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CanonRay

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1. It worked fairly well until about 1992

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:12 AM

Nov 2012

When;

a) Newt Gingrich became speaker of the house
b) Right Wing talk radio started up
c) President Clinton took office and "no compromise" became the GOP mantra
and they stopped recognizing the legitimacy of Democratic Presidents.

It hasn't worked worth a shit, since.

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No Wonder So Many Are Disillusioned by Our Politics -- We've Got an 18th Century Political System [View all] xchrom Nov 2012 OP

It worked fairly well until about 1992 CanonRay Nov 2012 #1

C'est vrai. Changes will only come from a massive push from the people. marmar Nov 2012 #2

indeed! xchrom Nov 2012 #3

Unwillingness. Just before the President took office the American People crashed Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #10

K&R PETRUS Nov 2012 #4

Appears to be the weakest, most cowardly Administration ever n/t leftstreet Nov 2012 #5

what we have now is an oligarchy and plutocracy liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #6

We are, ostensibly the government. You're right, we have to provide the will to change it. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #9

Occam's razor: Nobody is "stopping" the President from proposing liberal policies. He's a centrist Romulox Nov 2012 #7

"President Obama’s leadership failure came at a crucial moment." Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #8