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(89,950 posts)Just absolutely THRILLING for me to see! I'm LOVING this. This is how it should have been from Day One. Shoulda given them the back of his hand from the get-go. He was too kind, too patient, too conciliatory for what these fiends deserved. I'm glad he's finally embraced the reality he's faced and tried so hard not to see for six years. For SIX YEARS he tried.
For SIX YEARS he reached out, only to have them spit - or even shit - in the open hand he extended to them.
For SIX YEARS he tried to compromise, meet them halfway - hell, MORE than halfway.
For SIX YEARS he tried to find common ground.
For SIX YEARS he tried to talk to them, and keep them informed and in the loop. Tried to be inclusive.
For SIX YEARS he showed them respect.
Reached out again and again. In ALL KINDS of ways.
Invited them to state dinners with celebrities and lots of international VIPS. They turned up their noses.
Invited them to cocktail parties he and Michelle attempted to start six years ago, and wanted to bring back. They turned up their noses.
Invited them to pre-Oscar screenings in the White House screening room in advance of awards night. They turned up their noses.
Invited them to watch the NCAA games and the finals and the whatevers in the White House. They turned up their noses.
So enough already. I think he's content in that he tried like hell to work with these assholes and all they were ever interested in - was fucking with him, hamstringing him, obstructing him, losing him his job, driving him out, getting rid of him, even trying to negate everything and anything he stood for and/or tried to accomplish.
So fuck 'em. He's adept at assessing what has been tried for a long time and hasn't worked. Like the Cuba crap. Time to change it up. Time to do something different. Time to try a new approach. We've TRIED the old way - FOR YEARS - and it hasn't worked. Hasn't helped. Hasn't done what we wanted. So fuck that, too.
He ran on encouraging all of us to BE the change we wanted to see. Now he's onboard, too. AT LAST!!!!!
FUCK 'EM. Let 'em yell. Let 'em gnash their teeth and rant and rage and act like such big pathetic victims. In the words of dear darling joni hog-castrator, "MAKE 'EM SQUEAL!!!!!!"
Fuck 'em.