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In reply to the discussion: Every Congressman that took part in this seditious act should be censured on the floor of the House. [View all]ancianita
(36,031 posts)The whole scene is called 'Lucy with the football for a reason' -- the emphasis wasn't about Charlie Brown; it was about the Lucy setup.
This label came up around here at the end of years of our seeing the setups that left Democrats and the president standing with a hand out across the aisle and no one taking it. The impatient younguns called it the Great Obama Disappointment. But they misjudged.
It takes longer than people are used to (the internet-conditioned attention span) for the trusting to take the measure of the untrustworthy. The Obama administration's whole approach was correct and never did I fault it; the problem was always with Republicans, as any honest Republican could see. And so the "Lucy"label. Charlie Brown is the good guy, not the stupid guy.