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In reply to the discussion: Judged now by loyalty to a political leader? No disagreement accepted. [View all]SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Obama only had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate for 24 working days.
http://factleft.com/2012/01/31/the-myth-of-democratic-super-majority/
And yet, despite that, he managed to accomplish an amazing number of things. Of course he could not get everything done that we wanted, but he did the most important things: he got us out of Iraq, he repealed DADT, he saved the U.S. auto industry, and (most important to me personally) he passed healthcare reform that will give my brother health insurance coverage for the first time in his adult life.
You are welcome to criticize the President's policies, but not lie about him. When you lie, you lose credibility advocating issues that are important, like fighting privatization of schools. And you make Dem voters stay home, like they did in 2010. The red wave of 2010 accelerated the destruction of public schools tremendously.