Name ONE of Obama's Congressional accomplishments

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeu_4Ekx-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFOOcEQtP0&NR=1

says it all

[likearock 2]

Didn't we discuss this a while back?

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3246835;#3246871

[bodypilot90 0]

well have any of you dems come up with anything?

[likearock 2]

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well have any of you dems come up with anything?

1) I'm not a dem.
2) Did you read the link?

[Rookie120 0]

CHANGE!!!!!!!!! Is that an accomplishment?

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[kallend 2,184]

Here's one:

He's got more GOP supporters circulating false smears about him on the internet than any other Senator in history. See Snopes for proof.

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well have any of you dems come up with anything?

1) I'm not a dem.
2) Did you read the link?

Apparently not. Here it is, in full text.

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What are Obama's accomplishments in the Senate?

Sen Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 152 bills in the Senate.
Some were perfunctory, like [url http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:3:./temp/~bdHNmu::]S.RES.291: A resolution to congratulate the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005 World Series Championship, which passed the Senate Unanimously.

Others, like
[url http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:8:./temp/~bdHNmu::]S.969: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, and for other purposes,
S.1180: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize various programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans for fiscal years 2007 through 2011, and for other purposes,
S.1194: A bill to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish guidelines and procedures for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods and segments,
S.1975: A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections,
S.2045: A bill to provide incentives to the auto industry to accelerate efforts to develop more energy-efficient vehicles to lessen dependence on oil,
S.2261: A bill to provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process,
S.2446: A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes,
S.3475: A bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans,
S.AMDT.390 to H.R.1268 To provide meal and telephone benefits for members of the Armed Forces who are recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom,
S.AMDT.2965 to S.2349 To ban employment negotiations to become lobbyists by Members of Congress and required recusal for senior congressional staff while in office,
S.AMDT.3144 to S.CON.RES.83 To provide a $40 million increase in FY 2007 for the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and to improve job services for hard-to-place veterans,
S.AMDT.3695 to H.R.4939 To improve financial transparency in hurricane recovery by requiring the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to make information about Federal contracts publicly available,
S.AMDT.4224 to S.2766 To include assessments of Traumatic Brain Injury in the post-deployment health assessments of member of the Armed Forces returning from deployment in support of a contingency operation, and
S.AMDT.5169 to S.3709 To clarify United States policy in order to deter nuclear testing by foreign governments
are more substantive examples of legislation introduced.

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Sen Obama has also teamed with Sen Lugar (R-IN) in advancing Cooperative Threat Reduction to reduce weapons vulnerability to non-state actors (terrorists), specifically antiaircraft missiles, stolen WMDs, and conventional weapons used in IEDs.

Next question?

[rushmc 23]

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well have any of you dems come up with anything?

1) I'm not a dem.
2) Did you read the link?

Apparently not. Here it is, in full text.

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What are Obama's accomplishments in the Senate?

Sen Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 152 bills in the Senate.
Some were perfunctory, like [url http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:3:./temp/~bdHNmu::]S.RES.291: A resolution to congratulate the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005 World Series Championship, which passed the Senate Unanimously.

Others, like
[url http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:8:./temp/~bdHNmu::]S.969: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, and for other purposes,
S.1180: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize various programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans for fiscal years 2007 through 2011, and for other purposes,
S.1194: A bill to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish guidelines and procedures for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods and segments,
S.1975: A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections,
S.2045: A bill to provide incentives to the auto industry to accelerate efforts to develop more energy-efficient vehicles to lessen dependence on oil,
S.2261: A bill to provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process,
S.2446: A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes,
S.3475: A bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans,
S.AMDT.390 to H.R.1268 To provide meal and telephone benefits for members of the Armed Forces who are recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom,
S.AMDT.2965 to S.2349 To ban employment negotiations to become lobbyists by Members of Congress and required recusal for senior congressional staff while in office,
S.AMDT.3144 to S.CON.RES.83 To provide a $40 million increase in FY 2007 for the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and to improve job services for hard-to-place veterans,
S.AMDT.3695 to H.R.4939 To improve financial transparency in hurricane recovery by requiring the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to make information about Federal contracts publicly available,
S.AMDT.4224 to S.2766 To include assessments of Traumatic Brain Injury in the post-deployment health assessments of member of the Armed Forces returning from deployment in support of a contingency operation, and
S.AMDT.5169 to S.3709 To clarify United States policy in order to deter nuclear testing by foreign governments
are more substantive examples of legislation introduced.

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Sen Obama has also teamed with Sen Lugar (R-IN) in advancing Cooperative Threat Reduction to reduce weapons vulnerability to non-state actors (terrorists), specifically antiaircraft missiles, stolen WMDs, and conventional weapons used in IEDs.

Next question?

Unles one would want to have the US Gov resemble a Euro socialist type gov, you have listed many reasons NOT to vote for him.

But if this list shows "acomplishments" to you, your standards bar is very low.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[kallend 2,184]

So you didn't read the list either.

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[rushmc 23]

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So you didn't read the list either.

hhheeeeeeee hhhhaaaaaawwwwwwww

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[TheAnvil 0]

And how many of his sponsored bills passed the House and Senate?


The lack of accomplishment perturbs many dems...we're being insensitive to their feelings.

Now JCD has come up with an INCREDIBLY creative psychological defensive mechanism for dealing w/Senator Obama's lack of accomplishment. He's convinced himself that congressmen cannot accomplish ANYTHING individually and that anything they do is part of a group effort.

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So you didn't read the list either.

Neither did you apparently. Only one bill made it to law, a bill to provide about $50M in aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Everything else buried in committee, or wasn't legislation at all. Resolutions and spending amendments...

Some of things he proposed, on the face of it, I agree with. However, the glossy sheen of Sen. Obama's fresh image is long gone.

