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Proud Liberal Dem

(24,406 posts)
Sat Nov 16, 2013, 07:53 PM Nov 2013

Just a reminder that it's MUCH easier to sit on the sideline and take potshots at somebody

than it is to have to own up to mistakes and accept the responsibility to roll up your sleeves and fix problems. Taking potshots at somebody from the sidelines is a luxury that President Obama and Democrats in Congress don't have. They enacted ACA and they have to get it working. Republicans and a few other select individuals OTOH have nothing else to do but sit around and carp all day and plan for the electoral destruction of their opponents over the ACA's obviously problematic rollout. Republicans have actually had nothing much else to do- or at least nothing that they've wanted to do- since 2009 other than destroying President Obama- and Democrats- politically.
They've not been held responsible (much) for their irresponsible economic brinksmanship that resulted in two near debt defaults and a government shutdown. They haven't been under any kind of pressure to clean up their mess from when President Obama took office much less propose any viable policies to address........well, anything. All they do- and what they constantly are allowed to do is whine, complain, gripe, and pooh-pooh everything that President Obama and Democrats want to do to address important national business!

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Just a reminder that it's MUCH easier to sit on the sideline and take potshots at somebody (Original Post) Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2013 OP
The easiest job in the world is safeinOhio Nov 2013 #1
Yup Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2013 #2
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