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Barack Obama

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Coolest Ranger

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Mon Mar 4, 2013, 06:10 PM Mar 2013

Complaining or Critizing, here we go, Again. [View all]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Cha (a host of the Barack Obama group).

Today on talk radio from Ed's show to Randi Rhodes, all I kept hearing from callers was we need to hold the President's feet to the fire.

Ed Schultz had several calls from people wanting to criticize the President. I have to give Ed props for setting most if not all of the callers straight on the limitations the President has available now.

But what frustrated me was on Randi's show when Nicole Sandler and I love her most of the time started going on a rant and agreeing with many callers that they want to be critical so they can make the President do a better job.

Do these folks know that the President can only propose laws and that it's up to congress to carry out his proposals? This is what frustrates me about our party. We are so quick to complain about what the President IS NOT doing or why he is not displaying leadership.

I can not be the only one frustrated at this am I? I even see a lot of it here at Democratic Underground. Most of the time when I spot them, I ignore them or I trash their treads, but I am tired of the complaining they are doing.

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About as good as he can... onpatrol98 Mar 2013 #1
no sacred cows.... dtom67 Mar 2013 #2
^^^this^^^ malokvale77 Mar 2013 #3
Look at what you wrote Coolest Ranger Mar 2013 #5
to be pefectly frank... dtom67 Mar 2013 #10
So how many of you are going to stay home in 2014 Coolest Ranger Mar 2013 #4
I cannot stay home... dtom67 Mar 2013 #6
I don't think John2 Mar 2013 #7
Pertinent details are ... GeorgeGist Mar 2013 #8
I am not focusing on race Coolest Ranger Mar 2013 #9
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