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In reply to the discussion: Well, fuck me. I thought I was on a DEMOCRATIC forum. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the Right?
Have you ever heard of a Republican reaching out, towards the Left?
Do you realize that we WON! Many of us supported this President very reluctantly, and slowly over the past decade, many Democrats have grown increasingly disillusioned with this Party who supported all of Bush's policies even after he left office. So they are hanging on by a thread to whatever support they have.
So who is this President trying to impress again? This country is shifting fast towards the Left. If the Dems keep leaning right, we are very likely to have an historical realignment of the Political landscape. It wouldn't be the first time.
Obama should not take his victory as HIS victory. He won because the other choice was so bad not because he was so great. His career is at an end. Now it's his legacy that matters. Either he acts like a Democrat and shows respect for the people who elected him who made it clear they do not want Republicans in any position of power, or his legacy will be that he betrayed those who gave him their votes and he will prove that they were correct to have done so reluctantly.
I just wish people would stop enabling the deception. He doesn't need to show the people something they do not want to see. They want Democrats not Republicans in power. If they did not they would have elected Republicans.