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BrotherIvan

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33. I thought something similar as I woke up this morning

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 04:38 PM

Mar 2014

Obama will certainly be in the history books as the first African American president, a great achievement for the country as a whole. But I do think the legacy of his presidency will fade rather quickly once out of office. Bush and Reagan will be remembered long after for the terrible harm they did. And FDR and Roosevelt for their epic battles. But there are many presidents who did not live up to the moment. We NEEDED change and that is why we voted for it twice. The majority of the people know our economy, health care, education, infrastructure, unemployment, &c. need to be fixed NOW. If going into the job he thought the Republicans would make it easy, then he was at best a fool. If he and his administration had no plan for dealing with the batshit crazies, then they are incompetent. But honestly, I have never seen the Democrats fight and lose: I see them surrender or fold before the fight has even begun. When Obama has the will, he wins. The Republicans are so inbred and in disarray right now, he could have blown them over with a puff and gotten so many things done. But his laissez-faire style is not what was needed at this time.

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