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President Obama is absolutely the best president we could have for these insane times
If the next Democratic president is a tad more to the left, we should count ourselves as lucky. I really like PBO and voted for/donated money to him for both elections.
Why do I say "insane times" ? Exhibit A is the fact that people who should know better, the House Republicans, have voted to defund the PPACA 40 times now. Never in my almost 55 years have I known of a Congress (or the electorate who elects these fools) been so insane. They played debt ceiling fiasco poker with PBO in 2011 and are talking seriously about shutting down the government again (as in 1994) over the PPCA.
It's a small wonder he's gotten good things done, but he has. I'm sincerely grateful to him for the good things he's gotten done, despite intense opposition.
