green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

what a put-down to every American citizen! ... you get the politicians you deserve? WTF?


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/obama-you-get-the-politicians-you-deserve-238150

“People have a tendency to blame politicians when things don't work, but as I always tell people,
you get the politicians you deserve,” Obama said, to loud applause. “And if you don't vote and you don't pay attention, you'll get policies that don't reflect your interest.”

idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

Huh, go figure. who'd a thought? Seemed like such a nice young man too!

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

"Obama repeatedly argued that Trump was uniquely unqualified for the presidency." from the link

I love an understatement.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

What, those very words are not true?? They are absolutely true!
What was talked about before and after would be needed to give those words complete context, since everybody assumes he means how we got PUTOS, but may not even be related!
SS

idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

He speaks from experience, or lack of!

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

Why is Trump now crowing about Obama's job figures? Trump has also gone quiet on the ugly birth certificate campaign, he's a funny guy and he's getting more funny by the hour.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Yes, he is funny but more so, he was extremely ignorant and naive before.
He was living a big mouthed fairy tale, but now he's living in the frying pan with a public magnifying glass over it!
Before he was sworn in, he could simply open his mouth and let the diarrhea freely flow out!
Now he's sworn in, and finding that what runs out of his mouth will be heard and he's legally bound in ways regular civilians are not.
BUT now, he's learning the job, it's why he flip-flops. Reality in politics is NOT like just opening his mouth and letting diahrea dribble out!!!
And being a cheerleader on the outside is NOTHING like being a gladiator on the inside!!! LoL
SS

Twardlow Loc: Arkansas

No put down at all, politician depend upon who vote them in, and the citizenry does that.

A touch of reality.

We voted Trump in, we pay the price.

And, Sweet Jesus! are we pain' the price, damnit!

Twardlow Loc: Arkansas

I can see that.

green Loc: 22.1749611,-159.646704,20

so you are saying we deserve at least 4 years of Trump?

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

OMG, please no! Every morning I awaken wondering what Fresh Hell Widdle Donnie and his Minions have in store for us! What have we done to deserve this obscene Orange Calf? Please, let it be a hideous nightmare from which the USA will soon awaken.......

KGOldWolf

You voiced the sad truth. So did Obama. The French took a valuable lesson from our election; let's hope the 38%* who continue to support Trump do as well.

* Quinnipiac poll released this morning 38% approve of his leadership as President; 56% disaprove of his leadership as President. This is a near all-time record low rating for any President in ratings history.

KGOldWolf

He looks more like a "Mango Mussolini"... and he's acting like one as well.

When will he learn being President of the US is not the same as being president of Trump Enterprises? We are not his employees, he cannot fire us. We do not have fear being sacked by a petty, mean-spirited boss.

Unfortunately, we DO have to fear what this crazy war monger will do with the launch codes. Remember, during the campaign run-up he said "I like war" in a filmed interview.

Twardlow Loc: Arkansas

There's a difference between what we deserve and what we're going to get.

As a Nation, we deserve eternal damnation for electing the sumbitch.

But crooks like Trump always push their efforts too far; it's compulsive.

I'm sure he's already done enough for impeachment, if we knew about it all. We're hearing rumors about deals in Russia, with Russia that he has already denied--"I have no deals in Russia, I don't owe any money to Russia, etc."--and no one has mentioned money laundering, which is why he sells all that real estate at above market prices.

There is a lawsuit, making its way through the court system, about the emolument clause, which he is violating with violence.

I have strong suspicions that the hooker thing in Russia will prove out.

And there are issues, I'm sure, that we haven't heard of, or even thought about.

And, so, to answer your question, I suspect--and I anticipate--that he won't finish his first term.

He fired Comey, attempting to control the FBI, but that Institution is pretty dedicated to justice--sort of Trumps counter-compulsion--and, one way or another, I'm confident Truth will come out. Look for leaks coming out, starting soon.

The voting population will decide some day--at their own time--what the assessment of Trump will be, and he won't be able to change it. With Jimmy Carter, it was the failed attempt to rescue the hostages, with George W. Bush is was Katrina, with LBJ--in spite of all the ground-breaking legislation he mustered--it was Vietnam, with Nixon, of course, it was Watergate.

Truman broke the other way--people expected little of him, then found he was surprisingly an able President.

But as happened to Nixon and W., Trump and his corruption, his incompetence, his dishonesty, his need to protect his fantasies about himself, and his profound thirst of adulation and cash, will drag himself into oblivion.

'The mills of the Gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine."

steve03 Loc: long Lsland

When did it become un-American to encourage people to Vote and to pay attention to what's going on in government?