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What can your President do that will make you have confidence in him?

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So I am specifically asking anti-obama, conservative, republicans people as well as disenfranchized liberals who dislike Obama and his administration.

If he could do 1 thing, pass 1 law (assuming he has the power to pass said law through Congress automatically), participate in 1 event or I don't know, do 1 thing and 1 thing, what would be it so that you could say: Hmm, maybe he's not that bad. Maybe things will be good.

And I am not looking for things like: fix the economy or deregulate everything or resign. So if you give answers like this you're not participating in the discussion, you're basically spamming. Give more aimed answers that help fertilize a discussion and a frank exchange in opinion.

I want decisive answers.
Examples:
-I would like him to repeal the patriot act
-I would like him to ban assault rifles
-I would like him to drop Obamacare
-I would like to see him play baseball and promote sports.
-I would like him to stop foreign aid
-Withdraw all the troops in foreign theaters immidiatly
-Do arms-wrestling with Putin and win (jk)
-Stop blaming Bush or apologize for blaming bush. Show that he has guts.
-close gitmo.

This thread's purpose is to allow anti-obama people to reach across the DP aisle and hopefully lead to a better discussion instead of just partisan lines. So yeah... one thing that if he does it, it will make you have faith in him.

Alternatively, if you are a pro-obama person and you wish to participate, you could name one of the things he did that pleases you greatly and why you think he's a great president.
 
I would like to see him actually work on identifying issues that our country IS having - put partisan politics aside (all of it, not just the stop blaming Bush part) - and actually try to address our issues by applying thought without the cloud of political bias.

Of course- that'll be the day hell freezes over.
 
I'm not an American but I am conservative and if I had a say, the one thing I'd like this President to do is just shut up and do some work behind the scenes and never open his mouth again until he's actually accomplished something. I can't be the only person who's incredibly sick of hearing this blow-hard speak.
 
I had perfect confidence he would screw up this nation, years ago. I think he accomplished his goal quite well.
 
Anything he could do to give me confidence in him would be a big surprise to me. If he could stop thinking government is the solution, and start realizing policies like his are the problem, I might actually have an ounce of respect for him.
 
I am not a conservative, in any stretch of the imagination. I am also not a liberal, or progressive. Maybe what I want him to do might help express my viewpoint.

He should close the entire Federal Government down. If he did that, I'd have a lot of respect for him.

I don't mean overnight either. I mean slowly, allowing society to build alternatives to government services. But then again, thats a pipe dream :)
 
The ONLY thing he could do to make me have ANY positive reaction to him at all would be to call a press conference, admit hiw unConstitutional actions over the course of his career and resign in disgrace.
 
He has burned too many bridges to ever have my respect or confidence. If he wanted a little less disgust he should get us out of these numerous wars, stop being a corporate puppet, stop using drones to kill Americans or foreigners in countries we're not at war with, unsuspend habeus corpus, shut guantanomo, and stop trying to raise taxes and force more social programs down our throat.

I think that would be a start.
 
He has burned too many bridges to ever have my respect or confidence. If he wanted a little less disgust he should get us out of these numerous wars, stop being a corporate puppet, stop using drones to kill Americans or foreigners in countries we're not at war with, unsuspend habeus corpus, shut guantanomo, and stop trying to raise taxes and force more social programs down our throat.

I think that would be a start.

I agree for the most part. He has burned too many bridges for me to ever fully trust or respect him but if he could wave a magic wand and make something happen that I know is not really in his power to do but would be nice.
Replace current tax law with a Flat Tax with no loopholes or backdoors or exemptions.

But on the scale of things that I would like that he might actually have influance over. A great start would be to campain agaist Obamacare, and NSA those seem the most urgent and painful to our Economy and Security.
 
So I am specifically asking anti-obama, conservative, republicans people as well as disenfranchized liberals who dislike Obama and his administration.

If he could do 1 thing, pass 1 law (assuming he has the power to pass said law through Congress automatically), participate in 1 event or I don't know, do 1 thing and 1 thing, what would be it so that you could say: Hmm, maybe he's not that bad. Maybe things will be good.

And I am not looking for things like: fix the economy or deregulate everything or resign. So if you give answers like this you're not participating in the discussion, you're basically spamming. Give more aimed answers that help fertilize a discussion and a frank exchange in opinion.

I want decisive answers.
Examples:
-I would like him to repeal the patriot act
-I would like him to ban assault rifles
-I would like him to drop Obamacare
-I would like to see him play baseball and promote sports.
-I would like him to stop foreign aid
-Withdraw all the troops in foreign theaters immidiatly
-Do arms-wrestling with Putin and win (jk)
-Stop blaming Bush or apologize for blaming bush. Show that he has guts.
-close gitmo.

This thread's purpose is to allow anti-obama people to reach across the DP aisle and hopefully lead to a better discussion instead of just partisan lines. So yeah... one thing that if he does it, it will make you have faith in him.

