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In reply to the discussion: Tired of Malignant Amnesia Anti-Obama Syndrome [View all]True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)On the other hand, we can't advocate political interference in the Justice Department either.
And it's also likely that no other element of our agenda would have advanced while this was going on. There would not have been Obamacare, the stimulus package would have been unlikely, it would probably been full-bore obstruction even from a Democratic Congress. Obstruction that he would no doubt have been blamed for, because that seems to be the prevailing logic - that everything he can possibly do is wrong by definition.
One thing that the President could have done, and should have done, is maybe something like a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, like in post-apartheid South Africa. I have no clue how complicated it would have been to make that happen, and what little idea I do have is staggering enough, but I would have counseled it no matter the difficulty.
Also, if we really cared about this, we should have elected Congresses willing to investigate it. As it was, we were so derelict we haven't even elected a single Democratic Congress since the 2008 sweep, let alone a progressive-led one, and we never seem to want to take responsibility for that.