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matmar

(593 posts)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:42 AM Jun 2012

Obama wins in Nov. with a Republican Congress....

after 8 years of obstruction the US economy should be pretty much destroyed.

Obama had a once in a century chance to do something huge, he blew it.

Yes, of course the Republicans obstructed. Obama should have been pounding on the table from day one how these clowns were blocking him from doing the things he was elected to do.

Now the only hope of staving off the Republican crazies from completely taking over the US gov't is to vote for "Mr. Bipartisan at any cost"....

Heads you win, tails I lose.....

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Obama wins in Nov. with a Republican Congress.... (Original Post) matmar Jun 2012 OP
Damn ! kentuck Jun 2012 #1
I agree, but prepare to catch hell.... vi5 Jun 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo Jun 2012 #3
GOTV emulatorloo Jun 2012 #4
In any situation, the "liberally-biased media" will allow the Repugs to go on and on zbdent Jun 2012 #5
Obama couldn't have changed the Senate filibuster rules, so why are you blaming him? pnwmom Jun 2012 #6
If we keep ALLOWING, yes... ALLOWING the right to participate in our country... Comrade_McKenzie Jun 2012 #7

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
1. Damn !
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:47 AM
Jun 2012

A lot of truth.

We are not going to grow ourselves out of this mess, under the present parameters. We have a president that will not ask for sacrifice from anyone and tends to believe that taxcuts are the best way to get our economy moving. His failure to address the debt and the deficit has permitted the Republicans to dismantle government at all levels, and was the major reason Scott Walker won in Wisconsin last night.
 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
2. I agree, but prepare to catch hell....
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:58 AM
Jun 2012

...but you hit the nail right on the head. Especially since anyone with half a brain knew what the Republicans would do and how they would handle things. We've all seen this movie and know how it ends.

But the Democrats in charge of "our side" thought they could get different results from the same actions. I think someone once coined a term for that type of thinking.

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zbdent

(35,392 posts)
5. In any situation, the "liberally-biased media" will allow the Repugs to go on and on
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 12:26 PM
Jun 2012

about how their newly-found obstruction method, which would apply even when there would be 100 Dems in the Senate, and 435 Dems in the House, is constitutional and is keeping with "what the people demand" ...

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
6. Obama couldn't have changed the Senate filibuster rules, so why are you blaming him?
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 01:19 PM
Jun 2012

He did as well as anyone could with a Congress that was more obstructionist than any in history -- just count the number of filibusters.

He didn't have a 60 vote majority, ever, because Joe Lieberman, Independent, was supposed to be one of the votes, and he delighted in voting against the Dems, especially after he changed parties. And then Ted Kennedy died and Scott Brown got elected and we weren't even close.

 

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)
7. If we keep ALLOWING, yes... ALLOWING the right to participate in our country...
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 01:20 PM
Jun 2012

Then we'll all go down together. This is not a matter of difference of opinions. They are enemies, deliberately murdering people with their policies.

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