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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Liberals Want Obama to be More Liberal, Then Give Him a Liberal Congress [View all]Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)71. I am getting pretty sick of hearing this
But your subject line is sure to get plenty of rec's, which I suppose was the point.
the president is governing in a Republican way because he is, by his own admission, a republican. He offered two different cuts to SS benefits. In 2009-2010 he had huge congressional majorities, and chose to listen to Geithner and the DINOs instead of Sanders, Grayson, and the liberals.
This line is particularly dumb:
go into these Republican congressional districts and flip them from red to blue.
Duhhhhokay. Why didn't I think of that?
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If Liberals Want Obama to be More Liberal, Then Give Him a Liberal Congress [View all]
Yavin4
Jan 2013
OP
Some just like to complain about the President. He isn't using his magic wand enough.
Pisces
Jan 2013
#3
Naw. Tried that before this election. After election got Chained CPI offer.
MotherPetrie
Jan 2013
#19
You tell me. But we elected Grayson and Warren and a slew of Progressives,
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#64
So, In the End, Obama Has Half the Congress Controlled by Radical Right Wing Republicans
Yavin4
Jan 2013
#22
That's kind of like saying, "I want you to be smaller so I bought your these little shoes"
progressoid
Jan 2013
#16
If Obama wants Congress to be more liberal, then he should aggressively promote liberalism.
Jim Lane
Jan 2013
#27
Your right, Unions , Environmentalist and People that are anti-MIC just have to hold their noses.
bahrbearian
Jan 2013
#28
Hey now! Please do not inject nuance and depth into a perfectly good rant
Vinnie From Indy
Jan 2013
#29
Obama could help flip those districts by advocating liberal positions. The Republican House does
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#31
Wow. Advocating against voting Democratic AND for the Republican candidate?
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#36
I can understand that in primaries, but I'd have a very hard time doing it....
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#39
I get it, in a way. I've never lived as an adult in a no chance for democrats zone, if I moved to on
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#59
And give him a more liberal populace to push our representatives and to vote for decent ones.
kerry-is-my-prez
Jan 2013
#42
Well great idea. But when you do flip it to blue you get a blue dog dem. I know in
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#53
Foreign policy is the President's purview, and that's where he's been most conservative, IMHO.
leveymg
Jan 2013
#54
There's a difference between leading and following, but I've always felt that way about Obama
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2013
#67
If you know a way to un-gerrymander a bunch of districts, go do it for god's sake!
Kablooie
Jan 2013
#77