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Mr. Ected

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10. I don't wanna be like them, but...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Oct 2, 2021, 01:42 PM

Oct 2021

...it's very seldom that a Republican president can't ramrod his agenda through a GOP-friendly Congress. It seems that whenever we take control of the Oval Office (Bill Clinton, Barack Obama) we end up self-destructing in Congress and lose the edge we were handed in the general.

Dems are free thinkers and not apt to walk in lockstep, and I like that to a certain extent, but when the other side is not only unified but aggressively attempting to subvert the majority, our petty bickering on the fringes is not only an impediment to Joe, but frankly an error of potentially existential proportions.

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'Everybody is frustrated,' Biden says as his agenda stalls [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2021 OP

Biden needs hugs. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #1

You know..... Turbineguy Oct 2021 #2

Actually I think Trump was more dangerous on the few occasions when he was sober. totodeinhere Oct 2021 #11

probably meant as humor stopdiggin Oct 2021 #14

Drump doesn't drink just like Shrub doesn't drink? totodeinhere Oct 2021 #15

so you're saying that it's simply not true? stopdiggin Oct 2021 #17

Maybe because he was the worst president we ever had and he almost destroyed this country? totodeinhere Oct 2021 #18

don't believe there was ever a question as to THAT stopdiggin Oct 2021 #19

No, he doesn't drink. tavernier Oct 2021 #24

I believe that Trump doesn't drink Polybius Oct 2021 #25

We need to focus on the benefits these bills will bring. OneCrazyDiamond Oct 2021 #3

let's remember that certain people are real big on 'paying' stopdiggin Oct 2021 #20

It's REPUBLICANS who are fucking up everything, not a few Democrats. HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #4

No, its Republicans AND a few democrats who are fucking everything up. bluewater Oct 2021 #8

We've got three obstables; and their names are McConnell, Sinema & Manchin! Crowman2009 Oct 2021 #5

I Love This Man!!!! Roc2020 Oct 2021 #6

Media cherry picks quotes in struggle to define complex infrastructure narrative Fiendish Thingy Oct 2021 #7

The Media is the Enemy of progress too. Tommymac Oct 2021 #9

I don't wanna be like them, but... Mr. Ected Oct 2021 #10

That's not always true. totodeinhere Oct 2021 #13

I think that President Biden is correct. totodeinhere Oct 2021 #12

I don't like the framing as "stalled agenda" jmbar2 Oct 2021 #16

In the military, people like republican's where called dead weight ! monkeyman1 Oct 2021 #21

"Fails"? Hekate Oct 2021 #22

Taking a plane ride to Az and WV and fight for his plan with the people Historic NY Oct 2021 #23