Hello Matt,   
      
   MM>Here's an opinion piece by Chuck Green who writes "Greener Pastures"   
   MM>for the Denver Post Aurora Sentinel...one of the more liberal papers   
   MM>in the country.   
      
   I'm not so sure any newspaper is "liberal" or "conservative", as   
   it is writers who write articles and opinion pieces, never newspapers   
   themselves (newspapers are objects, not people).  The Wall Street   
   Journal is known for its "conservative" slant.  The Huffington Post   
   is known for its "liberal" slant.  And so on.  But in every newspaper   
   one can usually find articles and opinion pieces written by both   
   liberal and conservative commentators, along with other viewpoints   
   being expressed.   
      
   MM>Additionally, Mr. Green is a lifelong Democrat...so this is rather a   
   MM>stunning piece...   
      
   E.J. Dionne is known for his liberal slant, and he has often   
   written in support of Democratic Party ideals, but what his actual   
   party affiliation is I have absolutely no idea.  The same is true   
   of other writers, regardless of viewpoint expressed.  It may be   
   that Chuck Green has given you and others the impression that he   
   is a lifelong Democrat.  But the truth of the matter may be something   
   far different.   
      
   MM>Obama is victim of Bush's failed promises!   
      
   Obama is a victim of his own failed promises, perhaps.  But much   
   of that depends on how the USSC rules on his Affordable Health Care   
   Act (Obamacare).  After all, George W. Bush promised to get Osama   
   bin Laden (and failed), while Barack Obama promised and made sure   
   Osama bin Laden was a dead man.   
      
   MM>Barack Obama is setting a record-setting number of records during   
   MM>his first term in office:   
      
   MM>Largest budget ever. Largest deficit ever. Largest number of broken   
   MM>promises ever.   
      
   Gotta spend money to make money.  Preferably other people's money.   
   That is the ticket for success.   
      
   MM>Most self-serving speeches ever.   
      
   Won him the Nobel Peace Prize.   
      
   MM>Largest number of agenda-setting failures ever.   
      
   President Obama jump-started the economy, preventing another   
   Great Depression.  President Obama passed the Affordable Health   
   Care Act, making it possible for all Americans to be insured.   
   President Obama promised, and delivered, Osama bin Laden's head   
   on a platter, then dumped ObL's body into the sea for the fishes   
   to feast on.   
      
   MM>Fastest dive in popularity ever!   
      
   Our greatest president ever, his popularity in the upper   
   stratosphere among women, and not to shabby with men.   
      
   MM>Wow! Talk about change.   
      
   Change for the better.   
      
   MM>Just over two years ago, fresh from his inauguration celebrations,   
   MM>President Obama was flying high.   
      
   Chuck Green wrote this piece right after the 2010 congressional   
   elections, when the president's party got a "shellacking" (as Obama   
   put it).  Since then, President Obama has been on a roll.  The killing   
   of Osama bin Laden is the event that most Americans remember, and what   
   I would call the turning point for President Obama and the Democrats.   
      
   MM>After one of the nation's most inspiring political campaigns, the   
   MM>election of America 's first black president had captured the hopes   
   MM>and dreams of millions. To his devout followers, it was inconceivable   
   MM>that a year later his administration would be gripped in self-imposed   
   MM>crisis.   
      
   The Mitt Romney camp is the one in crisis, not the Barack Obama camp. :)   
      
   MM>Of course, they don't see it as self-imposed. It's all George Bush's   
   MM>fault !   
      
   George W. Bush did cause quite a mess.  But not to worry.   
   President Obama will fix it.  As he has for the past three   
   and half years.  :)   
      
   MM>George Bush, who doesn't have a vote in congress and who no longer   
   MM>occupies The White House, is to blame for it all.   
      
   True.  But again, not to worry.  President Obama will fix it.   
      
   MM>Will President Obama ever accept responsibility for something /   
   MM>anything?   
      
   When Barack Obama was campaigning for president, he *promised* he would   
   kill Osama bin Laden.  Not just bring Osama bin Laden to justice, but   
   actually kill him.  And that is one campaign promise Barack Obama kept   
   as President of the United States.   
      
   To this very day, Republicans remain jealous, and demand a rematch.   
   But they'd best remember -   
   President Obama is armed and dangerous, a Nerf ball in his hand...   
      
   MM>It's Bush's Fault!   
      
   Yes, it is!   
      
   --Lee   
      
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