Fuck.

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664. Worked on the 08 and 2012 elections but always knew that he will only do as...

much as TPTB allow him to do. There was a meeting in early 09 that I distinctly remember seeing the Prez come out of looking green (my olive skin kids turn green too when they are physically sick to their stomach) my gut reaction was 'they got to him and we'll see no real, reforms' so far so true, sadly.

Has the Prez done some good stuff? Absolutely and he'll get all the credit in the world for the positives but there was so much goodwill from the people, particularly in 08-2010 that was squandered. Health care was an important step but we still have a convoluted for profit system and even folks like me, who have medicare due to a disability (car accident) struggle to maintain good quality care and being able to obtain our medications. The big problem there is expensive medications with no generic alternatives are taken off the formulary.

We need a President like FDR who also faced a huge up hill battle but took no shit and didn't work to appease his detractors, he just did what he thought was best for the country and then dealing with WWII was no peach either. Of course, no president in the 21st century could get away with using the executive order close to 4000 times as FDR did but I don't think it is a virtue of President Obama to have used it 'less" than Bush, considering the country for most people is a mess and he is facing unprecedented obstruction. That is when the E/O should be used. Often they are abused, often they are misunderstood too. The conspiracy theorists subscribe to Obama E/Os that Truman or Eisenhower did.