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In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party is a Big Tent [View all]Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)and might I just add that many of these people seem very unaware of the checks-and-balances system. To this day, I still hear self-proclaimed liberals blame Obama for GITMO still being open, despite Congress thwarting his attempts to close it. Obama gets the blame for us not having single-payer. For the Patriot Act still being in effect. For jobs not being created fast enough. For Republicans blocking gun laws.
Meanwhile, the GOP Congress has done nothing but attempt to repeal health care roughly 40 times now, despite preaching "jobs jobs jobs" in the campaign of 2010. But they seem to be off the hook among the "lesser of 2 evils" crowd. Democrats have been the meat-shield for much of their outrage.
I honestly don't know what to say, except people need to get better-informed.