William Rivers Pitt: Coward-in-Chief: Trump Wilts in the Face of Fascist Terrorism

[JHan]

169. The high rates are not the fault of Obama.

Everyone knew the ACA needed to be fixed, and Obama faced obstruction fixing it...he idealistically believed that he could improve the status quo by appropriating a plan that he hoped would get republicans on board. And for millions of Americans the ACA was an improvement.

The GOP has so twisted the narrative in the way Obama is blamed for outcomes that were a direct result of their obstinacy and determination to see him fail.

And they were able to do this because in a census year, democrats stayed home, and the GOP took the house- democrats ought to have known the risks of allowing that to happen. Worse yet, the tea party rebellion ensured there were fewer republican centrists who would have been prepared to reach across the aisle.

As for Pitt, I had no idea who he was prior to this year ( I joined DU after the primaries)

From my observation in this thread, he seemed to have been yet another person on the left who did not understand that presidential elections are a zero sum game. By using his influence (such as it was) to denigrate the dem candidate, He was typical of many who don't understand game theory: the simplest theory there is to understand - Vote in ways that give you the best outcome based on the choices before you. He is now complaining about a President who is 100 times less progressive and liberal than the choice he shat on : Hillary. No matter how you slice it, this is dumb.

And that is on him........voters are adults...they shouldn't be coddled.