"has to work with others to get shit done"
Repugs have obstructed, filibustered, gutted, defunded everything the Dems have proposed or accomplished.
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"has to work with others to get shit done"
Repugs have obstructed, filibustered, gutted, defunded everything the Dems have proposed or accomplished.
Good.... if we can't have liberty right now, at least SOME big government bullshit being obstructed is an okay consolation prize, tbh.... certainly better than 8 years of Willard with a crony Congress, that's for sure....Quote:
Originally Posted by boutons_deux
And that's not an excuse for the 2008-2010 period. The Repugs successfully stopped so much stuff because Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are horrible leaders who regularly get bent over by the Republicans even when they have/had a majority. What the Republicans did was completely unamerican and them prioritizing the removal of Obama over everything else should draw all the criticism in the world, but Obama shouldn't need a super-majority to get stuff done.Quote:
Originally Posted by boutons_deux
You're talking to boutons. Of course it's an excuse for that period.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edward
boutons is basically a plush toy studded with mangled cliches, and stuffed with tissue thin excuses.
sure it is, Dems didn't have 60 in the Senate, Repug filibusters and even threat of filibusters were effective blocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edward
The Repug record on 100% obstructionism since dubya left off is clear. You could look it up.
The Repugs work in BAD FAITH, denying legitimacy to any non-Repugs (ask Ron Paul supporters), denying wherever possible the Dems right to govern.