Obama Says Income Gap Is Fraying U.S. Social Fabric

[Drunken Irishman]

129. This thread is so full of FAIL.

And why DU is a fucking joke and why no one takes the left seriously. You have Obama speaking about something you've all been yelling at him to speak about for years and you dismiss it. Get a fucking clue, people. Obama can only push what the congress allows him to push. What's his agenda? You demand! Well fuck, I know you guys have brains - use 'em! An agenda means shit when you have a Republican House. Don't like it? Work to get 'em voted out of office. But let me guess, that goes against what's easy. Instead, you'll mope online, trash Obama and other Democrats, make snide remarks and then throw up your hands and say, "HOW DID IT GET TO THIS?"

Well I wonder! I wonder how many of you actually voted for Gore in 2000 - how many of you had no problem with Ralph Nader's campaign and even pushed the idea there was not a lick of difference between Bush and Gore? I'm guessing a lot. In fact, I'd wager many on the left peddled that nonsense and don't see the irony in the least. It got to this because Bush fucked us over. Yes, BUSH. Not Obama. But that's okay - we'll blame Obama because he's not fixing it as fast as he should...except he spent his first two years trying to do just that and lost the House in 2010 because those mopey liberals wanted to teach the President a lesson! Well, lesson taught! What the fuck do you expect Obama to do with a Republican House?

You know, the disconnect between some of you people and reality is startling. You mock and mock and mock those Obama supporters by suggesting we view him as some messiah and then you get pissed when he doesn't act like one. WELL WHAT IS HE DOING TO MAKE IT BETTER? Working to get Democrats elected so that they'll pass his agenda. But that's still not good enough! FOOL ME ONCE! Yeah, great - Obama had all of TWO YEARS with a Democratic House and Senate to fix thirty-years of fuckups. Do the math. No one could have fixed that mess in that quick of time.

But again, we'll mope and make snide comments and attack those who are on our side and completely ignore the people who are more culpable for this shit than anyone - the Republicans. The left, namely Nader and Michael Moore, did it in 2000 by making it a referendum on how similar Bush and Gore was and you're doing it in this thread ... then when the Republicans win, push their agenda, or obstruct the fuck out of everything, you're left wondering, again, HOW DID IT GET TO THIS?

Hm, yeah...I wonder.