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The only goal of Republicans in Congress the last 7 years has been to stymie Obama, 2016 will be no different
by SEAN ILLING
Since President Obama took office, Congressional Republicans have made it their business to obstruct everything he does. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it best in 2012: Our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny President Obama a second term.
And thats how theyve governed in the Obama era. Like political arsonists, theyve pursued no real positive agenda, choosing instead to undermine the president and stage symbolic protest votes to appease a disillusioned base. This is a big reason why something like 13 percent of the country approves of the job Congress is doing.
For a brief moment, when Paul Ryan was elected Speaker of the House, there was hope that things might change, if only a little. Although Ryan is hardly a moderate, he is nonetheless a serious legislator. His victory, one hoped, was a sign that House Republicans finally saw the light, finally realized that obstructionism wasnt a viable governing philosophy.
Well, thats not happening.
There were already rumbles in conservative circles after Ryan agreed to pass $1.1 trillion spending bill earlier this month. To the hardliners on the right, any deal that removed the threat of a government shutdown constituted a gutless compromise, a conservative heresy.
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http://www.salon.com/2016/01/04/all_they_want_to_do_is_screw_over_the_president_ryan_mcconnell_confirm_they_have_no_real_agenda_in_16_besides_blocking_obama/
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)tblue37
(65,340 posts)term, he would have been speaking nonsense, because two years from 2012 would be halfway through Obama's second term.
Of course, he did say that as Obama's first term got underway in January of 2009.
TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)Specifically so that he'll look less like a turtle, and more like some Duck Dynasty moron.
LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)People of the Decade
They started at lunch on the day Obama got inaugurated and haven't let up.
How does this play on your soul? Surely it does bad things? To wake up every morning and say...Nothing to do today - just stop another's ideas. No quality work output to feel good about for 7 years??