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In reply to the discussion: Too Big to Jail? Obama at the top of bankster fraud. [View all]MaggieD
(7,393 posts)One reason we are probably going to get trounced in these mid terms (and did get trounced in 2010) is directly because of the circular firing squad we seem to be addicted to.
The media will hammer on the low approval rating (that comes directly from democrats not supporting democrats, because hey, it's not like he lost republican support), and that will in turn decrease turnout. So we will lose more political power.
We are so frigging bad about celebrating the good democrats do, and cannot wait to stab them in the back. Politicians inevitably disappoint. Now I am not talking about blind support. But in the main, once you pick them they have been picked. And all you are going to do is hurt out chances of advancing the democratic agenda when you hammer on a democratic president.
If you aren't happy choose someone better next time. THAT is the lesson to learn, IMO. I was NOT an Obama supporter during the primaries. And thus I am not surprised in the least by his policies. I am happy about some of them, but I have plenty to complain about as well.
But here is the thing -- it's a double insult to those of us smart enough to know, before he was anointed, that he was nothing but a mirror that reflected whatever the voter wanted to see him. We basically have the same wing of the party that insisted on him bashing the party after he was elected, which does nothing but more damage to the agenda.
We wanted it -- we got it. And if you want to see the democratic agenda advance "we" should make the best of it.