andrew sullivan wrote in newsweek how all bombers login what ballots markets
critics or
so i read it and i've got to be interesting i agreed with the first
third of it
where he explained that they're right wing critics of obama or uh... literally
not factual and
he has the facts to back it up
uh... for example uh... bill obama create jobs and really uh... lose jobs
well the first twelve months he lost jobs
because the bush economy it's
crystal-clear we've shown you that crap a million times you see the economy debt
continues to come back up
essences come back up under obama's watch
and it's almost as two point four million jobs being created the looked
last summer i saw was
two point seven million jobs created does obama deserve credit for that
absolutely
blaming the deficit on obama rediculous
uh... bush created a over y
trillion dollars
in deficit c added to our when he had been handed surpluses
uh... by comparison obama's deficits art tiny any pending deal
with terrible unemployment in a terrible recession
but he was headed by bush
that is absolutely factual and he's absolutely right about that
this second third i'd read with but don't give any credit for he says
now remember and who saw was a conservative he's a conservative one of
supporting obama
just as the republican party went crazy
for which i don't blame them i was the same boat
in terms of about that i was a conservative but that i swore to obama
because the republicans were horrible or walter
so are
what what's his critique their what's his actually eight in his face problems
he says well you understand this health care is not social circle
in fact is the same health care
pushed by the incredibly conservative heritage foundation
by newt gingrich
mit romney
and even richard nixon that is nearly identical to mix as proposed
now in into someone's world that's great compliment the president obama in my
world that's a disaster
and ice was a time on the back
for having us in health care plan as richard frick and nixon
without the problem is they've been james health care system at all which
andrew sullivan acknowledges
there's no public option
uh... what there is no and there's nothing to say hey you know what you
cater for bribing surest as solomon brags about hate private assurances
if anything strengthened by obama's
healthcare program 'cause they're mandated to to get more people into
private insurance
i don't do that is a good thing i do that is a bad thing head of the that is
progressing by the
deeply right way
now there's universal health care that part is good
it's a nuance bill and it has ups and downs but to brag about how right wing
it is those early convinced me that obama's in a terrific president
furthermore he says
obon discussed i think that he wants to cut entitlements so-called entitlements
even more heat cut medicare and he edges on the summation this what is
thrilled about
the grand bargain you measure the grand bargain
but he doesn't nation their facts of that
in the grand bargain they would cut social security
and they would cut medicare more
well again if your progressive i don't know what you're all ecstatic about it
is all this means for passed by the president wants to cut social security
mixes health care plan in such a great progressive
that makes no sense whatsoever so
now the third
piece of andrew sullivan's a long story is i was part of
but ike totally and utterly disagree with
well look he should be given credit on civil liberties
even though he is done indefinite detention of u_s_ citizens
but that he is
already practice that but he has sided into law
pieces because
there's a signing statement saying he won't do it
yeah i know he emailed the drone strikes in iraq war which had uh... dubious
uh... you know constitutionality
and i thought he should have gone through congress but i i i actually
agreed with the libyan worked and that is more than two selvan
bag was one of present ovr mystery supporters
on that issue but is that question will how he did it with executive hour yes
the size that is yes
but i do so misses nora it's okay
forget all of those forget warrantless wiretapping
he didn't work for people
policy not personal goal all catch i didn't know what a great guy he was
while he didn't want her people week
you try to build bomber
not nearly good enough when he is maintain ninety percent
of george bush is
horrible civil liberties abuses and even added some on top of the fortunately
and then eddie also gives them
have been credit for well he stabilize their economy love him as he gave the
bankers everything in
and so they khatami's fixed on they've paid back most of the tarp money
as we talk about on the program
it's not about the tarp money it's about the seven trillion dollars
the defended those guys that interest-free loans basically
and div
it wasn't that you shouldn't get the banks anything you should not use
it's not that it wasn't to stabilize the economy
we warn against that we're not crazy right wingers
we said some mean credibly reasonable
one i can attach some strings to so that hey you know what if they go back to
rate making record profits as they are now
why don't they share that with their investors the guys who saved them from
bankruptcy
that would be awesome erica taxpayer
through talking through the fat but he didn't do any of that
instead extraction continues from the banks
did crazy derivative gambling continues unabated didn't get fixed at all
