Obama is the best out of two very poor options, but that's not saying much.

/both major parties are fascists who do the 1%'s bidding.
//will probably vote Green since CA will go Obama anyway.

Hmm, if Jesus was president, and happened to die in office three days before the election at the end of his second term, would he be eligible for re-election?

The plan to stop Barack Obama from achieving a better economy was successful!

Congrats Republitards! Well done.

I dunno, too many people have figured out his schtick. He's just a South Chicago bullshiater. A pretty good one but a bullshiater none the less.

"Hope and Change have to come back."

"What if they don't exist anymore?"

"They must. They must."

El Morro: This whole "Obama is the messiah" thing... what's up with that?

The only time I saw that being made as any type of real point was with Oprah, when she did the whole "he's the one" talk on her show. Other than that, it seems like this is just another meme from the right.

Or am I missing something here?

It's a thinly-veiled dog whistle phrase to fundamentalist Christian conservative voters that Obama is the Anti-Christ. You have to remember that a large portion of the most faithful Republican voters base their entire lives and thought processes around the end of the world.

He compromised on a lot, and most of it I approved of, but the NDAA did it for me. He should have vetoed the bill and forced them to override him. That and his worthless attempt to balance the budget. Obama is a centrist who doesn't know how to get things done in Washington. He throws the Republicans under the bus at every speech and then expects them to walk hand in hand with him on different projects. Now it's certainly possible the Republicans are just a bunch of obstructionist assholes, but political savvy is about figuring out who you can manipulate. There are always people in the Republican party you can work with behind closed doors. That's politics.

I'm tired of more of the same from both parties. I'm not voting for Obama in 2012.

bdub77: Obama is a centrist who doesn't know how to get things done in Washington.

He did manage to get the Republicans to back down when the payroll tax thing happened. I'd say that's getting something done.

/and there was always the chance that Obama would veto NDAA had it happened during a 2nd term, but...

Alphax: Citation needed. Those people are insane.

Yah I hate to admit it but you might actually be right. Maybe the Repubs of 20 years ago. Still, Obama signed NDAA, supports DCMA, supports SOPA, and is in the pocket of the bankers. That right there is enough for me.

I'm completely disillusioned by the state of our country right now. I'm pretty sure putting Bush in charge from 2000-2008 was the death knell of the republic. The long term effects of the Supreme Court balance, the two wars, the Patriot Act and indefinite detention, the educational nightmare that is NCLB, the deregulation of banking...those things will affect our country for decades.

EyeballKid: OMFG, you're this naive/gullible? What you're saying is both parties are the same, so you'll be supporting the Republicans?! It's a god-damned shame your vote counts just the same as mine and those of the people who can read.

Where did I say I was supporting the Republicans? Listen, idiot. Not voting for Obama is not the same as voting for Republicans, or supporting Republicans. That's the whole problem with this country, no one has any creativity. Go ahead and be manipulated by the media, and do your national duty and pick between two parties. As for me, screw that, I'd much rather support a third party candidate than either of those parties.

bdub77: ... Obama is a centrist who doesn't know how to get things done in Washington...

Health care reform, Wall Street reform, continuing the stimulus rather efficiently, killing Osama bin Laden, helping topple Gaddafi, finishing in Iraq, ending DADT, payroll tax cuts, etc.

Wayne 985: bdub77: ... Obama is a centrist who doesn't know how to get things done in Washington...

Health care reform, Wall Street reform, continuing the stimulus rather efficiently, killing Osama bin Laden, helping topple Gaddafi, finishing in Iraq, ending DADT, payroll tax cuts, etc.

I don't know. I'm not sure any of that matters if we're now able to detain people without trial and have websites taken offline simply because someone doesn't like them. (Don't kid yourself, SOPA will become law. If not by a separate bill, then it'll just get put into a "must-pass" bill like the indefinite detention part of NDAA was.)