Victorian Gray
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You are right.
Even though we live in different nations we have to live with the decisions the other makes.
A true, if obvious, statement.
It has nothing to do with what I said.
You are right.
Even though we live in different nations we have to live with the decisions the other makes.
If you want.
He had two years where he could've passed anything. And we got Obamacare.
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What I posted is neither a lie nor a half truth. The Democrats had a majority in the house and senate.Yeah and any further discussion with you is pointless as all you do is repeat lies and half truths.
Here is where we see the goal posts most furiously shuttled about. For seven months Obama had an absolutely Republican-proof majority; the Pubbies could not even slow down legislation. In spite of this being something the GOP has never had, the proggies want to explain that away by claiming that he didn't have a veto-proof majority of progressives. Well, no shit; no President has had that kind of power since World War II. If you can only get things done when you have no effective opposition, then you aren't a leader, period. And for two years, Obama had Congressional power the likes of which the GOP can only dream.What I posted is neither a lie nor a half truth. The Democrats had a majority in the house and senate.
He could've expended his political capital on anything. Ending telecom immunity. Closing Gitmo.
Instead: Obamacare.
What I posted is neither a lie nor a half truth. The Democrats had a majority in the house and senate.
He could've expended his political capital on anything. Ending telecom immunity. Closing Gitmo.
Instead: Obamacare.
Here is where we see the goal posts most furiously shuttled about. For seven months Obama had an absolutely Republican-proof majority; the Pubbies could not even slow down legislation. In spite of this being something the GOP has never had, the proggies want to explain that away by claiming that he didn't have a veto-proof majority of progressives. Well, no shit; no President has had that kind of power since World War II. If you can only get things done when you have no effective opposition, then you aren't a leader, period. And for two years, Obama had Congressional power the likes of which the GOP can only dream.
And as far as the Republicans' attitude to "make him a one term president", that is the unanimous policy of the losing party with EVERY President, period. The desire to get the other guy out and your guy in trumps even core party positions, and in a two-party system it always will.
No, it won't. History will look back at the Obama presidency as a liberal blunder: electing a novelty president who wasn't properly vetted and lacked any meaningful experience.
If Obama is remembered for anything it will be the expansion of the largest spying apparatus in the history of the world. That will only be noteworthy if we step back from the edge and say "enough is enough".
I don't think we will, sadly.