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In reply to the discussion: REPOST: I'm curious...who here thinks they or anyone else, could have accomplished more than PBO [View all]Cha
(296,853 posts)3. Hey, thanks for suppporting our President, Old and In the Way(which I'm sure you are not!)
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"There's a different story on the left, where you now find a significant number of critics decrying Obama as, to quote Cornel West, someone who ''posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit.'' They're outraged that Wall Street hasn't been punished, that income inequality remains so high, that ''neoliberal'' economic policies are still in place. All of this seems to rest on the belief that if only Obama had put his eloquence behind a radical economic agenda, he could somehow have gotten that agenda past all the political barriers that have con- strained even his much more modest efforts. It's hard to take such claims seriously."
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REPOST: I'm curious...who here thinks they or anyone else, could have accomplished more than PBO [View all]
Old and In the Way
Oct 2014
OP
Well, if he had done nothing, the Bush tax cuts would have expired..... and we'd be out of Iraq, but
grahamhgreen
Oct 2014
#1
Hey, thanks for suppporting our President, Old and In the Way(which I'm sure you are not!)
Cha
Oct 2014
#3
If you like murder mysteries, The Bridge, The Killing, and Dollhouse are great.
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#14
If he had been the community organizer he was when he was younger he could have done a lot more.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2014
#12
Yes, and he was too good for this country. We do not deserve a great president like this guy.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2014
#33
Me. PBO had repukes on their heels when elected and instead of pushing he caved
on point
Oct 2014
#17
No such thing as "rammed through" when there was the filibuster. Do you know it only takes ONE
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2014
#34
I stand correct. Harry Reid could have done reconciliation. That's HIS fault. Why didn't HE?
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2014
#54
It's not really his accomplishments. Obama's problem is that he doesn't sell his accomplishments and
craigmatic
Oct 2014
#24
I'm surprised he got as much done as he has. The Pubs have done everything they could think of
napi21
Oct 2014
#28
President Obama and the Democratic leadership of Congress could have done more, working together.
eomer
Oct 2014
#40
I'm talking about the budget reconciliation process, not about changing any rules.
eomer
Oct 2014
#62
Rec the post, disagree with the rationale, consider the DUer who posted it TOPS!
Octafish
Oct 2014
#50