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In reply to the discussion: I've kinda had it with all of the BS [View all]sendero
(28,552 posts)..... congress won't let me do anything, wahhhhhhhhh.
I won't argue that this has not been an obstructionist congress, I WILL argue that Obama rolls over without even trying most of the time.
ACA - it is better than nothing but then again, Obama seemed to have little to do with it and the entire Democratic party is guilty of not selling it's advantages to the public. And it is too complicated and that is why getting something as generally mundane as getting a web site working for it has become an achilles heel nightmare. Should the president have to worry about nonsense like get a web site working? No, but he better because in the war of words the ACA is not faring well and this has become a main distraction.
Many many presidents have gotten real things done with less congressional support than Obama has, I'm tired of hearing about it. And his playing footsie with and trying to appease the Republicans for 5 effing years didn't help either. I think this last debt ceiling fight has maybe opened his eyes as to what playing nice will get him, but everyone else figured it out 4 years ago.
Call it griping all you want I CALL IT HOLDING HIS FEET TO THE FIRE. We are never going to agree so you can have the last word. I do not dislike Obama at all but as a president he has been about the biggest disappointment I have could have possibly imagined.