Peter T.
location: New Hampshire
listening to: Too much of everything!
registered: 1999.05.20
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I'll pull this out of my wallet. This was from one of Andrew Sullivan's readers:
The truth is that this President has done a good job in what has been one of the most difficult periods
of modern history. He saved the economy from ruin (until the Tea Party took over Congress) with a
stimulus that was as large as possible given the political realities, presided over a stock market that
fairly quickly recouped many of its losses, presided over almost consecutive monthly increases in
private sector job growth (unfortunately balanced by monthly decreases in public sector jobs which I
attribute to the GOP further starving government), enacted the only meaningful healthcare reform ever
in our history, passed financial reform (no matter what the Left says, he did this), saved the auto
industry (which Romney is on record opposing), fired the first salvo of the Arab Spring with his
address in Cairo no less, drawn down our footprint in Iraq in a responsible way (and headed toward
almost total withdrawal), stopped numerous terrorist attacks in this country, stopped torture as
policy, repealed DADT, joined the international community in a measured and responsible way to
bring down an odious tyrant in Qaddafi, and killed a whole generation of al Qaeda leaders. And taking
out Osama bin Laden the way he did will go down as one of the bravest military actions in American
history.I know this President is not popular, and it is very unpopular to defend him in such a way. I don't care.
For this country to dump him for anyone on the other side would be a terrible thing. Progress is slow
and painful, but we are doing it. Is that fashionable to say? No. Again, I don't care.And from Peter T. a hearty, though secular, AMEN, brother!
Peter T.
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I'll pull this out of my wallet. This was from one of Andrew Sullivan's readers:
The truth is that this President has done a good job in what has been one of the most difficult periods
of modern history. He saved the economy from ruin (until the Tea Party took over Congress) with a
stimulus that was as large as possible given the political realities, presided over a stock market that
fairly quickly recouped many of its losses, presided over almost consecutive monthly increases in
private sector job growth (unfortunately balanced by monthly decreases in public sector jobs which I
attribute to the GOP further starving government), enacted the only meaningful healthcare reform ever
in our history, passed financial reform (no matter what the Left says, he did this), saved the auto
industry (which Romney is on record opposing), fired the first salvo of the Arab Spring with his
address in Cairo no less, drawn down our footprint in Iraq in a responsible way (and headed toward
almost total withdrawal), stopped numerous terrorist attacks in this country, stopped torture as
policy, repealed DADT, joined the international community in a measured and responsible way to
bring down an odious tyrant in Qaddafi, and killed a whole generation of al Qaeda leaders. And taking
out Osama bin Laden the way he did will go down as one of the bravest military actions in American
history.I know this President is not popular, and it is very unpopular to defend him in such a way. I don't care.
For this country to dump him for anyone on the other side would be a terrible thing. Progress is slow
and painful, but we are doing it. Is that fashionable to say? No. Again, I don't care.And from Peter T. a hearty, though secular, AMEN, brother!
