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Obama on Iran (Original Post) iluvtennis 10 hrs ago OP
We didn't know how good we had it D_Master81 9 hrs ago #1
So true NJCher 9 hrs ago #2
Our last two "act on your gut" Presidents have been among the worst in the nation's history! Moostache 7 hrs ago #11
... "to kill a whole bunch of people"... GiqueCee 9 hrs ago #3
If it wasn't on Fox, it ain't true. erronis 8 hrs ago #4
Faux News: "Dear Leader didn't say the things Dr. T 8 hrs ago #9
Ret. Gen. on the current Iran "deal": moondust 8 hrs ago #5
Yin/Yang... BurnDoubt 8 hrs ago #6
Sigh. Sanity. Joinfortmill 8 hrs ago #7
This is why he wants Obama arrested Bayard 8 hrs ago #8
Ineptitude borne of abject stupidity..... lastlib 7 hrs ago #10
The entire discussion and reporting on Trump's Iran war JI7 7 hrs ago #12
Oh how I wish our media would do this. n/t iluvtennis 7 hrs ago #13
Obama stated the obvious. Martin Eden 5 hrs ago #14
It's only too bad that the electorate is increasingly made up of the less educated ffr 4 hrs ago #15

D_Master81

(2,676 posts)
1. We didn't know how good we had it
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:34 PM
9 hrs ago

We took competency and thoughtfulness for granted. Now we have a president that acts on his gut and what the most recent person in the room told him. Shoot these people make the Bush administration looks like Rhodes scholars

NJCher

(43,476 posts)
2. So true
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:06 PM
9 hrs ago

Obama, however, is super intelligent. You get an entire host of other behaviors with that.

Moostache

(11,282 posts)
11. Our last two "act on your gut" Presidents have been among the worst in the nation's history!
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:43 PM
7 hrs ago

Shrub and tRump.
The Laurel and Hardy of US Presidents - which is unfair because Stan and Ollie were at least entertainers!

In all seriousness, the job of president is not one that should EVER be done in the manner that Bush (total abdication of responsibility - at least through Katrina) or Trump (complete buffoonery throughout) attempted while calling it "a gut feeling" or "I shoot from the hip" or any other bullshit those two spewed out of their sewers.

I miss serious people - like Presidents Obama and Biden - who regardless of their foibles or misses, could NEVER be described as unserious leaders. What we have now is chaos on purpose to distract from the looting going on everywhere in broad daylight. It really is as if Heath Ledger's portrayal of "The Joker" is in charge.

GiqueCee

(4,696 posts)
3. ... "to kill a whole bunch of people"...
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:16 PM
9 hrs ago

... was not an error, it was the whole point from the git-go. Trump gets off on hurting – or preferably killing – people. It makes feel him feel powerful, and he wants people to fear him.
It is imperative that we preface every thought about him with, "HE IS A PSYCHOPATH". And any witless skidmark that dismisses his psychopathy with, "Oh, that's just Trump being Trump" should get punched in the face repeatedly.
The man is a monster who delights in the deaths for which he is directly responsible. But he possesses just enough simian cleverness to not commit the crimes himself, but to delegate the wetwork to others. Charles Manson did the same thing, and he died in prison. I don't see any reason why Trump should escape the same punishment, Roberts and the five other Orcs that make up the Sinister Six of the SCOTUS be damned. Those fuckers gave Trump his own 007 designation, his own 'License To Kill' with impunity, and that's something they should all live to regret.

Dr. T

(703 posts)
9. Faux News: "Dear Leader didn't say the things
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:18 PM
8 hrs ago

he said that weren't being recorded." Inside the Bubble exclusive story that you won't find anywhere else.

Bayard

(30,228 posts)
8. This is why he wants Obama arrested
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:02 PM
8 hrs ago

He is constantly reminded of his own ineptitude in all ways.

JI7

(93,869 posts)
12. The entire discussion and reporting on Trump's Iran war
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:44 PM
7 hrs ago

Last edited Thu May 14, 2026, 03:19 PM - Edit history (1)

should always start off with mentioning Trump ending the deal Obama put in place.

ffr

(23,445 posts)
15. It's only too bad that the electorate is increasingly made up of the less educated
Thu May 14, 2026, 05:28 PM
4 hrs ago

People who look down on people smarter than them, like Obama.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. The dumb will only elect someone they find dumber than themselves.

So long as republicans, who prefer having an uneducated populous are in control, we're doomed.

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