Gaybutton wrote:gong wrote:What is your progressiveness?
Mine is very simple. I want equal rights for all. I want lower taxes. I want better exchange rates. I want stem cell research. I want right to die. I want religion kept out of politics. I want Medicare and Obamacare to apply to expats. I want global warming to be recognized and stopped. I want research for stopping possible catastrophic meteor and comet impacts.
As for most else in the USA, in all honesty I couldn't care less and have zero interest beyond gossipy curiosity and anything that affects me personally. I don't live there anymore. I live in Thailand.
In other words, you indicate from what you can benefit directly and the heck with anything else. Hardly a progressive agenda. But it is hardly a Democratic agenda either (lower taxes) or anybody else agenda (Medicare and Obamacare for expats). As for stopping meteor and comet impacts I,I am with you on that one but the only politician who cares about it was Newt Gingrich (who wanted a permanent US base on the moon).
By the way, who is here aware about openly gay Repubican congress candidate who is in close race in San Diego?
In my opinion, it is not a question whether Obama good or bad President, the right question is whether he is an appropriate President for the present moment. Just to give you one example. Here in Pattaya I have an opportunity to watch 24 hour Russian channel news. Here is an example of their news:
1. Russia launched two ballistic missiles (the best in the world in their opinion)
2. Meeting chaired by Putin about sales of Russian weapons abroad (very good sales in his opinion).
3. The rest is devoted to Ukrain and it is just permanent lies.
Then there is a discussion of a group of Russian experts full of hatred and chauvinism. I have not seen anything like that even during Soviet Union days. And this agenda has a full support of vast majority of population. I agree with Garry Kasparov who is of the opinion that Putin is much more dangerous that Brezhnew era Soviet rulers (and stole much more than they).
Is Obama the right person to confront it? Can he deal with can of worms in middle East? Is he capable to protect America against ebola threat? My answer to all this questions that Romney would be much more up to the task then Obama.