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politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
29. Thanks for saying what I've been thinking for a while now.
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 02:01 PM
Nov 2013

Lately I've been coming home turning on the tv, only to turn it off again because all they are talking about is 2016 and Obamacare.

I agree with everything you've said, but more importantly, if everyone's looking to 2016 three years down the road, than no one is holding the current do nothing obstructionists responsible for doing nothing. It's like the lame stream media has found it acceptable that a Congress will have gone 8 years and done absolutely nothing but obstruct and nullified the people's vote in two legitimate elections.

The media is incapable of ciphering through the phony scandal of the month and reporting on the bigger scandal and that is how one party of so called patriots has been scheming from before inauguration day 2009 to nullify the results of a legitimate election, to the detriment of this nation, and this nation's economy, because they didn't get their way. And instead of reporting factually on all the shenanigans that the Rethugs have been up to, the lame stream media plays this false equivalency bull crap, while Rome burns. We have people in their early 50s who may never work again, and college grads who can't find work because the Rethugs don't want to give this President anything that smells like a victory, not matter how small.

It would behoove the Dems in Congress to remember that we will hang together or we will hand separately. You can't count on the media to report the truth, and the GOP doesn't know what the truth looks like. So change is going to have to come from outside of Washington, and we have got to be mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore.

Please Don't Take the "2016" Bait [View all] WilliamPitt Nov 2013 OP
agree completely La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #1
Don't usually agree with everything you write but this is spot on- snooper2 Nov 2013 #2
K&R for this. MineralMan Nov 2013 #3
2014 is incredibly important. HappyMe Nov 2013 #4
+1000s DinahMoeHum Nov 2013 #28
Word. arcane1 Nov 2013 #5
Thank you for this post. russspeakeasy Nov 2013 #6
Gotta agree. n/t FSogol Nov 2013 #7
I'm sorry libodem Nov 2013 #8
The 'Ready' meme causes me to have a disturbing flashback... PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #16
Again libodem Nov 2013 #23
The best way to discourage talk about 2016 Whisp Nov 2013 #9
"crazy/nutty" sweetapogee Nov 2013 #10
This is one of the rare terms I'm going to disagree with you. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #11
Doesn't really matter who the candidates are.... cbdo2007 Nov 2013 #12
Where is your support for that assertion? The actual fact of American history is that it is more Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #19
In the past 100 years.... cbdo2007 Nov 2013 #35
This ignores a generation of young people who want to live in the 21st Century... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #39
That is DC Villager talk. They don't have any ACTUAL history to support that.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #36
supporting statistics are above.... cbdo2007 Nov 2013 #37
I know. This whole "It's Hillary's if she wants it" crap is nonsense. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #38
The Republicans have managed to dominate the state and Dustlawyer Nov 2013 #13
I'll disagree a little bit zipplewrath Nov 2013 #14
The only thing I'm certain of is that if the country doesn't perceive the ACA Beacool Nov 2013 #15
I'm not concerned. WowSeriously Nov 2013 #33
thank you heaven05 Nov 2013 #17
sounds too much like head-in-the-sand politics bigtree Nov 2013 #18
Everybody has local news channels that do a fine job of covering local and state elections. My pet libdem4life Nov 2013 #20
Thank you, Will. MH1 Nov 2013 #21
They have been manipulating public opinion for years now zeemike Nov 2013 #22
You are right; Hillary already has a lock on it corkhead Nov 2013 #24
Oooh, we LOVE this guy .. Yay we elected him.. Now, who's next.. this guy stinks SoCalDem Nov 2013 #25
Thanks, Will. You are SO right! n't Raksha Nov 2013 #26
THIS DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #27
Thanks for saying what I've been thinking for a while now. politicaljunkie41910 Nov 2013 #29
K & R +1000 TRoN33 Nov 2013 #30
Huh? How long have you been following politics and the media? n/t Dawgs Nov 2013 #31
Another reason they are pushing 2016 is to make our fully endorsed, reelected president a lame duck. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #32
You are so right. SheilaT Nov 2013 #34
I agree..... Wounded Bear Nov 2013 #40
LOL. Just for you, Will, I am tempted to kick my EW threads every day for a few months. Laelth Nov 2013 #41
K&R for 2014! jazzimov Nov 2013 #42
Those who seek an alternative in 2016 have to focus on both elections now dreamnightwind Nov 2013 #43
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