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While he isn't blameless, the ACA helped a lot of people, the economy recovered greatly (admittedly all he had to do was not fuck it up), permitted states to le

While he isn't blameless, the ACA helped a lot of people, the economy recovered greatly (admittedly all he had to do was not fuck it up), permitted states to legalize weed. For me I have to say the ACA is probably the biggest reason why I liked him well enough. I was able to stay on my parents insurance until I was 26, and then since I was self-employed I was able to easily get insurance through the marketplace. Now that process I'll admit hasn't been as smooth for everyone, but for me it worked okay.

djsumdog 10y ago
There as been more marijuana prosecution under Obama than under Bush. The idea they have been less hostile is a myth. States have simply been doing better at fighting back. http://www.theweek.co.uk/crime/47303/why-barack-obamas-marijuana-betrayal-should-surprise-nobody http://www.theweek.co.uk/crime/47303/why-barack-obamas-marij...
- ceejayoz 10y ago
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marijuana-arrests-2014_us_560978a7e4b0768126fe6506 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marijuana-arrests-2014_u... very much contradicts your assertion (which isn't backed up anywhere in the article you cite, either). > At the same time, arrests for the sale and manufacture of marijuana also continued to decrease in 2014. These arrests reached an all-time high of 103,247 in 2010, but they’ve since been falling, reaching a nearly 20-year low of 81,184 last year.
- gnaritas 10y ago
  That's overly simplistic, usage would naturally initially rise due to legalization so naturally so have busts, and prosecution has been more targeted to those who aren't following the state laws and took legalization to mean no rules. In a sense you can look at the DOJ actions as hammering those who thought they could just openly deal drugs without paying attention to the minutia of actually being legally allowed to and following all the necessary rules.
andrewbinstock 10y ago
And his support for LGBT issues
- joshschreuder 10y ago
  I look forward to a day where we don't need to celebrate our leaders for basic human decency.
  - malz 10y ago
    Or punish our (future) leaders for basic human depravity.
- stefantalpalaru 10y ago
  Well, he assassinated nine bystanders for every human target designated by algorithms and identified by a mobile phone, he assassinated kids having a barbecue in Yemen, he assassinated US citizens after secret trials where they had no representation, he let the CIA conduct military operations and strike without even having a designated human target, he waged a war on whistleblowers, he presided over a fracking boom, he turned the whole planet into East Germany, he presided over the militarisation of police and the ICE prison maze where undocumented immigrants can simply disappear, he wasted two years of Democrat majority in both chambers of Congress on a single law, he tried to accelerate a new Cold War days before the end of his term, but sure, let's focus on LGBT issues.

djsumdog 10y ago

There as been more marijuana prosecution under Obama than under Bush. The idea they have been less hostile is a myth. States have simply been doing better at fighting back. http://www.theweek.co.uk/crime/47303/why-barack-obamas-marijuana-betrayal-should-surprise-nobody http://www.theweek.co.uk/crime/47303/why-barack-obamas-marij...

ceejayoz 10y ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marijuana-arrests-2014_us_560978a7e4b0768126fe6506 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marijuana-arrests-2014_u... very much contradicts your assertion (which isn't backed up anywhere in the article you cite, either). > At the same time, arrests for the sale and manufacture of marijuana also continued to decrease in 2014. These arrests reached an all-time high of 103,247 in 2010, but they’ve since been falling, reaching a nearly 20-year low of 81,184 last year.
gnaritas 10y ago
That's overly simplistic, usage would naturally initially rise due to legalization so naturally so have busts, and prosecution has been more targeted to those who aren't following the state laws and took legalization to mean no rules. In a sense you can look at the DOJ actions as hammering those who thought they could just openly deal drugs without paying attention to the minutia of actually being legally allowed to and following all the necessary rules.

andrewbinstock 10y ago

And his support for LGBT issues

joshschreuder 10y ago
I look forward to a day where we don't need to celebrate our leaders for basic human decency.
- malz 10y ago
  Or punish our (future) leaders for basic human depravity.
stefantalpalaru 10y ago
Well, he assassinated nine bystanders for every human target designated by algorithms and identified by a mobile phone, he assassinated kids having a barbecue in Yemen, he assassinated US citizens after secret trials where they had no representation, he let the CIA conduct military operations and strike without even having a designated human target, he waged a war on whistleblowers, he presided over a fracking boom, he turned the whole planet into East Germany, he presided over the militarisation of police and the ICE prison maze where undocumented immigrants can simply disappear, he wasted two years of Democrat majority in both chambers of Congress on a single law, he tried to accelerate a new Cold War days before the end of his term, but sure, let's focus on LGBT issues.