Reply #129: "Obama is like Bush"

[AlbertCat]

Got straw-man?


What has this to do with your complete dismissal of Dean?

We have the Presidency and both houses of Congress, and you think this is the best we could have done? Obama had a huge mandate and huge majorities and should have been able to get more done with way less compromise. Of course the Prez doesn't make law. Congress does that. But all Obama's insistence on bipartisan kumbaya, which I understand giving a go, has amounted to exactly zero from the GOP. And yet, it goes on.
There's no need to be ruthless or devil-may-care about the rules like the Bush GOP. But hows about a healthy snubbing of the GOP? Assuming they are just gonna vote no and criticize no mater what... let 'em and do what's right.... that could go a long way. Y'know, Obama should insist Reid make the GOP ACTUALLY filibuster, not just threaten to, before throwing up our hands and compromising. Something like that. Some toughness. Not Bush/Cheney bullying, which they mistake for leadership. But some "get tough with the petulant teenagers" attitude is what is needed.



Dean points this out often. He's not irrelevant and his ideas are worth listening to.


Your dismissal is narrow minded. It's more like you're a know-it-all and we are completely duped. Neither of which is true.