Alternatively, if you are a pro-obama person and you wish to participate, you could name one of the things he did that pleases you greatly and why you think he's a great president.

Resigne.
 
He has burned too many bridges to ever have my respect or confidence. If he wanted a little less disgust he should get us out of these numerous wars, stop being a corporate puppet, stop using drones to kill Americans or foreigners in countries we're not at war with, unsuspend habeus corpus, shut guantanomo, and stop trying to raise taxes and force more social programs down our throat.

I think that would be a start.

Let's face facts ....Obama was disrespected by many the minute he won in 2008.

After butchering 100,000 Iraqis, sending 5,000 GI's to an untimely death, presiding over a mega collapse of our economy ......and caught asleep despite prior warning when this country suffered the greatest attack ever ....Bush amazingly doesn't disgust ....but still walks around with many fan fare from those disgusted with Obama!! :roll:

For me ...the one thing I wanted from Obama (and any president for the matter) is to reign in the banks and insurance companies from the scams they play on the America people daily!!
 
Let's face facts ....Obama was disrespected by many the minute he won in 2008.

After butchering 100,000 Iraqis, sending 5,000 GI's to an untimely death, presiding over a mega collapse of our economy ......and caught asleep despite prior warning when this country suffered the greatest attack ever ....Bush amazingly doesn't disgust ....but still walks around with many fan fare from those disgusted with Obama!! :roll:

For me ...the one thing I wanted from Obama (and any president for the matter) is to reign in the banks and insurance companies from the scams they play on the America people daily!!

Well... Lets Face Facts.... Bush is disgusted by the left and Obama by the Right. When I was young and didn't even watch news I didn't like Clinton becuase the people I trusted and respected didn't like him. It didn't really change that much when Bush came into office I still didn't really care I just Parroted what the people I trust and respect did. But for both I didn't Care any more then I did about the who was my Senator or Congressman... or hell my mayor. I think most people fall into that catagory of "its boring so I'll go with what sounds good and what people I trust think" (its not always a bad thing but It dose happen)
The war that has many factors is still going on... GI's are still getting killed on frount lines... (althou the running tally stopped) the economy has been on rocks from the time Clintion was in office we have just played accounting tricks to have it not show up until lately. (None of the Preisdents have helped at all on that account)

So Yes Bush isn't the Devil. Obama isn't either. Just happens to be the guy in the hotseat when the excrament hits the fan. (No I don't like him but Bush was only a so-so to meah :coffeepap at absolute best IMHO)

The Goverment shouldn't have any involvement in the Banks or Insurance Companies, and It can't balance its own budget how the heck is it suppose to be able to balance the budgets of large sector of economy?
 
So I am specifically asking anti-obama, conservative, republicans people as well as disenfranchized liberals who dislike Obama and his administration.

If he could do 1 thing, pass 1 law (assuming he has the power to pass said law through Congress automatically), participate in 1 event or I don't know, do 1 thing and 1 thing, what would be it so that you could say: Hmm, maybe he's not that bad. Maybe things will be good.

And I am not looking for things like: fix the economy or deregulate everything or resign. So if you give answers like this you're not participating in the discussion, you're basically spamming. Give more aimed answers that help fertilize a discussion and a frank exchange in opinion.

I want decisive answers.
Examples:
-I would like him to repeal the patriot act
-I would like him to ban assault rifles
-I would like him to drop Obamacare
-I would like to see him play baseball and promote sports.
-I would like him to stop foreign aid
-Withdraw all the troops in foreign theaters immidiatly
-Do arms-wrestling with Putin and win (jk)
-Stop blaming Bush or apologize for blaming bush. Show that he has guts.
-close gitmo.

This thread's purpose is to allow anti-obama people to reach across the DP aisle and hopefully lead to a better discussion instead of just partisan lines. So yeah... one thing that if he does it, it will make you have faith in him.

Alternatively, if you are a pro-obama person and you wish to participate, you could name one of the things he did that pleases you greatly and why you think he's a great president.

Start a public works program similar to what FDR did in the early 1930's and use the employees to rebuild the infra-structure. Our dams, levees, bridges, electrical grid, highways etc. have been allowed to go to hell for the last ten years. Thanks to George W. Bush and his war mongering and tax cuts for the wealthy this country is in the worst shape it's been during my lifetime. The upper 1% controls 90% of the wealth in America and they have a Republican congress which will stand in the way of or filibuster anything good for the nation and ensure that the rich will continue not to pay their fair share.
 
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Start a public works program similar to what FDR did in the early 1930's and use the employees to rebuild the infra-structure. Our dams, levees, electrical grid, highways etc. have been allowed to go to hell for the last ten years. Thanks to George W. Bush and his war mongering and tax cuts for the wealthy this country is in the worst shape it's been during my lifetime. The upper 1% controls 90% of the wealth in America and they have a Republican congress which will stand in the way of or filibuster anything good for the nation and ensure that the rich will continue not to pay their fair share.

