Can you say Democrat "fake" filibusters.
They have blocked all forms of meaningful legislation out of the Senate for the last few years. Now the Republicans don't even get to filibuster much of anything since the Democrats aren't even moving any legislation in the Senate.
I am not posting propaganda, I am posting factual information. If you actually did some research on the internet you could find much of this. Go to the Senate web site, or the House, you will find the information there.
Again, go back and look at the legislation McCain sponsored or co-sponsored that was blocked by the Democrats. Regardless of the fact that the Republicans controlled the Congress for the last few years, the Dems have had it most of the last 2 - what have they done? Nothing. What happened to their "mandate"? Wow, they are great examples of watching out for the American people.
BTW - do you believe in these policies?:
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Fight Global Poverty
Obama will embrace the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty around the world in half by 2015, and he will double our foreign assistance to $50 billion to achieve that goal. He will help the world’s weakest states to build healthy and educated communities, reduce poverty, develop markets, and
generate wealth.
We aren't supposed to be the world's policeman, but we supposed to be the world's provider of welfare? Where is the extra $25B supposed to come from? Seeing as how we are already $450B overspending per year?
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Toward a Nuclear Free World
Obama will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons, and pursue it. Obama will always maintain a strong deterrent as long as nuclear weapons exist. But he will take several steps down the long road toward eliminating nuclear weapons. He will stop the development of new nuclear weapons; work with Russia to take U.S. and Russian ballistic missiles off hair trigger alert; seek dramatic reductions in U.S. and Russian stockpiles of nuclear weapons and material; and set a goal to expand the U.S.-Russian ban on intermediate range missiles so that the agreement is global.
Do you believe our weapons are on "hair trigger alert"? And do you believe his goal here is realistic?
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Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move toward normal diplomatic relations. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic pressure and political isolation. Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to make progress.
I thought he reworded his position on the preconditions. Also, how exactly does he plan to get the sanctions to be worse when Russia and China will have none of it? Does he think they are going to roll over for him and really make it a priority once Bush is gone?
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Judgment You Can Trust
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• In 2003 and 2004, he spoke out against the war on the campaign trail;
• In 2005, he called for a phased withdrawal of our troops;
• In 2006, he called for a timetable to remove our troops, a political solution within Iraq, and aggressive diplomacy with all of Iraq’s neighbors;
• In January 2007, he introduced legislation in the Senate to remove all of our combat troops from Iraq by March 2008.
• In September 2007, he laid out a detailed plan for how he will end the war as president.
Remove all our troops by March 2008... there is judgment you can trust. He still can't acknowledge he was wrong about the surge. Great, the surge succeeded.. was he wrong? He has yet to say "Yes, I was wrong about the surge". How hard is that to say?
I find these policies troubling - you saying they are good? And they are just a few, right out of his plan...
This is from his Blueprint for Change, on his web site.