BigRob:This is popular with most Democrats. How is stating what is basically the Democrat platform an example of doing something that is unpopular? Dino:Who said anything about popular or unpopular with Democrats. I was talking about with the public in general.
BigRob:What bill did he actually write in the IL Senate that did this? I can think of zero.
Dino: Here is one from the US senate: Four of the 12 co-sponsors of Obama's bill (S.2125) to "promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo" were Republicans: Sam Brownback (KS), Susan Collins (ME), Mike DeWine (OH), and James Inhofe (OK). President Bush signed the bill into law on December 22, 2006.
In the Illinois Senate he helped pass legislation that dramatically improved Illinois' troubled capital punishment system and was One of the main legislators pushing for a massive statewide study of traffic stops to look for signs of racial profiling. Although police groups opposed the legislation, they say Obama listened to their concerns and accepted some of their suggestions to improve the bill which resulted in it being passed with police approval.
BigRob:Anti-US sentiment goes in cycles around the world, but on major issues, regardless of who is in office, we still have the lead.
Dino: You have to admit that the US's position in the world has not been this tenuous in many, many years - probably not in the past 100 years. I can never remember the US being refused credit nor the UN giving the US a resounding 'no' to any request (they have stalled the US a few times). I also cannot remember the dollar have ever been so widely questioned.
