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In reply to the discussion: This is what a REAL Democrat sounds like. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)on his watch. That's not a "meh"--that's a BFD.
As for "party loyalty and pragmatism," that's all fine and dandy, but it's funny that when one brings up a politician's actions in THIS century, and references "party loyalty and pragmatism" that here on DU they get the hand and a load of shit. Every "acceptable" politician has to be a far, far lefty even if their constituency is moderate or even a bit conservative. They're not allowed the "party loyalty and pragmatism" that FDR gets .... because, er...New Deal, whatever. He was a great President but he was human, he manifested some of the biases of his time, and he wasn't perfect. That's not an "attack" even though some here want to characterize it thusly.
When Republicans are in position to decide who the next Supreme Court justices are, that's a BFD. I'd rather have a few less-than-perfect Senators of the Democratic Party persuasion voting on those people than 54 gleeful-and-pissed-off Republicans.