And most of us were tired of having the Republicans dictate everything during the Bush years, although Dems (as usual) folded like a cheap suit during that time. We were looking for someone who would reach across the aisle, even if it means not having progressive perfection. Obama fit that bill.
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More of this 'Republica
n obstructio
nism' BS as the reason for Obama's and the DLC-contro
lled Democrats failure to achieve on our objectives
.
Answer this, please:
When you heard Obama say that he "wanted to work together with Republican
s", how did you imagine that would work?
The old, experience
d politicall
y active among us knew it was a BS line, meaningles
s political rhetoric, aimed at getting Republican crossover voters and Centrist voters, who tend to be uncomforta
ble with conflict, and just want us all to get along but haven't a clue about how that happens and haven't given the 'how' of it much considerat
ion.
Republican
s never made any secret of their intention to obstruct a Democratic Congress. It's what they were doing since Democrats took over control of Congress in 2006.
Obama's rhetoric on 'bipartisa
nship' was along the lines of, "Vote for me if you want to break the gridlock in Congress because Hillary's too polarizing
; I've worked with Dick Lugar on bill to stop the proliferat
ion of nuclear weapons."
What did you presume from that? That Republican
s would cross over and vote with Democrats because Obama has a great smile/smar
t/reasonab
le/silver-
tongued/bl
ahblahblah
?
Did you think that Obama and Democrats were put into power to cave on their platforms and policies, and vote for Republican
-like legislatio
n?
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