David Axelrod: Republican Congress Could Be 'More Extreme' Than Bush (EXCLUSIVE)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
I'm just so worn out with the political climate in this country.
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In a democratic republic, you hire people to do the heavy lifting for you.
If you're worn out, it's because the people you're putting into office aren't doing what you thought you were hiring them to do; you're exhausted from trying to make them.
During the 2008 campaign, Obama told people they had to stay involved after the election. They couldn't just vote for him, go away for four years & expect that he'd do what they had hoped. He said that there were powerful interests working against what the people wanted, & if WeThePeople wanted Obama to do our bidding, we would have to "make him do it".
Obama's most ardent supporters forget that those of us who criticize Obama are only doing what he warned us needed to be done: NOT to trust him.
Since the election (& even before, with his FISA vote), Obama's been deceptive, breaking every campaign pledge & promise, conceding the positions of the left (getting nothing in return), & hobbling real Democrats at every turn while making Republicans & BlueDogs stronger & harder to beat in 2010 & 2012.
Obamabots are the most immediate problem; they help him screw them (& us) over. Until Obamabots wake up to these facts, they're their own (& our) worst e n e m ies, & the reason we don't get what we all thought we were voting for when we voted Obama &
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