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1StrongBlackMan

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12. Exactly ...

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 01:48 PM

Jul 2012

President can stop a lot of bad legislation from going through but can't do much to force good legislation if Congress is full of lazy bastards whose whole function is to push money around instead of doing their jobs.

I like to use the analogy of:

Getting angry with President Obama for what hasn't happened is a lot like getting angry with your friend because his brother won't let you use his car.

Your friend can ask, demand, cajol, or even threaten, his brother to move him to loan you his car; but at the end of the day, it is the brother that says yes or no. And that answer is the one that determines whether you drive, walk or catch the bus.

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I had an interesting discussion the other day ... [View all] 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 OP

Sorry ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #1

Thanks for a very interesting post! elleng Jul 2012 #3

Yeah ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #8

I think having the Presidency, the Senate (with 60 votes) and the House Indydem Jul 2012 #2

Where does 'we could have had the whole enchilada' come from, exactly? elleng Jul 2012 #4

I do not know. Indydem Jul 2012 #5

'Encilada' from Herb Kalmbach, talking on the phone to Nixon�s assistant John Erlichmann. elleng Jul 2012 #6

It wasn't Obama's failure, it was a conservative Congress's failure Warpy Jul 2012 #7

Exactly ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #12

If you don't mind answering ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #9

1981 n/t Indydem Jul 2012 #13

Seems to support the generational divide theory, Huh? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #15

Indeed Indydem Jul 2012 #16

I wouldn't say that ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #17

those who never went through the hard struggles of these movements SemperEadem Aug 2012 #29

+1,000,000 ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #30

Maybe realism comes with age. n/t mzteris Jul 2012 #18

First ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #10

Their is no way to know what Obama might or might not have accomplished....... wandy Jul 2012 #11

I'm 39 JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #14

Obama does play the long game .... kwassa Jul 2012 #19

My legal background ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #21

And JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #25

That's ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #27

Part of his long game is HOW he conducts himself. kwassa Jul 2012 #26

I think your thesis is right on the money. MADem Jul 2012 #20

This is a fantastic argument, 1SBM Number23 Jul 2012 #22

I guess you're right ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #23

"I guess I never really consider DU representative of anything approaching my real world." Number23 Jul 2012 #24

If I were to guess JonLP24 Jul 2012 #28