What are two important agenda items for the Obama administration?

[NJNetz]

Need a good answer for a test.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

1. Fuck Bitches.
2. Get Money.

 

[julius]

Defending the pick n roll, and offensive rebounds.

 

[STOMP]

killing OBL and posting his OT threads in the OT forum

STOMP

 

[Minstrel]

killing OBL and posting his OT threads in the OT forum

I sense a pointed message to this response, but I'm not sure what it is.

 

[NJNetz]

Seriously.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

1. Get re-elected
2. Stimulate the economy (which is tied in with #1)

 

[PapaG]

1} Explaining why he kept Gitmo open after promising to close it.
2) Explaining why the UE rate is well over 8% when he said it would max at 8% if we passed his $867 billion stimulus bill.

That would be a great place to start, if you have an objective professor.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I made my economics professor's head explode when I started breaking down reaganomics.

 

[barfo]

1} Explaining why he kept Gitmo open after promising to close it.
2) Explaining why the UE rate is well over 8% when he said it would max at 8% if we passed his $867 billion stimulus bill.

That would be a great place to start, if you have a professor who doesn't understand the meaning of "agenda".

FTFY.

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

FTFY.

That's not fair. PapaG's response was very agenda-driven.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

1. Stay black
2. Paint everyone who opposes him as racist

 

[barfo]

1. Stay black
2. Paint everyone who opposes him as racist

1. Continue to be born in Kenya
2. Blow himself up in a crowded marketplace

barfo

 

[PapaG]

That's not fair. PapaG's response was very agenda-driven.

Questioning unfulfilled campaign/legistlation promises is "agenda-driven" in nature?

Promises were made. Promises were not met. Why?

 

[barfo]

Questioning unfulfilled campaign/legistlation promises is "agenda-driven" in nature?

Promises were made. Promises were not met. Why?

Maybe there is a wikipedia article on "politician" that you should read?

barfo

 

[PapaG]

Maybe there is a wikipedia article on "politician" that you should read?

barfo

Maybe there is a critical question formulated by yourself that you'll ask of the Obama Administration at some point that challenges them on their past words compared to the current reality?

HAHAHAHA! Like that would ever happen.

 

[MARIS61]

1. His miserable failure to bring the troops home as promised.

2. Amped up assault on personal freedoms by his administration.

 

[jlprk]

2008: Get the Left to vote for him, while the Right sits out.
2012: Get the Right to vote for him, while the Left sits out.

 

[barfo]

Maybe there is a critical question formulated by yourself that you'll ask of the Obama Administration at some point that challenges them on their past words compared to the current reality?

HAHAHAHA! Like that would ever happen.

There are things where the administration has failed, and/or failed to do as well as promised. However, every administration fails to do everything they promise, so it is pretty meaningless to point out two items that haven't been accomplished. Measuring an administration by their campaign promises is a poor way to judge the effectiveness of a government.

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

There are things where the administration has failed, and/or failed to do as well as promised. However, every administration fails to do everything they promise, so it is pretty meaningless to point out two items that haven't been accomplished. Measuring an administration by their campaign promises is a poor way to judge the effectiveness of a government.

barfo

It's a good indication of whether they are honest and trustworthy or not. Not so much the outcome, more the degree of effort they applied to honor their pledge.

 

[barfo]

It's a good indication of whether they are honest and trustworthy or not. Not so much the outcome, more the degree of effort they applied to honor their pledge.

I disagree. Every single candidate promises things they can't deliver. And priorities change over time. It just goes with the territory. Expecting any elected official to deliver on all their specific promises is unrealistic. Expecting them to govern in the general direction that they promised, and not the opposite direction, that I think is perfectly reasonable.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

I disagree. Every single candidate promises things they can't deliver. And priorities change over time. It just goes with the territory. Expecting any elected official to deliver on all their specific promises is unrealistic. Expecting them to govern in the general direction that they promised, and not the opposite direction, that I think is perfectly reasonable.

barfo

"Change you can believe in."

 

[barfo]

"Change you can believe in."

"Liberty for America"

"Reform, Prosperity, and Peace"

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

"Liberty for America"

"Reform, Prosperity, and Peace"

barfo

"Change you can believe in."

 

[julius]

"Change you can believe in."

"Compassionate conservatism"
"Reformer with results"
"Yes American Can"

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Vinyard, this will teach you to try and get serious around here.

But here's a serious answer...

1) A short, medium and long term plan to lower the deficit.
2) A short, medium and long term plan to balance the federal budget.

With a true unemployment rate of 16% and a country teetering on insolvency I would think those are his biggest priorities.

 

[Denny Crane]

Vinyard, this will teach you to try and get serious around here.

But here's a serious answer...

1) A short, medium and long term plan to lower the deficit.
2) A short, medium and long term plan to balance the federal budget.

With a true unemployment rate of 16% and a country teetering on insolvency I would think those are his biggest priorities.

Lowering the deficit IS getting the budget closer to balanced.

His top three (and only) priorities should be:

1. Jobs
2. Stop the real estate market from it's continued meltdown
3. Stop the reckless overspending

 

[BrianFromWA]

Back on topic, I think two of his points were to restore his concept of what American "Legitimacy" around the world was (in terms of dialogue with leaders the Bush might've called the "Axis of Evil" or something) and to implement his idea of an American utopia, where everyone had (among other things) a home to live in, enough to eat, free medical care and the right to do as you pleased...whether or not you had a job or the means to do so.

I think he was sidetracked by reality on the military/geodiplomatic side, and sidetracked by poor decision-making fiscally on the other.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Lowering the deficit IS getting the budget closer to balanced.

His top three (and only) priorities should be:

1. Jobs
2. Stop the real estate market from it's continued meltdown
3. Stop the reckless overspending

I'd submit that either winning the wars or not wasting time and money on them should be on that list somewhere. Maybe it's encapsulated in your #3.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Lowering the deficit IS getting the budget closer to balanced.

His top three (and only) priorities should be:

1. Jobs
2. Stop the real estate market from it's continued meltdown
3. Stop the reckless overspending

I disagree about the real estate market. Due to a number of reasons, the market puffed itself up beyond sanity and now it is self correcting. The process may take another 5 years or so, but it is best to leave it alone and find its own ballast.