Im not sure Ive even seen him address this policy
― Treeship, Friday, 29 July 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
I do wonder if Clinton is intending to counter that policy but doesn't want to position herself against Obama at this point in time. She seemed to hammer home her intention to curb mass deportations in her speech last night. But, yes, it's fucked up (particularly since there are reported instances of deportees being murdered upon returning to their home countries) and I hope that she sees that.
― a charisma-free shitlord (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 July 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
i hope she stops it but why hasnt obama? Does he really just not care about these people?
― Treeship, Friday, 29 July 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link
1. explain that laws are dumb and should be changed2. get shouted down3. make executive decision to not enforce all parts of dumb laws4. get shouted down more5. enforce dumb laws to the very letter6. reform vote now louder than ever
― El Tomboto, Friday, 29 July 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
^^^
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 July 2016 20:44 (seven years ago) link
an act of political genius!
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 July 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-wont-revive-obama-plan-to-shield-illegal-immigrants-from-deportation/2016/06/23/6cea5f1e-3950-11e6-9ccd-d6005beac8b3_story.html
― Bnad, Friday, 29 July 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
for your consideration
https://theringer.com/president-obama-summer-playlist-spotify-8fd9c5696aaa#.eqlwfmkmi
― j., Thursday, 11 August 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
i support malia obama smoking weed at coachella
― Treeship, Friday, 12 August 2016 00:11 (seven years ago) link
XP thx 4 new dn
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 August 2016 00:42 (seven years ago) link
We're watching http://www.bet.com/shows/bet-presents-love-happiness-an-obama-celebration.html and why is Bradley Cooper at this thing?
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 3 December 2016 03:11 (seven years ago) link
ha this is that thing that Chappelle was talking about at the end of his SNL monologue right
― Nhex, Saturday, 3 December 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
Yeah. It's nice to go in a time machine back to October.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 3 December 2016 03:28 (seven years ago) link
His incredible, unshakeable faith in the meritocracy.
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/obamas-climate-legacy
Given the constraints of an extremist opposition, there’s probably not much more Obama could have done on climate change. He sums up his achievements and the need to move forward in an article in Science, written by him, although almost certainly not actually written by him. This is the first time a sitting president has ever published in the prestigious journal.Of course one can argue that Obama’s biggest weakness is thinking that anyone cares what is published in a journal like Science instead of playing the dirty politics that actually leads to power in this country. It would be nice if this country could have nice things, but what a pipe dream.
Of course one can argue that Obama’s biggest weakness is thinking that anyone cares what is published in a journal like Science instead of playing the dirty politics that actually leads to power in this country. It would be nice if this country could have nice things, but what a pipe dream.
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Saturday, 14 January 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
In that case, all this 'bipartisanship' talk makes me worry he'll let the plutocrats walk all over him in the name of unity. It's too early to tell, of course. The problem is, I'm guilty of being a little star struck by the dude and his speeches and advisors and stuff, so I'm probably missing important defects. So maybe that's a flaw, too.― Oilyrags, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:37 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 14 January 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
Nice job screwing over the Cubans, buttface lame duck.
― rb (soda), Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
I don't have a problem with it tbh
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
I'm sorry for the emigres who didn't get the news
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
qft
― the late great, Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
tell it to the Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Mexicans, Haitians, etc and see how many tears they shed for the poor Cubans.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Saturday, 14 January 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
i've managed to avoid most inauguration coverage today. if you'd like something else, this group of people assessing the end of obama is p interesting
http://radioopensource.org/looking-back-obama/#
marilynne robinson is worshipful, david bromwich is of course v critical
― goole, Friday, 20 January 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
CL: You caught my attention in the London Review of Books many months ago just with the observation that he can sound like the president of the Ford Foundation, or something. It’s the sound of a vaguely anonymous board room voice, an intelligent mind among a lot of intelligent minds, representing some kind of anonymous consensus of the good people.
DB: Yeah. That’s sort of the good and competent elite who are meant to run things. I call him a Fabian non-socialist for that reason. The Fabians – H. G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw among them – believed in the reform of society by a group of technocrats, from above, in the direction of equality, but not with much consultation of the populace. And there’s nothing at all low about Obama, nothing the least bit vulgar or ill-bred. In fact, if he had just a dash of vulgarity it might increase the democratic quality of his charm.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 January 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
deporting 3m ppl, assassinating citizens = lil bit vulgar
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 January 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
how many would you have deported morbs
― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Friday, 20 January 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
twelve
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 January 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
all irish
o'postles
― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Friday, 20 January 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link
And there’s nothing at all low about Obama, nothing the least bit vulgar or ill-bred
― Nhex, Friday, 20 January 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.refinedguy.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2Fbrush-your-shoulders-off.gif&f=1
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 January 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
"So life in America was not always easy. It wasn’t always easy for new immigrants. Certainly it wasn’t easy for those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily, and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves. There was discrimination and hardship and poverty. But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them. And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more." — Barack Obama, 2015
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
nice try
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
He's not Donald trump
― The Perks of Being a Wall St R (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link
that wasnt the comp
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
the context and meaning of that obama quote is quite a bit different from what carson said
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
some folks got enslaved
― salthigh, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
lol if you think that's equivalent to what Carson said
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
lol morbs trolling u guys
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:52 (seven years ago) link
pretty sure he got this from Breitbart. at least, i know they were pushing this comp yesterday.
― evol j, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
Incredibly, an alt-right guy like me has never fucking once looked at Breitbart.
I hate this board
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
Morbs do you notice how Obama frames this point
are you familiar with the notion, in rhetoric, that the first point you make has precedence, so if you say "there were immigrants from Africa! also they didn't choose to come here" it's different from saying "there were people who were brought here involuntarily, but they can also be thought of as immigrants"
do you dig that from almost every reasonable perspective Obama's line & Carson's are only vaguely on the same page
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
the only point all the lefties posting this have been seeking to make are that the words alone, lain side by side, are similar.
"in their own way were immigrants themselves" nope.
I did not ever study rhetorical notions, i was watching Sam Fuller's Shock Corridor
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
oh has leftist discourse really degenerated to "some of the words are the same"
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
oh Christ, where can i lay a bet that the GOP is going to rule America til The End
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, March 8, 2017 7:06 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago)
that explains why you chose to post it on a thread called "what are barack obama's flaws?"
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
one of them is HE IS A BULLSHITTERRRRRRRRRRR
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
dude c'mon. baseball season is coming up. elevate yr game
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
let me just say, as he did around 12:30pm this past Jan 20, "good job"
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
I hear he thinks that you're pretty mediocre yourself tbh
― The Perks of Being a Wall St R (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
Help me catch up everyone. Are we arguing about whether Obama is the real racist?
― Moodles, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/05/02/before-michelle-barack-obama-asked-another-woman-to-marry-him-then-politics-got-in-the-way/?utm_term=.e751e8b7a432
In his late 20s now and slightly older than most classmates, he had a compulsion to orate in class and summarize other people’s arguments for them. “In law school the only thing I would have voted for Obama to do would have been to shut up,” one student told Garrow.
― j., Tuesday, 2 May 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link