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Political: Who voted for Obama now regrets it

Just wondering how many Obama voters now regret voting for the great one? Or are you still drinking the kool aid from the Obama fountain and spurring on socialism?

by pels July 25, 2009 2:27 PM

Well, he was at like 53% in the election. Now he's got approvals of 49% and falling fast. That's 4% of the electorate, like 1 out of 12 of his voters regretting it now.

I wouldn't have thought of that if not for seeing Dick Morris on TV last night explain that.

Also, did y'all see this?

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/20/ap6676620.html

I didn't know that even though the number of voters that turned out in 2008 was higher, the percentage of voters went DOWN. It was mostly older white folks.

Gee, I wonder who turned them off from the polls? I wonder who would've gotten a lot of those votes?

(cough)mccain(cough)

by TheGoblinKing July 25, 2009 3:28 PM

i wonder what would have happened if Obama had lost: Hm!!! Palin and McCain (no transition in Irak, same policies in afghanistan, GM gone,no healthcare debate (status quo), same old fiscal, and monetairy policy, same foreign policies. Hmmmm!

by peak July 25, 2009 4:09 PM

no transition in Irak, same policies in afghanistan, GM gone,no healthcare debate (status quo), same old fiscal, and monetairy policy, same foreign policies. Hmmmm!

by peak


Actually, by comparison, most of that sounds pretty good about now. Except the "no transition in Iraq (I'll spell it without the k). That part is bullshxx...there would have been the EXACT same transition in Iraq. AND...a successful transition is only possible because of the policies of George Bush.



by picard July 25, 2009 4:48 PM

I didnt vote for him But I am sure sorry he won I think it was a sad day
We in the south say Grace and we say Mam If you aint in to that go back to Kenya
by mrrules July 25, 2009 5:20 PM

Peak is just regurgitating the same old lines.

Let's see....
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No transition in Iraq - false - the transition is happening on Bush's time line
based on his generals assessments. This was all in place before Obama, he's just
repackaging it.

Same policies in Afghanistan - What policies have really changed regarding afghanistan
except that now Obama states it's unimportant to go after Osama and he's not
really after victory in afghanistan...

GM gone - GM is gone, I know that won't resonate with you but they should have gone
into BK11 in the first place without the additional infusions of taxpayer money.
It only delayed the inevitable on our dime.

No healthcare debate (status quo) - Another OBama and media lie. No one saying
health care doesn't need reform, but many don't want government and the administration
turning it into a more costly, inept, rationed system like Canada, Europe, etc. at
the price of our personal liberties. Noone is saying No to health care reform,
they are saying no to Obama's health care reform.

Same old fiscal and monetary policy - that would be a relief from the massive debt
we are now obtaining, massive restructuring of power to the Treasury and the Fed and
the pending massive inflationary cycle looming on the horizon.

Same foreign policies - I would hope so in light of Obama's pandering to countries
that wish to harm us and their openly rejecting, laughing and challenging him.

Were those the points you were trying to make?????
by kabb July 25, 2009 8:02 PM

To add the the point about GM and Chrysler:

If allowed to go into BK without the government leaning on them for conditions, they would've been able to shed the ridiculous union benefits packages that were murdering their bottom line.

As it was, Obama made sure they went into BK, kept the overhead, took on the union itself and the Government (but I repeat myself) as majority owners, and now...how are they in a better competitive spot? Besides our having to subsidize them of course?

McCain would've never done that. He would've made them shed the debt, lower overhead, put themselves on the same footing as Toyota so they could actually make a profit and compete on a level field, and pay the bailout money back over time.

There was/is a whole lot screwed up with McCain, but he's a hardcore spending hawk and totally against government run business. He would've watched GM go into BK and come out swinging instead of practicing extortion and stealing the company from it's rightful debt holders/owners.

by TheGoblinKing July 25, 2009 8:21 PM

Funny how people compare an Obama presidency to a McCain Presidency, when the only way McCain could have been elected is if he was running on the dem ticket. Dennis Kucinich or Charles Manson would have been elected as long as they had the dem ticket. Let's face it there was no way a pub won the pres in 2008. It didn't, matter who it was, Reagan, Washington, Jefferson, unless they were dems they weren't getting elected..
by Vinnie The Leg Breaker July 26, 2009 1:42 AM

Vinnie,

I'll agree there, with the stipulation that even with the entire deck stacked against them, fairly and unfairly, it was still the Republican's fault they lost because they abandoned their conservatism.

Not like they didn't get any warnings/clues as to the fact in 2006, yet they ignored it again in 2008. Democrats showed up to vote, Republicans told McCain to get bent.

Hell, I voted for Reagan on a write in. At least I can say I had the chance to vote for who I wanted.