So, aside from doing his job, his actual accomplishments are negligible. No ground breaking leadership to effect "change".

Sen. McCain has caused more change in as much time. McCain/Feingold, as much as I disagree with it, was ground breaking change in campaign finance reform (not for the better in my opinion). However, I have no doubts about what Sen. McCain was seeking to accomplish, and he is not apologetic about.

Sen. Obama can make so such claim. His choice for VP running mate exposes his weaknesses rather than supplements his attributes.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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Here's one:

He's got more GOP supporters circulating false smears about him on the internet than any other Senator in history. See Snopes for proof.

The fact that he hasn't got a damned thing backing up his idiotic "Change!" zombie-mantra is not a "false smear."

And I'm not a "GOP supporter," just someone who hates what the Democrats are trying to do to our once-great nation.

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Now JCD has come up with an INCREDIBLY creative psychological defensive mechanism for dealing w/Senator Obama's lack of accomplishment. He's convinced himself that congressmen cannot accomplish ANYTHING individually and that anything they do is part of a group effort.

I recognize that with your limited comprehension of how the government works, Vinny, it might be a tough concept to grasp, but Congress is a group. They accomplish things as a group. If you can't comprehend that, perhaps you should try reading the Constitution. I think you'll find that individual Congressmen cannot pass bills. They can write them, of course, but that's not much of an accomplishment if the majority of each house does not come together to support it.

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[lawrocket 3]

He has managed to build a coalition of sorts.

His individual accomplishments in Congress seem to be pretty limited. Which I point to as a successful legislator.

Laws, by their nature, restrict behavior. Congress is in the business of passing laws. The less they do, the more free we are. So his chief accomplishment, in my book, may very well be doing nothing.

A do-nothing president cant' fuck anything up. GWB certainly cannot be characterized as a "do nothing." Who here wants a president doing whatever he or she wants?

My wife is hotter than your wife.

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Here's one:

He's got more GOP supporters circulating false smears about him on the internet than any other Senator in history. See Snopes for proof.

The fact that he hasn't got a damned thing backing up his idiotic "Change!" zombie-mantra is not a "false smear."

And I'm not a "GOP supporter," just someone who hates what the Democrats are trying to do to our once-great nation.

How about the dozen or so that are very clearly false? False to the extent that it surprises me that anyone with an IQ above 80 would ever have believed them.

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Laws, by their nature, restrict behavior. Congress is in the business of passing laws. The less they do, the more free we are. So his chief accomplishment, in my book, may very well be doing nothing.

Please don't pretend that Obama, through inaction, is somehow championing freedom. IF Obama could gather the support needed, he would do away with the right to keep and bear arms in any meaningful way so as to essentially nullify it. This is borne out by his personal statements, and by legislative proposals for which he has proclaimed his support.

It's completely ridiculous to paint Obama as someone who worked to get himself elected to the Senate in order to be the guy who kept Congress from passing more laws to restrict us.

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How about the dozen or so that are very clearly false? False to the extent that it surprises me that anyone with an IQ above 80 would ever have believed them.

Honestly, I'm not all that familiar with the so-called false smears that you're apparently talking about.

I do know that a handful of things are known about Obama that make him someone I will NEVER vote for:
- unabashed support for restrictive gun control
- doublespeak to cover for same, while claiming to "support the 2nd Amendment"
- close association with some of the most vile, rabid anti-Americans and anti-whites in the country
- lies to claim that he wasn't all that close with same
- support for him comes from a long list of people whose ideology I abhor; and I can't imagine that people would be supporting a guy unless they had cause to believe that he shared their ideology


But then, I'm a real piece of work, so what do I know?

Spirits fly on dangerous missions
Imaginations on fire

[SpeedRacer 1]

I hear he's a Muslim. And he hates America. And he sold arms to Saddam Hussein. Or maybe Al Quaeda. Or maybe both, it doesn't matter.

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[warpedskydiver 0]

I hear he is willing to kiss the ass of Herr Daley, and Gov. Blojobabitch, in order to further his political career.

[kallend 2,184]

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How about the dozen or so that are very clearly false? False to the extent that it surprises me that anyone with an IQ above 80 would ever have believed them.

Honestly, I'm not all that familiar with the so-called false smears that you're apparently talking about.

Snopes has a list. A long list. I think I mentioned that already. Not that I'd expect you bother with facts.

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financing for the bridge over the Rock River

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[lawrocket 3]

I'm not saying that Obama is a zealous advocate for personal freedoms and liberties. Indeed - my support of him has significantly waned in the last month or so because of what I view as the missteps and lack of integrity of the party he represents. It has turned from a Democrat I can support to someone I cannot support because he is a Democrat. (As an aside, McCain is in similar hot water. I'd like to support him, but the GOP is so screwed up that I just can't do it).

But when asked for an accomplishment, I actually view it as one. Much like a blind squirrel stumbling on a nut, it may have been unintentinal, but it is an accomplishment nonetheless.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

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And I'm not a "GOP supporter," just someone who hates what the Democrats are trying to do to our once-great nation.

Yup all you dead enders want to do is bitch about what the Dems are going to have to do to RESTORE our once great nation after its treasury has been sacked by your administration and its "friends".

SOMEONE is going to have to pay the bills.. your guys certainly will not.

[rushmc 23]

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Here's one:

He's got more GOP supporters circulating false smears about him on the internet than any other Senator in history. See Snopes for proof.

The fact that he hasn't got a damned thing backing up his idiotic "Change!" zombie-mantra is not a "false smear."

And I'm not a "GOP supporter," just someone who hates what the Democrats are trying to do to our once-great nation.

How about the dozen or so that are very clearly false? False to the extent that it surprises me that anyone with an IQ above 80 would ever have believed them.

Name say, 6 of them please.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln