What does the Obama administration stand for?

[mix]

What are its core values and objectives?

[davidinalameda]

1. tossing gays under the bus seems to be one major objectitve

:shrug:

[Whisp]

36. horse hockey bull poop. no fuckin' text

[Whisp]

37. delete

[donco6]

54. And here's an example of the extensive rebuttal skills of Whisp.

I'm underwhelmed.

[Honeycombe8]

48. For a sec there, I thought I was in the wrong forum. You're on WHOSE side? nt

[donco6]

55. Truth. The side of truth. n/t

[Honeycombe8]

61. You can't be. Because I am. And I don't think he threw gays under the bus.

Besides, there is more than one issue, and more than one group of people in the country. Right now, millions are out of work and losing their homes. I hope Obama and Congress's priority is THAT before anything else, even the environment, which is my #1 issue normally.

The environment has not been thrown under the bus, either.

Priorities.

But now is the time to move on DADT. We'll see what the lame duck Congress does. Obama is the only President in the history of the country who has mentioned the rightness of gays serving in the military. I wouldn't call that throwing a group of people under the bus. The issue has been moving forward. More than any other President has done in the history of the country.

Learn the facts. Keep things in perspective. Sometimes it takes a marathon, rather than a sprint, to get something done. Just because you don't get your pony right away doesn't mean your parents threw you under the bus.

[donco6]

62. Wow. You even got "pony" in there! Congrats! N/t

[mediaman007]

2. Enhancing corporate control.

Massive disappointment.

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[mediaman007]

5. In my mind, every issue is decided by the relevance of corporate or individual rights.

Corporations are treated like they are helpless children, always being picked on. They have enough money and lawyers to take care of themselves.

[ladjf]

4. You have asked a question that doesn't appear to have any

known answer. The Administration has simply fallen over the cliff since the election. Obama is still
the President, the Senate is still a Democratic majority and the filibuster rule could be changed by the Senate in January. Why in the Hell is Obama being such a dumb coward?

[katandmoon]

6. Protecting Bush administration war criminals while prosecuting whistelblowers.

[subterranean]

7. Defending the status quo against progressives.

[niceypoo]

46. Ding, ding, ding!

We have a winner

[n2doc]

8. The Obama Administration, brought to you by Carls Jr (tm) n/t

[ProSense]

9. Senator Sanders

issued a statement yesterday that made this point

“If we are serious about making Social Security strong and solvent for the next 75 years, President Obama has the right solution. On October 14, 2010, he restated a long-held position that the cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, now at $106,800, should be raised. As the president has long stated, it is absurd that billionaires pay the same amount into the system as someone who earns $106,800.

“With the richest people in this country getting richer and the middle class in decline, it is absurd that billionaires pay the same amount into the Social Security system as someone who earns $106,800.”

Still, that's only one issue: protecting Social Security.

[mix]

10. Let's see how it plays out. Obama's words and actions tend to diverge. nt

[dave29]

11. you ask what the core values are, but

you seem to be more interested in hearing only one perspective, or "seeing how it plays out," -- it appears from this angle like you already knew your answer before you posted, which is not in the least surprising.

[mix]

16. Of course I do. Never denied that. You've nailed it.

So what does our president stand for and for whose interests is he fighting?

His ardent DU supporters don't seem to know either.

[dave29]

20. have you read any of his books?

out of curiosity.

[Exilednight]

27. One thing you always learn about autobiographies, people .............

write autobiographies based on how they want to be known or remembered, not how they actually are.

Ask any politician what they think about themselves, and every single one of them will tell you that they don't play politics and only talk about the issues.

Edit: except for maybe Jimmy Carter. He writes books with warts and all.

[dave29]

30. have you read his books?

Obama is not shy about warts.

[Exilednight]

35. I read one of them, and my above statement held true. n/t

[mix]

31. Loved them. nt

[LittleBlue]

58. Read Dreams. He is absurdly different as president than he was in Dreams

It's like he became a different person. Or maybe the person in Dreams from My Father never existed.

