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In reply to the discussion: We needed a Roosevelt, but we got an Obama [View all]FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)57. He passed the Healthcare Bill with provisions to enrich Insurance Corps
the DEMs had a MAJORITY in the House and Senate
- I agree its not all Obama's fault
But they couldn't do 1 fucking thing about the Structural Economic problems that will diminish opportunity for Middle Class Americans for decades to come
They had the Bill to Close the Corporate Tax Loop Holes that Outsource American Jobs twice, and they couldnt pass that but they can pass numerous bills to enrich corporations
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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