Ok, About Obamas economics...what economics? What has he done? What jobs has he created, or allowed to be created? The few that were have been overshadowed by the demand..which leads him to a net loss of jobs.
Actually, if you got your news from some source other than Fox, you would know that this is not correct. Although we are far from "out of the woods," even the most conservative economists are starting to agree that we're headed in the right direction. Mr. Obama subscribes to a theory known as "Keynesian economics," and as much as he's been able to with a congress that stalls every effort he has put forth, he is using that model, and it is working. It's slow, but it is working, despite Republicans' efforts to make it not work. Several Republican politicians have been recorded as saying that even if a policy Obama put forth was good for the country, the republicans would vote against it, just to make Obama look bad. I'm sure there may have been some democratic politicians who had the same attitude under Bush, but it certainly wasn't as wide-spread as it is now, or as acceptable.
I understand that there are many Republicans who are voting against Obama because they genuinely believe his policies will not work, and/or they're the wrong step to make. I respectfully disagree with those people -- I say they're wrong, and I have evidence to support my view, but I do still respect them and their views. I'm not talking about those people.
I'm talking about the ones who have admitted, publicly, that they would have voted for a bill if Obama was not the president, and they are purposely filibusterer to break him down.
Anyone who is willing to put his or her own political partisan goals ahead of the good of the American people belongs behind bars, or exiled out of the country. That's my view.
Anyway, back to the topic: Even with republicans literally and admittedly trying to make things WORSE in this country, raise unemployment, keep lower- and middle-class Americans from succeeding, Obama's economic principles are still managing to bring about some good. To me, that says a lot. It says, imagine how much we might have accomplished if he hadn't been fighting with congress every step of the way, but if congress actually wanted to help America improve, too. Wow, what a concept.
Domestic issues. You mean Abortion and Gay rights?
Well, those would be examples of two domestic issues, though not the ones that came to my mind.
What came to my mind with "domestic issues" was a feeling of responsibility to help the poor, unemployed, single moms, drug addicts, etc.... Programs that would help these people get out of the cycle of poverty and give them life skills to better themselves. That's something worth investing in. I, too, don't like the pattern of just "throwing money" at the poor and hope they'll go away. I, too, recognize that such actions create a system of dependence and continue the cycle of poverty. That's why I -- and many politicians on both sides of the aisle (though the Tea Party has almost succeeded at getting rid of the ones who had been in the Republican Party) -- support programs like educational grants, early intervention, workfare, etc. Actually, Romney supported these programs once, too, but he flip-flops so much, I don't think he'd be able to stand up to the idiots in congress who are against making this a better country.
wow. totally mind boggling when Christians vote and stand behind a man who's world view is totally opposite of theirs.
As for abortion and gay rights, Obama's worldview is identical to mine, and to many Christians, on both of those issues: Sin is the church's purview, not the government's.
If you would like to live in a country where the government metes out God's law, as it sees fit, I have some lovely real estate in Kabul I can sell you.
Who's the Muslim now?
