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In reply to the discussion: I realized tonight that America's 99% are fucked for years to come [View all]Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)I know that Tavis Smiley means well, but I think people like him and Cornell West who criticize Obama and the Democrats from the left should keep in mind that when Obama first got in office, he said that our country will not get fixed overnight. To PBO's defense, I think both he and the Democratic Party do have our best interests at heart and don't just cater to the 1%, but they have had to put up with constant obstruction from the opposition in order to get more accomplished for us. He was even trying to get a Jobs Plan passed last year, but it failed.
Let's just be thankful that the Iraq War is over and the Afghan War is ending, we have had twenty-five straight months of private sector job growth, unemployment is lowering in states like Ohio, DADT has been repealed, and that the Detroit auto bailout was a success. That's my $0.02.