Is Obama turning right - in the direction of the skid

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

before he's able to make the needed correction?

Is it all as simple as 10th grade Driver's Ed?

[Pirate Smile]

1. If this is all so simply, when are you running for office?

[rurallib]

2. The big reason that I was an Edwards supporter was that Obama

was too conservative for me.
When he got the nomination, it appeared that he was taking a left turn. But now it appears he has returned to form.
I have hopes that when he realizes the plight of people, he will drop the bipartisan bullshit and go with what is the right thing to do.

[nichomachus]

3. No, it's more like

paddling in the direction of the falls, which is never ever a good idea.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Another one of these?

How many are you going to post today?

[nichomachus]

5. But you're not supposed to turn in the direction of the skid marks

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. Yes you are.

You turn into the skid to gain control and then you are able to make a correction. Please don't tell me my 10th grade gym/driver's ed teacher was wrong.

[nichomachus]

8. No you're not

the skid marks would be behind you -- and that would be a very foolish move. I hope Your gym teacher didn't teach you that.

But I was talking about a different type of skid marks.

Also, with anti-lock brakes today, that information is outdated. don't do what you learned more than five years ago -- unless you're driving a very old car.

[MADem]

10. They now teach "Turn in the direction that you want to go."

That skid shit was too confusing.

[cynatnite]

7. His need to appear bipartisan is doing more harm than good, IMO...

Obama should say fuck the repukes and do what works. Then he can take credit for doing what needed done after he's fixed what the repukes screwed up. That'll give us another one or two election cycles.

We can keep the repukes locked out of the loop for at least another six years.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

9. I don't think he is "appearing" bipartisan, I think he is "behaving" bipartisan

and it should be no surprise, since he announced that as his intention. My OP was facetious, but not really. He might be co-opting all the salvagable Republicans and just leaving a tiny, snarling, drooling core before he moves (hopefully) more left AS THE COUNTRY HAS.