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In reply to the discussion: Tired of Malignant Amnesia Anti-Obama Syndrome [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)He's the one going on the offensive about the TPP and insulting fellow Democrats instead of acknowledging why there's such substantial opposition. And the continued belittlement of the opposition will only entrench that opinion.
By the way, while you are crowing Obama's achievements, you might want to think about the lingering effects of where he didn't put his money where his mouth was. The failure to achieve Single Payer is still a huge disappointment for some people. While you joke about not getting "nice things" on the left, you have no idea the effect social programs cuts have had on the weakest and most vulnerable Americans: Obama is just smiling right past that one. Oh, and remember Obama's progressive turn that suddenly had Democrats standing up and cheering - particularly his promise of free Community College? It turns out that was just an empty speech: he got credit for the "agenda" while leaving it for the next President to achieve.
Celebrate Obama's achievements all you want: he, like Clinton before him, let a lot of take-aways happen on his watch. And those take-aways will only be exacerbated under a Republican regime. I'm still waiting for him to prove himself as the President of Hope and Change.