If Obama Was Honest

"PotbellyJoe and 42 others" (potbellyjoe) 01/16/2016 at 08:29 • Filed to: None

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I feel like this would have been his closing if he could speak his mind. I can’t imagine the dude isn’t completely frustrated by the process of politics, as I assume all Presidents would be after 8 years of dealing with real and contrived controversies.

Flavien Vidal > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/16/2016 at 08:36

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Well... All presidents with an once of logic and a soul would be... Pretty sure someone like Trump or Cruz would be just fine after 8 years :)

Kat Callahan > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/16/2016 at 08:39

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GWB mostly had a Republican Congress. So did Reagan, I think. Bill Clinton was half and half, due to Gingrich’s Contract with America.

Obama has had a pretty much non-stop obstructionist GOP majority House, and even when the Dems had the Senate, it was by such a small measure that the need for 60 votes to invoke cloture meant it might as well have been GOP-led, and it soon became that way anyway.

So Obama has more reason to tell Congress to fuck off than other presidents.

Incidentally, you know what they say, what’s the opposite of PROgress? It’s CONgress!

-this space for rent- > Kat Callahan 01/16/2016 at 08:54

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So he should tell the people to fuck off for voting in a GOP Congress to oppose him?

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > -this space for rent- 01/16/2016 at 08:58

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Yes, because it’s counterproductive

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Kat Callahan 01/16/2016 at 09:04

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This is what pisses me off the most. The GOPpers would have been nearly as difficult had there been a white Democrat president for the lat 8 years, purely as a matter of principle. But we all know that they would not have been so belligerant and hostile.

Obama is a visible reminder that angry, white, hetero, ‘Christian’ males are no longer the de facto ruling majority. And the ones in power or who want more are absolutely furious they are being left out. They absolutely cannot deal with the changing demographics of our country.

vondon302 > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/16/2016 at 09:22

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Left or right Dem or Rep red or blue. They all suck. Bunch of self serving elitist pricks. Oops sorry too early for me and politics.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Kat Callahan 01/16/2016 at 09:38

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Actually at the start Obama has both the house and the senate, still got little done. It’s a factor of politics, not partisanship. The beauty of the system is that it does take a lot of work to push through major initiatives. That means we aren’t fighting the whims of dictators.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > vondon302 01/16/2016 at 09:39

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I agree. And quite frankly it’s why i can laugh at something like this gif.

vondon302 > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/16/2016 at 09:42

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The gif is downright glorious.

Nymphicus Hollandicus > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/16/2016 at 10:18

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This GIF is glorious. Obama should have every right to do this before he leaves office. Only issue is... none and I mean NONE of the candidates are good.

Svend > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/16/2016 at 11:12

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I would like for him to of stood there and said.

“you know I tried my hardest for this country and you a-holes blocked everything purely for the sake of blocking it and them giving ridiculous and asinine reasons for it, so I stand here and say with all my heart, fuck you all”.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Kat Callahan 01/16/2016 at 11:29

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If only people who were elected actually represented the people of the areas from which they were elected. We have the same problem up here in Canada, because we vote for parties rather than people.

For Sweden > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/16/2016 at 11:29

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If he didn’t like politics, he may have chosen the wrong profession.

Kat Callahan > BaconSandwich is tasty. 01/16/2016 at 11:31

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We have district representation except, due to a little thing called “gerrymandering,” it pretty much produces districts that have no connection to real demographics.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > For Sweden 01/16/2016 at 11:41

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Haha. True.

The Transporter > Kat Callahan 01/16/2016 at 11:47

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I take it you weren’t in the States between 2007 and 2011.

Frenchlicker > For Sweden 01/16/2016 at 11:51

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Nobody likes politics. They start in politics with such hope and only continue on to spite those that they once wanted to work with.

Kat Callahan > The Transporter 01/16/2016 at 11:53

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...That’s actually true, yes.

For Sweden > Frenchlicker 01/16/2016 at 11:54

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No they start in politics for the power and the sweet airplanes.

For Sweden > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/16/2016 at 11:55

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At least he was smart enough to run for President. If he ran for Mayor of Chicago or Governor of Illinois, he’d eventually end up in prison.

The Transporter > Kat Callahan 01/16/2016 at 11:57

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That four year period was basically the photo negative of what you discribed. Otherwise everything you said was true.

Frenchlicker > For Sweden 01/16/2016 at 13:26

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That's why I want to get in on it. I'll pretend I give a shit about people.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > For Sweden 01/16/2016 at 14:42

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True story, Rob Blagojevich bought me a Honker Ale at Twin Anchors in June 2003.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Kat Callahan 01/16/2016 at 18:29

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That, and the whole ability to basically buy a politician. Instead of voting with your ballot, you have to vote with your wallet. :(