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Sheesh, I don't even know why I bother. But anyway...
Obama has reneged on every promise he has made during his campaign but it's Hillary's fault.
Reneged on every promise? Nice right-wing/GOP/PUMA talking point there. Of course it has no basis in fact. He hasn't even taken office yet. Yes, you can point to FISA/telecom immunity, and that pissed me off. But not public financing of his campaign (he only pledged to consider it with McCain, not to accept it.) Of course had HRC been the nominee and the eventual winner of the election, she'd have had cases of flip-flopping and backpedaling too. They're all politicians and that's how politicians function.
Oh, and who in the hell said that Obama's change in position on any issue was HRC's fault? Your anti-Obama hatred is leading you to read way too much into others' arguments. I think you need some reading comprehension lessons.
Bill Clinton, the only Democratic president to actually stand up to the Republicans and face them down over the federal budget is the one who started the Democrats decline?
Bill Clinton "standing up to the GOP over the federal budget" was mostly show over a few minor issues. On most major things, Clinton caved in to the Right, or even advocated conservative positions himself that were at best slightly watered-down Republican policies. He was the DLC's golden boy and the Democrats became the DLC, centrist, GOP-lite party that abandoned its progressive wing under his watch.
Kudos to him for "trashing welfare" (now the Democrats are pushing corporate welfare instead) and giving us the lowest crime rate in 50 years.
Welfare reform (as it was done by Clinton and the GOP Congress in the 1990s) was not a good thing. It was anti-progressive. And Clinton was hardly responsible for lower crime rates. They were due to many things, but not Clinton's lurch to the right on criminal justice issues. His Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, with its huge expansion of the death penalty, erosion of civil liberties, and extensive surveillance provisions, has for years now been considered the blueprint and foundation of the Patriot Act. This you consider progressive? Apparently we have different definitions of that word. But then since you're really a right-wing troll and provocateur posing as an embittered Clinton supporter, I guess that makes sense.
It's quite simple......Obama believes in winning at all costs but many of us don't believe in the "ends justifies the means" philosophy or his religious dogma.
Nah, I think he believes in winning with some integrity. Winning at all costs, however, has been an established description of the Clintons for some time, and not just among Republicans (not that I necessarily agree with that assessment). I've never heard anyone with any claim to credibility describe Obama's mentality as "the ends justify the means", and frankly I have no idea what you mean by his "religious dogma", nor do I care to know.
"I do not support gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I consider marriage to be between a man and a woman." (From the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Presidential questionnaire) - Barack Hussein Obama
Yep, and you can find statements from HRC or virtually all the other Democratic candidates (except for fringe lefties like Kucinich) that are almost word-for-word copies of this, because they ALL opposed gay marriage. So what? He opposes gay marriage but supports civil unions with the same rights and benefits, as well as just about everything else on the "gay agenda" (such as repealing DOMA and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", immigration reform, passing ENDA, etc.) You're arguing with him over a matter of semantics. Grow the fuck up.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a president who put civil law above religious law?
Yeah, it would, but none of the major Democratic candidates, HRC included, would have given you this either, so what's your beef with Obama?
