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maxrandb

(15,295 posts)
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:08 PM May 2020

Imagine if President Obama had Pelosi and Schumer as House and Senate leaders

for 8 years instead of 2, and then try to tell me about what you're "owed", or "holding up ends of bargains".

We were so close to making real progress and it was pissed away.

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Imagine if President Obama had Pelosi and Schumer as House and Senate leaders (Original Post) maxrandb May 2020 OP
Courts would be there to protect women, gays, all minorities and the environment Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #1
We'd have a Supreme Court that reflects the values of the majority of Americans maxrandb May 2020 #4
He had Joe and Joe's going to bring us back to reason. LakeArenal May 2020 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author CentralMass May 2020 #3
We lost that majority. We are still not facing why. delisen May 2020 #5
"Shellacked". nt oasis May 2020 #6

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
1. Courts would be there to protect women, gays, all minorities and the environment
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:10 PM
May 2020

and working people.

But many white working people dont want that.

maxrandb

(15,295 posts)
4. We'd have a Supreme Court that reflects the values of the majority of Americans
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:21 PM
May 2020

We'd have strong environmental protection

We'd have a DOJ that upheld the rule of law and held Police department accountable.

We'd have strong protections against vote suppression.

We'd have built on the ACA.

Putin wouldn't be selecting our cabinet officials.

Betsy Devo's would be selling Amway instead of shaping national education policy.

The missed opportunity, the lost possibilities, the squandered progress, the longing for what might have been ought to have us all gnashing our teeth.

Response to maxrandb (Original post)

delisen

(6,042 posts)
5. We lost that majority. We are still not facing why.
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:24 PM
May 2020

Once we accept and understand that it did mot have to happen, we will be able to build and sustain a full democracy.

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