I think it was proven pretty much definitively that the rich pay their fair share and the share of many more people. They pay the highest income tax and the highest percentage of the total revenue the govt gets from income taxes. So this doesn't work.

And this thread is about what can Obama do to make anti-obama people think better of him and what has he done that makes pro-obama people like him. it has nothing to do with Bush's policies.
 
Step down and take the incompetent group of thugs he brought with him back to Chicago.

There is NOTHING Obama can do to instill confidence in Conservatives.

He's a failure.
 
Let's face facts ....Obama was disrespected by many the minute he won in 2008.

After butchering 100,000 Iraqis, sending 5,000 GI's to an untimely death, presiding over a mega collapse of our economy ......and caught asleep despite prior warning when this country suffered the greatest attack ever ....Bush amazingly doesn't disgust ....but still walks around with many fan fare from those disgusted with Obama!! :roll:

For me ...the one thing I wanted from Obama (and any president for the matter) is to reign in the banks and insurance companies from the scams they play on the America people daily!!
How many Iraqi's were "butchered" by Saddam?
I didnt agree with the Iraq war, but not surprised we went. We should have won, and left.
Acting on "prior warning" and we would be having the same conversation we have today. Too much government intrusion in our lives.
And Obama, voted for the same bail out that was worse than the collapse.
 
So I am specifically asking anti-obama, conservative, republicans people as well as disenfranchized liberals who dislike Obama and his administration.

If he could do 1 thing, pass 1 law (assuming he has the power to pass said law through Congress automatically), participate in 1 event or I don't know, do 1 thing and 1 thing, what would be it so that you could say: Hmm, maybe he's not that bad. Maybe things will be good.

And I am not looking for things like: fix the economy or deregulate everything or resign. So if you give answers like this you're not participating in the discussion, you're basically spamming. Give more aimed answers that help fertilize a discussion and a frank exchange in opinion.

I want decisive answers.
Examples:
-I would like him to repeal the patriot act
-I would like him to ban assault rifles
-I would like him to drop Obamacare
-I would like to see him play baseball and promote sports.
-I would like him to stop foreign aid
-Withdraw all the troops in foreign theaters immidiatly
-Do arms-wrestling with Putin and win (jk)
-Stop blaming Bush or apologize for blaming bush. Show that he has guts.
-close gitmo.

This thread's purpose is to allow anti-obama people to reach across the DP aisle and hopefully lead to a better discussion instead of just partisan lines. So yeah... one thing that if he does it, it will make you have faith in him.

Alternatively, if you are a pro-obama person and you wish to participate, you could name one of the things he did that pleases you greatly and why you think he's a great president.

If he called attention to the public pension crisis, I'd throw him a party.
 
If he called attention to the public pension crisis, I'd throw him a party.

I'm afraid you're setting the bar for long-term thinking a bit too high.
 
Start a public works program similar to what FDR did in the early 1930's and use
the employees to rebuild the infra-structure. Our dams, levees, bridges, electrical grid, highways etc. have been allowed to go to hell for the last ten years. Thanks to George W. Bush and his war mongering and tax cuts for the wealthy this country is in the worst shape it's been during my lifetime. The upper 1% controls 90% of the wealth in America and they have a Republican congress which will stand in the way of or filibuster anything good for the nation and ensure that the rich will continue not to pay their fair share.

You have no idea what the hell your talking about Campbell. You never do.

Its in worse shape because millions of idiots elected the least qualified cadidate in 2008 and 2012.

Obama's stimulus was supposed to address our " crumbling infrastructure ", which is a false Democrat narrative in itself. Of-course he lied.
 
I would have confidence in Obama if he had a speech where he said, I have had an Epiphany, I realize now my socialist agenda does not work and I am going to do everything I can to undo the damage I have done.
 
I think it was proven pretty much definitively that the rich pay their fair share and the share of many more people. They pay the highest income tax and the highest percentage of the total revenue the govt gets from income taxes. So this doesn't work.

And this thread is about what can Obama do to make anti-obama people think better of him and what has he done that makes pro-obama people like him. it has nothing to do with Bush's policies.

Yeah...if one wants a Lord/Serf society. When Reagan slashed tax rates for the wealthy to the lowest they had been in 50 years and fired PATCO the middle class in this country began to disappear. Clinton began to straighten it out and then along came George....slow walkin', slow talkin' George. Cut tax rates for the wealthy twice, started two wars....one totally unnecessary and doubled the national debt:

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Total U S Debt


09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)

09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accomodate Tens of Trillions)

09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32

09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)


09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16

09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)


09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)

09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)

09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32

09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38(Debt Quadrupled By Reagan/Bush41)

09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00

09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00(Total Debt Passes $1 Trillion)

09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00
 
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