2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Fucked over by Obama -- twice in two days [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)the moment some anonymous, off-the-record "source" farts a rumor. Then they set their hair on fire and go wailing into the cities and towns, too busy to vote, and when 2010 came around, decided they wanted to punish the president and not vote at all. That'll teach'em!
Result?
The Republicans happily took their petty scorn and ran with it, delivering the president a shellacking that swept a huge red wave across the nation, and then these same alarmists start wailing that the president doesn't get anything done in the last two years!
Jesus! If they want to know how the president governs, all they have to do is look at the past four years, noting the first two as the most progressive before they lit their hair on fire and sent the president the message that they wanted the Republican agenda more than the Democratic. Because that's what that "Republican shellacking" told everybody - the American people were opting for the destructive policies of the GOP and ALEC rather than the progressive policies of the Democrats. Of course, in their minds, they were punishing the president, but in the real world, they basically handed power to the GOP who is 100x worse than any Democrat. Did they learn? HELL NO. Here they are right back to lighting their hair.