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phleshdef

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36. LOL. I love the arrogance. Pretending as if you are fit to give or suggest a lesson for Obama on...

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 03:40 PM

Jan 2012

...anything.

I'm a progressive. But I'm not in denial and I'm not naive. This is not a dominantly progressive country. This is a centrist country. We have a mostly centrist government and have for some time. Its a mixture of progressives, moderates and conservatives. When one is President, they have to govern along the lines of the government the American people give them to work with. Thats just reality, whether you or I like it or not.

Barack Obama is a liberal person governing as a left of center moderate. Because thats the way it has to be. If you don't like it, go elect 60 Bernie Sanders clones to the Senate. Though you know all too well thats not happening. You would be better off to open your eyes and admit that there are many Americans that do not see things the progressive way and whether you like it or not, their voices are just as powerful and valuable as yours. Thats the world as it is, not the world as you want it to be in your deepest fantasies.

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