• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    19 hours ago

    I do feel like we’ve been here before though, when Obama and HOPE won so hard that there’d never be a Republican POTUS again, and then he conducted imperial BAU for eight years.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      And we’ll be here again, because people are morons that don’t learn from their mistakes.

      I have seen almost non-stop celebration today, acting as if Trump was done, Fascism was over, White Supremacy was gone, and that all has returned to right and good in the world.

      These elected officials arent even sworn in yet. and wont be sworn in… till january, and idiots are celebrating like jobs done don’t have to worry about it anymore.

      We have a handful of new democrats elected. We have a ton of old democrats that have no compunctions about siding with Republicans and letting Republican shit go through in exchange for that AIPAC/Big Business money. Just cause a lot of the seating chart is blue doesnt mean blue business will be done, nor does it mean red business will be stopped.

      This shit isnt the fuck over. The shit is only just about to begin to get started.

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      16 hours ago

      2 things about Obama.

      1. He had no idea what he was doing. He was chosen because he had no experience and would not expect to know how to rock the boat much less try. He was also naive and thought other people could be trusted to at least not hurt themselves in their attempts to hurt everyone else.
      2. He only had a Democratic majority for just a handful of months. Bullshit lawsuits kept him from having the majority that had been voted in for almost a year. When he finally got a majority he got the ACA passed, but even then he didn’t have enough of a majority to push it through without watering it down to near useless.

      I think most of us were pretty disappointed that Obama didn’t do more, but looking back, it was pretty clear that he was only brought in as the janitor to clean up after the previous cluster fuck.

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        12 hours ago

        I think most of us were pretty disappointed that Obama didn’t do more

        The president is the head of the executive branch, not of the legislation. It’s not his job to change the law. That’s already the first layer of deception.

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        15 hours ago

        it was pretty clear that he was only brought in as the janitor to clean up after the previous cluster fuck.

        Thats the job expected of every democrat president.

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        16 hours ago

        Obama did exactly what he was supposed to. Capture a popular social movement and prevent it from actually accomplishing anything.

        Its why Democrats exist.

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            7 hours ago

            Because only a complete moron would say the ACA did nothing.

            Is it great? No but it’s so, so much better than what existed before. It literally has saved many lives and if not for that shitstain Lieberman could’ve gone further.

            Maybe everyone here is too young to realize how awful healthcare was before that.

            Criticize sure but people sound like idiots when they downtalk a huge piece of legislation that actually improved things a lot, even if not obviously being the best solution.

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          15 hours ago

          Jeez-uzz. Majick wands are in short supply. What do you expect? This shitshow has been running for several seasons. Subterfuge, chicanery and (most of all) politics have been involved in politics from day one. Life has evolved to be increasingly more dog-eat-dog in all aspects. Perhaps we can hope we’re at the peak of a cycle?

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        he was only brought in as the janitor to clean up after the previous cluster fuck.

        oh I also thought it would be convenient to have him in office if the second great depression came through, so they could just blame the black guy.