Ted Rall by Ted Rall

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  1. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Rall, he can’t do it all by himself, the constitution doesn’t allow it.

  2. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    He would change the constitution ala Chavez if he could. Ever hear of the repeal22 “movement”?

  3. Bill_Clay

    Bill_Clay said, 3 months ago

    “Ever hear of the repeal22 “movement”?”

    Yes, I’ve heard of it -

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/termlimits.asp

    It’s another exaggerated half-truth twisted by right-wingnuts.

  4. ynnek58

    ynnek58 said, 3 months ago

    It’s a good dig on Nobama. I’m just not sure how much more of this ‘change’ my bank account can take – no worries, cradle to grave – they love me!

  5. reocare

    reocare said, 3 months ago

    believe.. doesnt obama have the majority? he isnt doing it by himself.. the lobbyist however is another story

  6. edmondd

    edmondd said, 3 months ago

    We must seek for coherence Ted. What we despised of Bush & Cheney, actually, Cheney & Bush–their disregard for Congress and the rule of law–we cannot be wresting off from Obama. As believecommonsense said, it’s check and balances.

    I think Congress in this case is the most responsible now.

    Who are these Blue Dog democrats by the way? Whose side are they on? Oops, the little Cheney in me just spoke. You see, we have to be coherent.

    Let me rephrase it: why are the Blue Dog democrats being a tad obtuse?

  7. 4uk4ata

    4uk4ata said, 3 months ago

    Well, they are probably thinking it’s the bet thing to do for reelection. Perhaps it is because their constituents aren’t very keen on healthcare reform… though personally I think it is because their funders aren’t.

  8. Ian Valenzuela

    Ian ValenzuelaGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Yes, Ted, you tell Obama, terrible job getting American prisoners out of North Korea, didn’t even offer to trade arms for them. You tell him, jam through legislation, screw the Constitution. You tell him, your stimulus is only 5% spent, and it hasn’t worked yet. You tell him, Cash for Clunkers is too successful. You tell him, you’ve served over 10% of your first term, and you haven’t accomplished everything you promised. What a bum. Glad we have realistic leaders like Rall, offering no solutions, whining that they don’t get everything they desired immediately. Rall, the toddler cartoonist.

  9. brine

    brineGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    It certainly seems like he’s not able to get things done, but it will take time to see if he is a failure … if things are still bad by 2010 elections, power will shift again!!!

  10. alalcibiades

    alalcibiades said, 3 months ago

    Obama could have ended Don’t Ask Don’t Tell military discharges by executive order the day he took office, but the practice continues.

    He could have begun removing troops from the illegal invasion of Iraq the day he took office, but now there are more US soldiers there than ever.

    He could have–he SHOULD have–rounded up the Bush-Cheney cabal and sent them to the Hague for well deserved war crimes trials as soon as he was sworn in. By allowing those vermin to escape justice, Obama violated his oath to preserve and protect the constitution.

    Ted Rall is entirely correct. Obama has been a great disappointment thus far.

  11. Adam Sperry

    Adam Sperry said, 3 months ago

    There are a thousand terrible things that Bush did that he could reverse with the stroke of a pen, but he hasn’t.

    He could stop defending DOMA and tell Congress to change the law, but hasn’t.
    He could stop DADT discharges and tell Congress to change it permanently, but hasn;t.
    He could release all the info on Guantanamo and other secret prisons, but hasn’t

    I could go on…

  12. Cpt. Jay

    Cpt. Jay said, 3 months ago

    Obama is right that the constitution is fatally flawed, and that flaw is “that any nutjob can run for president”, no matter how woefully unqualified, it’s a free-for-all caucus race, regardless of race, creed, or color, incompetence knows no distinction. Remember the officious kids in school that always ran for class president; enter Obama the A.V. geek…

  13. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    ^ gee, cpt., when did Obama say the constitution is “totally flawed?”

  14. Anthony 2816

    Anthony 2816Genius_badge said, 3 months ago

    BCS, do you always have to confront the righties with facts.

    They HATE that.

  15. edmondd

    edmondd said, 3 months ago

    Alalacibiades, lets say a man has a tumor near its brain and has to be removed lest the outcome be a tragic result. A doctor comes in and, with a spoon and a fork, starts operating on him, making a terrible mess, only to be required to leave later on; fortunately, of course.

    Enter the second doctor, should he remove the spoon and fork and leave things as they are? The mistake was operating with a spoon and a fork on the first place, but now the dilemma arises when one considers what the best solution is: for some people the man should be left alone, for others to keep operating on him with the right tools, and yet others might even find a middle ground between these two, to operate on him and then leave.

    In regards to Iraq, ideally, all military forces should have split the second Saddam was out. The perception of force would have left a more lasting impression, the threat of the possibility that the “empire might strike back” again would have allowed for less chaos, if at all. Operate and then leave.

    But the establishment’s “energeopolitical”–if you will– ambitions surpassed its capabilities, and hence the later tragic and atrocious debacle–yet wasn’t it horridly deplorable enough when one considers all the collateral damage, as it is euphemistically referred to, abounding on at the start of the so called Shock and Awe?

    But the man might heal in time, even by his own self, but no thanks to the first doctor.

    And truly, who doesn’t thirst after a Greater Judgment, when one considers the follies, wicked even, of all men?

  16. bromonation

    bromonation said, 3 months ago

    boy this one was lazy Ted.

    2/10

  17. M Henri Day

    M Henri Day said, 3 months ago

    Ted isn’t the only one who’s noticed what’s going on - even if he was quicker than most - check Frank Rich’s OpEd in yesterdays (20090808) New York Times (http://preview.tinyurl.com/mktayb). My response can be found among the 303 readers’ comments published there or, perhaps more conveniently, on my StumbleUpon blog (http://preview.tinyurl.com/mea9qc)….

    Henri

  18. Cpt. Jay