/not kidding


by TheGoblinKing July 26, 2009 2:06 AM

Wonder how many of you regret not having used your brain matter a little more eight years ago. Idiots, really, you guys are sooooo stupid.
Just curious, how many of you are among the really stupid who think the Stephen Colbert is a real conservative and not mocking you?
by festerbestertester July 26, 2009 9:18 AM

and you have no ammo left other than "8 years ago".
No valid point, no argument, just the same old party line
that most americans have now rejected.

Sad, really.
by kabb July 26, 2009 10:51 AM

I certainly did not vote for Obama but, my sister, her daughter and my two daughters did. Everyone of them regrets it now. So that is 4 out of 4 that wish they had not voted for Obama.
by auggie01 July 26, 2009 12:45 PM

Ah Fester. Guys, you gotta hand it to him. All of the other raving liberals have abandoned their posts and fled in shame, but Fester? He's not hiding.

Just like Davey Crockett in the Alamo and Blackbeard fending off a dozen British marines aboard Queen Anne's Revenge, Fester knows he's dead as a doornail but he's going to go down swinging to the bitter end, defiantly shouting "Once more into the breech dear liberals, once more, or close the wall up with our moonbat dead!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdzUi4YUMMs

I don't know how close you are to Charlotte there Festerriffic, but if we ever do manage to plan a get-together with Archie, TTF, and the rest of us who're left, I just gotta buy you a beer.
by TheGoblinKing July 26, 2009 3:43 PM

Damn...wrong one. Oh heck, you get the joke...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYPsoxpt0BU&feature=related

/Spoiled my own post.
by TheGoblinKing July 26, 2009 3:46 PM

Ha, every prediction I made about America if Bush were elected has come true in spades. We are in a hole that we may not be able to get out of for possibly decades because of your party's unparalelled incompetence.
What is left to say.
We knew what was coming and we know now that there is little we as the real thinking Americans can do to overcome the vast armies of the unlearned ignorami that so easily fall for Rove styled propaganda. America it appears may be standing on the edge of a dark night in its history.
by festerbestertester July 26, 2009 6:48 PM

Fester,

you are without a doubt the biggest moron on the vine...congrats!
by auggie01 July 26, 2009 7:46 PM

This coming from a rabid Bush/ Hannity supporter....SURE, andy You think I am a moron.
by festerbestertester July 26, 2009 8:21 PM

Fester,

"""What is left to say?"""

The whole truth? And the rest of the story?

Fester, if Bush supposedly spent us into a hole, how can you support Obama spending threefold what Bush did? And spending it on USELESS shit?


by TheGoblinKing July 26, 2009 9:00 PM

All I can say is stay on your state reps Try not to let them pass any more stupid laws . and hope we use our head a little better on the next 4 year term
Lets brake this down a little mo better . What would happen if an underwriter approved a loan that they didnt even look at . and we are passing bills that arent
even looked at. I am amazed at the lack of up roar over this. HELLO PEOPLE

by mrrules July 26, 2009 10:26 PM

I know the insurance and drug companies looked at it and don't like what they saw. That's good enough for me.
by festerbestertester July 27, 2009 7:55 AM

vine poll is overwhelmingly in agreement
that obama is a mistake;trying to blame bush
and to project how/what mccain results would be
like is simple;THEY COULD NOT BE AS BAD;
pride does go before the fall;
by dblbogey2 July 27, 2009 9:51 AM

vine poll?....poll a room full of ignoramuses and ex or current bitter alcohol soaked alkies and what do you think you'll get?
Bush supporters...he's one of them.
by festerbestertester July 27, 2009 11:32 AM

Fester,

I'd just like to know why you think the government can do this better than private enterprise?

They're not doing it now with medicare/medicaid, the VA, and the abomination that is the Indian Healthcare System.

If they can't do that, why should they be allowed to do more?

by TheGoblinKing July 27, 2009 2:00 PM

As far as the Bush v Obama debate....it's not worth debating.

Two socialists with different letters beside their names.

Both like big government and big entitlements.


by Archie Bunker July 27, 2009 7:38 PM

Archie,

Hey, you've gotta admit, Obama is a way bigger socialist than Bush...he did try to wean off of social security, and he did push tort reform. He got cockblocked, but at least he tried. And he did cut taxes and keep non-military spending down (outside of the prescription drug abomination and the first bailout/stimulus).

Now being a half socialist is like being half pregnant obviously, but as I alluded to before, Bush was walking towards the cliff, Obama is running at a dead sprint.

They were/are both very wrong, but one is WAY more wrong than the other.
by TheGoblinKing July 27, 2009 10:55 PM

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