and this andrew sullivan thanks was a a good thing
all hell no no way not even close it's greatly misleading to tell people that
isn't anyway
every tree for president obama height
in the end i look at it i think what is there to celebrate
it's not the president mama didn't do anything right
he measure the two supreme court justices you gotta get back to the
present all mom and i do all the time
and on some issues i say mention i give to the president more credit than andrew
sullivan does
but when you look at the totality of it it's certainly no great accomplishments
its shores of things in the short term
and then uh... it's and any even if you think as a moderate republican that
andrew sullivan is
speak you like the moderate republican president obama
you certainly can given credit for being progressive in any way shape or form
and that leads the nation that andrew sullivan missed entirely
who when he didn't talk about it all which was a central promise of present
no bomb bus campaign
i'm going to change the way washington works
what is he done in that regard
not a silk
campaign finance reform
you know i'm so i'd tweet about this article and then of course or baba buss
rot russian to defend
and i said okay so what is he got higher sec questions us all the nando bottle
bombs
well what has he done on campaign finance reform
but here they initial problem answers
you're so darn professor sullivan collagen critics like their dog dot up
all while at that's a very subsystem response i appreciate that
why do they say they 'cause they don't have an answer because he didn't
propose any legislation hindu anything on it
is central promise
nothing on it
and they come back so you don't have the statute discussion to talk about
infidelity
are you kidding me
incredibly narrow margins got almost everything you wanted out of this
congress
another little ball it for a while had sixty senators overwhelmingly joins the
house
and so i can find out about the mid eighties senators
but put all that aside
he didn't even propose any campaign finance it wasn't on his agenda public
financing which is no way
it cracking down on lobby is no way what do you do landed finally someone gave me
something substantive they said all but remember during his state of the union
he had one line we kind of criticize the supreme court for citizens united
why are
and what we do
in reaction to that what was policy proposals
nothing
okay gee i wonder why progressives are disappointed with president of allah
i can't quite figure out maybe s has observed on critic
and andrew saw missus you genius right finally
what into solvent is most wrong about
he says the president bomb a place along game
his critics don't understand it is that what you short-term politics
when in fact it is the exact
office
look present about places sharpened all the banks are collapsing digestive don't
want to give the money
what what
mr president if you don't think so derivatives you don't think celebre
situation
you know fix the rating agencies
they're just gonna collapse later
in fact or use your stress test where you tim died a protest there healthy
when they're not all it doesn't show them up in the short term
billy dale long-term is after
but president mama just wants to get reelected that's a long been passed out
a long day
but short term politics
you do it on any issue on health care i cover more people
universal health care
but mister president needing change the health care system at all was so reliant
on private
issue a second charges anything they want were at their mercy
feel more about that later historic health care reform one of the battle
against our proforma
he's playing a short term denial on game
and on civil liberties is the perfect example
well look you know what
are you don't do torture
but mister president if you don't prosecute people for doing torture
earlier
this is going to be a matter of raping and
and the next administration can come in in gulf losses there were no
prosecutions i guess is not a legal present all bala didn't want to do if i
want to do it is just a difference in policy
an omelet indefinite detentions at national defense authorization act
and other perfect example
i think we can definitely eric
indefinitely detain u_s_ citizens bought
it is signing statement says
i would prefer not to my administration won't do it
is a short-term gain
but they're in the long term than exit ministration or if present obama once
the changes might
he comes in
and they say you know what
president obama signed into law
indefinite detention possibility
of u_s_ citizens well-known non u_s_ citizens
or bomb it hasn't played along came and that's why
that article
honestly really frustrated
is because president obama's go look at this time is advising the pics
early really worth such things as now the cover of the story of newsweek
shows that we are you see
it we're playing along game
and we got this thing figured out we're smarter than our critics we're so clever
bomb so glad andrew sullivan
appreciates how clever we are
and the establishment media will go along with it an everybody'll paddle
bomb on the back and say oh yeah you don't get a but listen to the criticism
i'd just gave ok issue by issue
he's not playing along and he doesn't have something to get out
he's not play three-dimensional chess
he's plane short-term politics
and it is nowhere near progressive
let alone successful