Liberal to a Degree

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My question is, how can the same guy, Barack Obama, make [Ted Nugent, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Marco Rubio, John Bolton, etc.] feel that America has changed so completely, and yet make me feel like it’s barely changed at all?

I travel all over this country doing stand up, and since Obama has been President, what?  It’s still the exact same Kentucky-Fried Country it has always been. I see it. People driving their cars to the mall, buying stupid shit, stuffing their faces, taking pictures. The only difference is we bump into each other more because now we’re all texting. We haven’t lost our freedoms. I’m pretty sure the only things Obama has killed are bin Laden and Donald Trump’s last shred of dignity. If Obama were as radical as they claim, here’s what he would have already done:  pulled the troops out of Afghanistan, given us medicare for all, ended the drug war, cut the defense budget in half, and turned Dick Cheney over to the Hague. Here’s what Obama actually did: He cut taxes and spending…

He didn’t go on a spending spree.  He didn’t break up the too big to fail banks.  They’ve only gotten bigger, and failier.  That’s not what liberals wanted, that’s what conservatives wanted.  At the 2008 convention Sarah Palin chanted drill baby drill, under Obama there’s more drilling than ever.  That’s not what environmentalists wanted, that’s what conservatives wanted.  Obama spent most of last year conceding the Republican premise that government needed cutting.  That’s not what progressives wanted, that’s what the Tea Party wanted.  The Dow was at 7949 when he took office, now it’s 12,000 and over.  Corporate profits are at their highest ever.  If he’s a Socialist, he’s a lousy one.  He could not be less threatening if he was walking home with iced tea and skittles.

So, the question remains, how can you guys be so unhappy with Obama, when I’m so unhappy with Obama?  You think you got coal in your stocking?  I wanted single payer health care, a carbon emissions bill, gun control, and legalized pot.  If you get to carry around all of this outrage over me getting all that stuff, shouldn’t I have gotten it?  So, just admit it.  This isn’t about what Obama is, it’s about what you need him to be, because hating him is what gets you up in the morning.

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Bill Maher (via ngffrussell)

(Source: anitivoni, via engagedelectorate)