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In reply to the discussion: It's hate. Period. [View all]Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)and being ill-informed about basic civics. It took the GOP roughly 8 years to run up a deficit and unemployment. Obama never had a progressive super-majority in the Senate to work with (thanks a lot, Lieberman), and the House has been GOP-controlled for the past several years. These people that the OP talks about expect him to still be able to do things like close GITMO and to create jobs faster, but it doesn't exactly work that way. Congress is who passes the laws, and unfortunately, the Republicans are unwilling to govern. They've blocked jobs bills and the closure of GITMO, just to spite the man currently occupying the Oval Office. And this has been happening with numerous other things that the President has supported, as well.
I wish more self-described progressives/liberals would get with the program and go after the real culprits of the country's troubles instead of people who are already in sync with much of their agenda.