[flamingdem]

56. +1

[Nite Owl]

12. It seems to be to get

the GOP and their corporate buddies to love him. They won't but he keeps trying for the love.

[mitchtv]

13. nothing,

like the Dem Party in general(that's how they lost,spinelessness)

[AngryAmish]

14. 1.. Continuing DADT at all costs.

2. Keeping Gitmo open forever.
3. Ramping up the war in Afghanistan
4. Staying in Iraq forever.
5. Cutting taxes on the top 2% of earners.
6. Appeasing Rethugs everywhere at all times.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Pissing off the idiots on both the left and the right.

[mix]

17. I really don't know what you mean. nt

[NYC Liberal]

18. Obama is a corporofascist DLC Manchurian robot president

whose flag lapel pin is actually a device that brainwashes everyone who looks at it and turns them into right-wing conservatives.

Not to worry though: a rag-tag band of internet posters on Democratic Underground are sure to save the day!!!

[Lisa D]

19. +1

:rofl:

[dave29]

21. I knew all of that except for the robot bit. HOLY EFFING SHIT

HOW DID I NOT PICK UP ON THAT!@$!%$!

[CakeGrrl]

22. ...

:evilgrin:

[dionysus]

25. and it would have worked too, except for those meddling kids and their dog!!

[Drunken Irishman]

26. lol

[mix]

32. deep

And still no answer, what does his administration stand for?

[ibegurpard]

33. not far off

[Whisp]

39. you forgot that he is a homophobe as well.

busy man!
all that hate in his guts I wonder how he can survive on all that bile.
:)

[harun]

42. OMG that is worse than a Muslin!

[Occam Bandage]

23. It doesn't seem to have any particular ideology beyond "find consensus, pass bills." nt

[HooptieWagon]

24. Wallstreet, it appears.

[rug]

28. Courtesy.

Regardless of the madmen butchering everyone in the room.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

29. In his own words...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j81lWY-VIs

[LWolf]

34. Neoliberalism. nt

[Whisp]

38. long range planning for short term memoried foot stompers

[political_Dem]

40. To some, indentured servitude.

After all, he's not the POTUS to them; instead, Mr. Obama is their servant or employee.

[harun]

41. Protecting the Corporations from those with the pitch forks.

[asdjrocky]

43. Of the rich, by the rich and for the rich.

Any other questions?

[cherokeeprogressive]

44. This is a rhetorical question, right? n/t

[mix]

45. more like a mystery, with too many clues nt

[mix]

47. "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"

Where's team Obama spelling out what the values and goals of this administration are?

Do you all really know yourselves?

[xchrom]

49. He has them? Nt

[PurityOfEssence]

50. Obama: "I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes....

...project their own views,”

That pretty much says it all. It's one thing to acknowledge it, but a far different thing to be PROUD of it...

Shades of what Gertrude Stein said about Oakland: there's no "there" there.

[chimpymustgo]

59. Oh, Purity. So good to hear from you.

No there, there.

[Raine]

51. He stands for the corporations and big business nt

[sally cat]

52. Winning the war in Afghanistan?

[Milo_Bloom]

53. Getting re-elected.

[donco6]

57. 1. Keeping gays in their place.

2. Enshrining insurance companies' place at the helm of all US health care.
3. Compromise for compromise' sake.
4. Not being offensive - in any sense of the word, i.e., not *having* an offense.
5. Putting off the possible until it becomes impossible.

[Fruittree]

60. In my opinion - it stands for moving the country in a more

progressive direction while taking into account the reality of where we started and the current political situation. It also seems to stand for something that has all but disappeared in our society and that's having an open conversation about important issues where we actually listen to those who may not agree with us. It also stands for tackling difficult realities as if they really matter (which they do) and are not just fodder for endless anger and debate.