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In reply to the discussion: Mr. President, I take it personally: [View all]emulatorloo
(44,063 posts)"19. 2009 you didn't take advantage of the short time the Democratic Party had control of the Senate, the House, and the presidency."
IMHO opinion anybody who claims we had a bullet proof Democratic Congressional majority in 2009 wasn't paying attention or is disingenuous.
We got great legislation out of the Pelosi house where we did have a solid majority.
In the Senate the majority was razor thin, and pretty much came down to Joementum, ardent McCain supporter.
Everything the house did was deliberately fucked up by the Senate by Republicans, aided and abetted by a few DINO's.
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"22. You have disenfranchised young voters. "
What the fuck does that even mean? I had an internship on Obama 2012 campaign and we spend tons of time helping young voters register and get to the polls or provide them with absentee ballots.
OFA continues to do so as does the Democratic Party.
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"18. 2009 you squandered your mandate and refused to use the bully pulpit. "
So Obama never gave a speech in 2009 huh?
I have long seen DU'ers talk out of both sides of their mouths re this bully pulpit nonsense.
"Obama won't use the bully pulpit/Obama just makes pretty speeches"
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There are fact based criticisms of Obama's policies. This rant is not one of them.