 ratilfar says: All one has to do is act like a citizen first, not a party apparatchik or fan club devotee, which means nothing more than this: (1) If Obama takes action or makes a decision that you think is good and constructive, say so and give him credit; (2) If Obama takes action or makes a decision that you think is bad, wrong and/or destructive, say so and criticize him for it; (3) If there were things you claimed to find so horrible and wrong when Bush did them (indefinite detention, denial of habeas corpus, renditions, state secrets, endless wars, military commissions, compulsive secrecy), and Obama does them, apply the same standards. As Bob Herbert put it rather simply: "Policies that were wrong under George W. Bush are no less wrong because Barack Obama is in the White House." Cont... (4) If there are ongoing debates about policy, agitate for the outcome you think is best rather than the one the White House wants, where those two are different. If there are policies you think should be adopted that aren't, complain about that, critique it, and find ways to maximize pressure. (5) Don't personalize political leaders and be driven by emotional attachments to them one way or the other. They're nothing more than public servants -- an extremely powerful one in the case of the President -- who should be assessed based exclusively on their actions. (6) If anything, when it comes to the most powerful political official on the planet, it's best to err on the side of ex... Absolutely. Obama is screwing the pooch in Afghanistan even as he's made a much-needed turn in policy concerning Israel. He's made steps to reinstate the civil rights of Americans, but still needs to make a turnaround on how America treats people under its authority. Even as he struggles to improve his government's attention to domestic policy, certain very important issues are being swept aside shamefully. All in all, he's acting like exactly what he is; a conservative with centrist leanings. He needs the left to give him a few light slams to keep him on the path of at least centralism, since we're not going to get actual Leftism in America in anyone's lifetime. |
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