WTF Obama

[pasithea]

Dear Mr. President,

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iZofCcJ-sLl6Lacl5o_wDamuYVNw


Yes yes. Now all you little right-wing shits can jump up and down and gibber about how you knew he was wishy washy and if we'd ONLY elected Dumb and Dumber I wouldn't be irked now.

Fails basic logic check, but ya'know. Go ahead and feel free.

Meanwhile, I'll point out this thing about us liberals that's different from you pinheads. Notice how we're unafraid to question and criticize our own guy. Not like you, screaming that we only got angry at Bush because he was Bush while you kiss every shit he takes as though it were the baby Jesus.

It sickens me that he's being a chicken shit coward about this, but you know what? McCain would be far worse. He'd be down there giving the pope a blowjob, nodding happily with every crusty old thrust.

Comments

[emiofbrie.livejournal.com]

But somehow I don't get that impression.

Actually, reading that article, that was exactly the impression I got. It mentioned basically how he wants to reduce abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies. That can be done through perfectly reasonable means like birth control education. Also it reiterated how he continues to speak out for abortion rights. The two viewpoints are not mutually exclusive. It's as if he is basically saying, "I don't like to see abortions happen, but women should still be given the choice to have them." It's a very centrist and libertarian point of view, and it shows a willingness to keep personal beliefs out of the affairs of the legal system.

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

It mentioned basically how he wants to reduce abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies.

I saw the bit where a White House spokesman brought up the subjects of unintended pregnancies and adoption, but the whole article is woefully light on details -- at least, details that mean anything. Yes, yes, it's very nice that Sasha and Malia got to meet the Pope, but I'd like to hear more about how Obama intends to improve the lamentable state of things like birth control education in the US. I mean, the article didn't even go so far as to say "the President wants to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies in the United States" -- it merely mentioned unintended pregnancies and adoptions in the same sentence. The spokesman could just as easily have meant that they intend to promote the latter as a solution to the former.

[emiofbrie.livejournal.com]

Keep in mind Obama was also acting as a diplomat here for all intents and purposes, and he had his kids with him. The intent was to try to find what areas of common ground there were, and apparently they found agreement in the generality that there should be less abortion in the world, but apparently not in the details, as the spokespeople for both Obama and Benedict inferred that there was still disagreement in that area.

Again, one can be both pro-choice and *true* pro-life (as opposed to the anti-choice movement that only is 'pro-life' in name).

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

Again, one can be both pro-choice and *true* pro-life (as opposed to the anti-choice movement that only is 'pro-life' in name).

Oh, certainly. I'd go as far as to say that I fall into that camp; the world I want to live in is one where every child is loved and wanted, and no one has to go through the pain -- emotional or physical -- of abortion. (In my early twenties, Depo-Provera failed for me, twice. Both times, I figured it out early in the first trimester and underwent a medical abortion. The cramps are excruciating. I got an IUD immediately after the second one, but it would have been nice to know that Depo just doesn't work on me.)

What I'm particularly shirty about is how pathetic an excuse for journalism that article is.