<p>There’s nothing wrong with Obama. People simply are angry about the economy and they think Obama is not helping the economy. Republicans are taking advantage of this, but really, come on, no one could fix the economy this bad. I feel for Obama, I really do.
I just hope the economy gets better before his term is up so that people will appreciate him.</p>
<p>@jkaufman, no offense, but anyone that lives in minnesota would probably not know who chris christie is.</p>
<p>I have some of the most uneducated people in my classes, thinking Obama’s a Musim and a Socialist and what not.</p>
<p>I wish HS students who try to argue politics were more educated. I know self-proclaimed liberals who couldn’t tell you what it means to be liberal/conservative…</p>
<p>I could see the confusion of him being a socialist.</p>
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<p>Yet he has. Hence I hope he isn’t reelected. I don’t dislike him, but I very much disagree with his policies.</p>
<p>What massively has he changed?</p>
<p>I am more of an independent, since I don’t agree with either sides. I mean, neither sides are really interested in helping the people. They’re more interested in their own self interests and keeping their constituents happy.</p>
<p>That’s the goal of politics. That’s the goal of any political party that has a broad range of issues.</p>
<p>I probably will be a person who split their vote every year and vote for someone based on their qualifications and issues regardless of their party id.</p>
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<p>Nobody votes for politicians that help people.</p>
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<p>Either that or “who and who” and NOT voting for him. But yeah.</p>
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<p>He’s been alienating independents left and right with his policies… But there’s really no predicting what things will be like in a year.</p>
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<p>That’s what the democrats have been saying every chance they get. “Americans want all our liberal agenda, they just don’t know it because they’re so upset by the economy that they have to cling to their guns and religion.”</p>
<p>I, for one, do not blame Obama for the economy. I do not blame Bush either. The blame for the economic situation falls directly on us, the regular people of America, all political speeches and conspiracy theories aside.</p>
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<p>The main thing he has done personally is allow a lot of babies to be killed. But he’s also enthusiastically supported a congress that has made it illegal for people to make thier own health care choices, and he hasn’t kept his promises of transparency and responsibility.</p>
<p>The main good thing he’s done is caused the republicans and some democrats to swing conservative in order to cash in on the anti-Obama attitude. Although he has also done a pretty good job with the war in Afghanistan (though by doing so he broke his promises to his own base).</p>
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<p>The Republicans are free to do what they want in the House. The Democrats are just pointing out that if they interpret their victory as a wider mandate, it’s their own political graves they’re digging.</p>
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<p>IOW: not much has changed, but I’m mad as hell and Republican.</p>
<p>The abortion thing? Really? Here’s the thing. It’s not directly affecting you unless you or your spouse/gf or child is having a baby. Other than that, it deserves to be a person’s choice.</p>
<p>And healthcare… the people who don’t want healthcare are a minority.</p>
<p>^ Would you say the same thing if I went out and drowned my brother?</p>
<p>Sorry to be harsh, but that is how we see the issue. If you don’t think a fetus is a human, then you have a valid (though horribly wrong in my belief) position. But please don’t try to tell me that I shouldn’t care, or that it’s not my business.</p>
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<p>But the people who want to be able to decide what care they want and how to pay for it should have the right to do so. I see no reason why I should be forced by law to buy a product if I think there are better and cheaper alternatives.</p>
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<p>If you think of it as a tax, it’s clear that no such right exists.</p>
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<p>Because otherwise you could hold out on buying insurance until you’re hurt/sick, thus screwing over the insurance company.</p>
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<p>And abortion is obviously not why the Republicans won seats, so it’s absolutely not a relevant political issue.</p>
<p>If you went out and drowned your brother, I would honestly say that’s your issue, not mine.
An entirely other person’s decision, unless some immediate family or very close personal acquaintance to you, on abortion is none of your business. That’s the point of it. I could give a damn about religion, even if it is a part of this equation. It’s a person’s choice and that’s it. </p>
<p>Explain to me where in the Healthcare plan where it’s one option.</p>
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<p>It’s not a tax. It’s the forced purchase of a product from a private company. But anyway I don’t think the government has a right to decide that from now on it will tax everyone and provide a service whether they like it or not.</p>
<p>And yes, that means I dislike social security also, though I know that’s a lost cause.</p>
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<p>And why should the insurance company be forced to accept you then? Other than the same bad law.</p>
<p>As I’ve said before, Obamacare is basically a program that gives sick people the right to rob insurance companies, and then gives the insurance companies the right to rob healthy people to make it up to them.</p>
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<p>The idea is that people that want healthcare should be able to get it. This is the non-socialized way of accomplishing that goal.</p>
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<p>That’s how insurance is meant to work. Except it’s not robbery, because that’s really how it’s meant work, and everybody is aware of that.</p>