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In reply to the discussion: Corporate Democrats pretend, ludicrously, that Republican obstructionism is the main problem. [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)In that it's a paranoid fantasy that you just made up of your own imagination, much like Rand Paul worrying about a citizen getting blown up sipping coffee at a cafe.
The militarized response was the result of individual PDs, not any federal bogeyman. So putting that on Obama is like putting the Boston bombing on Obama.
Payroll tax holiday was the only kind of stimulus that could get through Congress given . . . Republican obstructionism.
Extension of Bush tax cuts for the wealthy--actually it was Obama insisting that taxes on the rich go up just a few months ago--with success. Of course, he needed . . . wait for it . . . Republican votes to get unemployment benefits extension, tax credits for the working poor, etc.
The NDAA passed both houses of Congress with veto-proof majorities.
Signing of "bipartisan vote in Congress to gut financial regulations" is kind of funny since Obama and the Democrats pushed hard to get Dodd-Frank passed.
Whining about Obamacare is Teabaggerish at this point. Single payer wasn't going to pass.
"No mention of cutting the military budget"--I guess you missed the sequester.