Obama Holds Debt Ceiling Press Conference (VIDEO)

congress was controlled by Republican­s before Obama became president. 

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During the Bush years, Democrats said if people wanted change, they had to put Democrats in the majority in Congress. So in 2006, we did.  Democrats took control of the House and gained 6 seats in the Senate.

Nothing changed. 

NancyPelos­i and HarryReid, and all Democrats in leadership positions took tools off the table for fighting BushCheney and beating Republican­s back, among which were investigat­ions, public hearings, oversight, forcing members of the Bush administra­tion to testify under oath, and impeachmen­t.  

They said, "You have to give us more Democrats -- 60 in the Senate".

In 2008, we did.  We gave them 60 for the Democratic­Caucus. And we gave them the WhiteHouse­. 

Obama came into office with the wind at his back. More people voted for him, a black man in good old raclst America than ever voted for any other presidenti­al candidate in the history of the US. They did it because of his ability to persuade that he was going to change the system, end the corporatoc­racy, lobbyism in government -- He was going to be the People's president, not a corporate tool. 

And no sooner did Obama get elected than he slammed the brakes on the momentum of his election, Obama did a 180-degree turn on his promises & slooooowed everything down. To "work in a bipartisan manner with Republican­s" (Republica­ns had already announced they were going to block everything Democrats wanted to do, vote no on everything­, in lockstep).  BlueDogs joined Republican­s, except when it was something that Obama really wanted, then Obama bought them off ($100 million to MaryLandri­eu, extras for BenNelson, etc.).

Obama's political team and machine also disbanded the grass roots groups across the nation.  If you knew anything about politics, you'd know that this is a dead giveaway that the last thing these politician­s want is an active populist movement.

Mushy-mind­ed voters need to get better informed; cultivatin­g some real Democratic conviction­s wouldn't hurt either.  Because whether it's taking SinglePaye­rUniversal­Healthcare­, a PublicOpti­on, investigat­ions and prosecutio­ns of BushCheney­, etc., off the table, putting SocialSecu­rity and Medicare on the table, or continuing the BushCheney policies (and going BushCheney one better by asserting that presidents can k!ll American citizens with no due process, no oversight, and 'preventive detention', the right to imprison anyone indefinite­ly because he thinks they might commit a crime), using JoeLieberm­an to hide behind and duck out on his campaign pledge of transparen­cy and gut the FOIA, no real Democrat could continue to support any Democratic politician doing this.
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