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Doctor_J

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38. I think I am going to file this OP right next to this one

Reply to Demeter (Reply #36)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 11:50 PM

Jan 2015

The Era of Obama Is Driving the GOP Extinct ...

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History 'Will Be Very Generous' To Obama [View all] awake Jan 2015 OP

As time goes by and the full impact of the ACA is realized and it becomes an expected program Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #1

Posted to for later. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #2

In the big picture, Obama will be primarily remembered as the President Maedhros Jan 2015 #3

And the ACA will be an unmitigated disaster Doctor_J Jan 2015 #6

Your implication that Bartlet Jan 2015 #8

there is no such implication. We STILL have the worst system in the world, Doctor_J Jan 2015 #9

So ACA did NOT improve anything, made it worse? REALLY? randys1 Jan 2015 #26

It's better for some, worse for others, more expensive, and absolutely killed SP Doctor_J Jan 2015 #34

Who is it worse for? You dont believe the rightwing talking point lie that ACA is causing higher randys1 Jan 2015 #41

That is how the Chomsky left will see him. geek tragedy Jan 2015 #10

Its the Chomsky left now? TM99 Jan 2015 #11

Obama=Bush people are the ones who are not Democrats. nt geek tragedy Jan 2015 #12

Just two sides of the same coin. TM99 Jan 2015 #13

So you live in the past pining for a party that no longer geek tragedy Jan 2015 #14

New is not always better, and TM99 Jan 2015 #19

Race had everything to do with it. geek tragedy Jan 2015 #21

Yours is not a cogent argument. TM99 Jan 2015 #22

Policies that appeal to blacks and Hispanics turn off white geek tragedy Jan 2015 #23

I disagree. TM99 Jan 2015 #24

Many white voters assume "economic justice" means "helping undeserving minorities." geek tragedy Jan 2015 #25

Left Leaning Independent.... VanillaRhapsody Jan 2015 #27

The same Left Leaning Independents who excoriated FDR in his day because he wasn't liberal enough. BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #28

Political Curmudgeons! VanillaRhapsody Jan 2015 #30

I think it's genetic. :-) eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #31

Born that way! VanillaRhapsody Jan 2015 #32

Also in fairness to Obama, he is just a continuation of the Bush presidency. But his "change" Doctor_J Jan 2015 #37

go here(link) for the bigger picture quadrature Jan 2015 #4

Mahalo, awake Cha Jan 2015 #5

The best Presidents were those who wanted to do something with the office... happyslug Jan 2015 #7

As One Who Stated Once That Had I Been Able To Vote ChiciB1 Jan 2015 #16

A paper was written by a Naval Officer, telling how far right the Military has moved since Reagan. happyslug Jan 2015 #18

Torture, Surveillance State, the 1%/TBTF, relentlessly sabotaged public education and workers blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #15

I think not... gregcrawford Jan 2015 #17

He did salvage the economy Doctor_J Jan 2015 #20

Most definitely. Left-leaning Independent demagogues criticizing FDR, have all been forgotten and BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #29

NO, I don't think so Demeter Jan 2015 #33

If those who write history are fans of corporate solutions to problems, torture, more war, Doctor_J Jan 2015 #35

that's not history, that's propaganda Demeter Jan 2015 #36

I think I am going to file this OP right next to this one Doctor_J Jan 2015 #38

Two more years Madmiddle Jan 2015 #39

In education, he is pursuing a corrupt privatization agenda driven by hedge fund managers yurbud Jan 2015 #40