There is no doubt Obama is charming and likable. I worked for him in 2008 with high hopes. Going on feelings, I definitely like him better than republicans. His actual record, however, is far different. Wishes do not count as facts. For specifics see below. Civil Rights – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/09/civil-rights-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party Economy – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/10/economy-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party Economic Graphs – [...]

As are most articles that defend the president, this article is as factually deprived as those that defended Bush. Obama’s record on war is worse than Bush. For documentation see War – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/11/wars-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party

For me an alarming trend is the number of weather satellites continues to rapidly diminish under the democratic-republican Uniparty. It is as if the prevailing view is, “We have already made up our mind and don’t want to finance any research that might change it.” See http://nasawatch.com/archives/2012/05/looming-crisis.html

Excellent article and excellent graphs to illustrate! Recommended!

The tragedy is the United States is going the wrong way on these graphs. For verification see below.

Economy – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/10/economy-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party
Economic Graphs – http://newprogs.org/blog/2012/03/02/economic-graphs
Education – http://newprogs.org/blog/2012/01/14/education-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party
Health Care – http://newprogs.org/blog/2012/04/03/health-care-under-democraticrepublican-uniparty

So Obama “hasn’t been all that bad..” Actually, yes he has if you look at specifics and don’t go on a gut feeling that someone that intelligent and charming could not possibly be as bad as Bush. For specifics see Civil Rights – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/09/civil-rights-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party Economy – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/10/economy-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party Economic Graphs – http://newprogs.org/blog/2012/03/02/economic-graphs Education – http://newprogs.org/blog/2012/01/14/education-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party Environment [...]

The democrat-republican uniparty are two sides of the same coin. It is just that many like party whether it be republican or democrat more than principle or country. Here are over 400 references, but that won’t be enough for many who prefer not to think. Civil Rights – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/09/civil-rights-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party Economy – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/10/economy-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party Economic Graphs – [...]

“How about Stewart Alexander and the Socialist Party USA?” Sounds good, but so far Jill has been the only one to publicly endorse our platform. We need to be issue focused rather than people or speech focused. Obama sounded great as well. Part of our platform says not only must candidates support it, but we [...]

Very well said Alan! We need to stick together for a common goal. As you said, “what is important is that we all work together to expose Obama, Romney and any other parties doing Wall Street’s bidding while bringing forward real alternative agendas aimed at solving the problems of the people.” The only wasted effort [...]

czed, I think you miss the point. It is not about blind trust. We have all been disappointed in people, especially when they say one thing and vote for something else. Our ten goals of peace, full employment at a living wage, the environment, a safety net, Medicare for all, Fair Trade, Civil Rights, fair [...]

Strongly recommended! As a retired teacher I grew ever more frustrated at increasing micromanagement and unanimity among both republicans and democrats that teachers were the problem. The agreed upon solution was to fire a substantial portion of teachers, reduce their pay, reduce educational funding, and increase funding to charter schools for the rich which could [...]

Good report and recommended! The Obama Administration has been much worse on whistleblowers than any administration in recent history. For documentation see Whistleblowers – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/09/whistleblowers-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party

In Georgia we are already paying higher taxes for the Vogtle plants which do not even legally have to be built and if they are built do not have to incorporate any of the lessons learned from the Japanese disaster. This in a state which is drastically cutting its taxes for the rich and large [...]

Obama’s record on the environment is nothing to be proud of. On specifics it is worse than Bush. For documentation see Environment – http://newprogs.org/blog/2011/11/08/environment-under-democraticrepublican-uni-party McKibben has done a great job in 350, but now seems to think the election of Obama takes priority. When Obama temporarily delayed the XL pipeline, McKibben praised him on his [...]

Once again, this comes from democrats betraying their base, not republicans.

No recommendation except this: Please let us not get into a pissing contest. Either is better than the democratic/republican Uniparty. Let us leave the door open to future cooperation even if we can’t agree now.

Thank you for voting against the Bush tax cuts. Nonetheless, not letting the cuts automatically expire when the democrats had the presidency, the HOR by almost 40 votes, and 59 senators was a big mistake and a slap in the face to the base which worked so hard to get that majority. Now there is [...]

Courage in Numbers? Really? Here is a number. The recent vote for prohibiting demonstrations on public grounds or near public figures had not one – NOT ONE!!! – democrat out of the 535 members in congress vote against it. Then Obama signed it. The only three to vote against it were republicans. People are suffering [...]