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In reply to the discussion: I will NEVER FORGIVE THOSE FUCKING ASSHOLES WHO REFUSED TO VOTE FOR HILLARY IN 2016 [View all]mjvpi
(1,840 posts)Im 63. Ever since Reagan, Democrats have been constantly worried about the consequences of pissing off the Republicans. We constantly act as the adults in the room and stress the democratic ideal of compromise. In a perfect world Im there. Obama was the perfect example. He won landslides on the ideas of hope and change. He had a mandate to take the country in a radically different direction. The whole world was ready for the hope and change. He was given a Nobel Peace Prize at the beginning of his presidency. But being the adult, he chose healing and compromise as the way to govern. He was the model of what a president should be. But all of that goodness was wasted on the Republicans. They reacted as if he were governing like FDR. Maybe he should have. Ever since Reagan our country has marched to the right or the wrong, if I may. We now need a correction.