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In reply to the discussion: Why the arguments of Obama's defenders leave many cold. [View all]Evasporque
(2,133 posts)I have some disappointment but I blame specifically...Republicans and their obstructionist agenda...
What the Obama residency will show is that it occurred in time of transition after a long build up and entrenching of conservative ideals and values into popular culture and society. (done through manipulation and consolidation of the media) In the end conservatives are losing. The dregs of them remain seeking those last extreme victories...what we are seeing is the dissolution of the Republican machine.
Post Obama, Republicans will continue their final death throes, further corrupting their own reputation. (This GOP primary race is a case in point)
Post Obama the party and nation will shift towards progress and progressive ideas and solutions to our chronic issues. Obama did usher in change, but he was not the sole proprietor of that change. Post Obama (after four more years...) We will all be proud of his Presidency and how he managed to achieve what he did with a hostile congress, in a conservative populist bubble...and a mess inherited from the WORST PRESIDENT EVER....GW Bush.
Could some things of been different. Probably....but we are where we are now...and as I see it we are moving forward despite being in a very bad situation. I am not giving up hope and I am taking opportunities to effect positive change when I can.