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In reply to the discussion: We needed a Roosevelt, but we got an Obama [View all]eridani
(51,907 posts)2. We need drastic action. The Repukes will not let that happen
However, I think Obama needs to be far more serious about ripping them new ones. He's really good at dressing people down in a cool, polite way. You don't have to be a screamer to hit them hard--which he needs to do way more often.
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And you think the right-wing Republicans and conservadems in Congress are going to stop?
NYC Liberal
Jan 2012
#8
What element of our law requires that a President hold his tongue until Congress is
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#11
No but voting the bad politicians OUT and voting good ones IN will get things done.
NYC Liberal
Jan 2012
#34
That is absurd. FDR had a triple digit majority in the House, and 76 seats in the Senate. He could
BzaDem
Jan 2012
#44
Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk.....
Ikonoklast
Jan 2012
#28
Since he campaigns and devotes resources to his obstructors and NEVER calls them out
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#26
Where is the content in the OP? I just see hyperbolic statements and a lot of spin strung together
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#23
FDR OKed the mass slaughter of German & Japanese civilians via bombing raids on their cities.
Scurrilous
Jan 2012
#29