had Obama's picture with Stars in the background - but there are no stars. No stars anywhere on the flag. Just a flag that has 13 stripes and Obama's picture.
No stars = not the American Flag.
Got it!
Thats the only flag I would ever burn... The one that dares to put that pig on it... What a dishonor to our servicemen...You seen how fast they came running! What a complete dishonor to this country and servicmen....
You really got to feel bad for our servicemen.,. Can you imagine how they feel with this 'commander in chump' at the helm..I imagine most want to puke right about now... I really feel soory for them.... I do not know what is worse..the taliban or this DISGRACE in office....
I was an Airborne Ranger and I can tell you I have nothing but respect for the President. I fought in the military to defend everyone's right to free speech. If someone wants to burn a flag, so be it. If someone wants to put the face of Pedobear on a flag, so be it. People rage anytime anything is done to the flag but let me let you in on a secret.
If you do something to that flag, you are not truly doing it to every man or woman who has ever been in uniform.
Ryandubya, I think it says a lot for Obama as Commander-in-Chief that he is supported by so many in the military who have traditionally supported Republicans.
As for the flag, it is a symbol of our country and as such is less important as an object than the freedoms it stands for.
The KKK burns crosses and they claim to be Christian. What do you say to them, flag wavers?
Hey Wingnut Winger:
Here's a quote from one "serviceman" - Admiral McRaven:
Just asking, but who did you cast your vote for in 2008?
Wow I used to like Tom Hanks, but now I see he is just another hollywood liberal socialists and Obammy fan.
"movie short", "documentary"?
I think Mr Romney, was more correct when he termed the $345,000 film an "informercial"
Does that mean you're ready to overturn the Citizens United decision, which made this documentary possible by overturning campaign contribution limitations?
I do not support the Citizens United decision. I support compehensive campaign finance reform which would eliminate private money from federal elections. And you?
I do support reform.
Money given anonymously to political campaigns in unlimited, unregulated amounts already has a name.
It's called bribery.
So is Tom Hanks the new Joseph Goebbels?? Minister of Propaganda??
Who paid for this "Documentary"?? Hope we didn't.
Who paid for "Hillary the Movie"? Citizens United, that's who. If you don't like it support the DISCLOSE Act and insist that Republicans stop blocking this law that would overturn the corrupt Citizens United decision handed down by a corrupt majority on the Supreme Court.
John B.
If the SCOTUS is corrupt, then what's the point of anything. Might as well pack our bags and go home.
Like your "ministry of propaganda" comment, one of those "wish I had said that" moments. I think with this "propaganda" film all you have to understand is it was made by the same guy that brought you Al Bores, "Incontinent Lies". Are they going to FORCE our children to watch this "turkey" at school, like they did Al Gores film? The left keep touting the "fact"(and I use the term loosely) that Obama "saved" the auto industry. Does this film address the fact that the reason GM was in trouble in the first place was because of the UAW? Does it say anything about cafe standards and regulations that are killing the industry and driving up car prices. No I doubt whether Obama or ol' Joe Bite-me will be honest about this was really a bail out of UAW retirement funds. Yep Joesph Goebells, man, I wish I would have come up with that one................
Liberal ignorance is shown at the polls.
This President is proof of what happens when idiots vote.