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Originally Posted by Robbie
crockett, I must not be communicating this correctly. I'll try one more time:
Gingrich said that Clinton talked to him almost daily on the phone and in person once a week. Reagan met with Tip O'Neill constantly. Bush reached out to the Dems and even signed and got Republicans to support VERY liberal spending measures (such as the prescription drug bill)
Obama has NEVER done those things. Even in the middle of the Govt. shutdown it was reported that he did not even pick up the phone and talk to the Republicans at all.
His JOB as the Executive branch of the govt. is to bring all factions together to get things done.
Instead of actually trying to do that, he ignores them. Not even a phone call.
The only time there is a face-to-face is when he makes a big press release out of it and has them come to a big meeting at the Whitehouse.
And the last time he did that? The Republicans came out and said the FIRST thing he told them was that he would NOT negotiate.
He's a failure at leadership. It's 100% on him if he doesn't even try to reach out.
If you've ever run a company and had partners in your company then you know that what I am saying is true.
Obama never ran anything until he became President. He's just not a leader and his Presidency reflects it and history will judge HIM.
The history books won't say: "Those evil Republicans wouldn't play nice"
It will say that Obama was weak and ineffectual. That's how history sees things. Obama is THE PRESIDENT. This is his legacy.
Of course the opposition party is more than happy to let him go down the road he has chosen since day one.
They can now say "no" to everything and he has given them the perfect excuse.
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Robbie you sure wear some rosey colored glassed when you explain how things happened..
When Clinton took office the Republicans tried to nail him on this or that the entire time he was in office.. It was land deals, claiming he had people killed, Non stop wasting of millions of tax payer rollers trying to impeach Clinton. They also shut the govt down because they could agree on a budget.. Ho hum sounds pretty much the same play book used against Obama but they have gone to extremes Clinton never faced.
When Bush was in office you seem to once again have rosey colored glasses.. Do you not remember "I'm the decider" or " your'e either with us or against us"... Bush was just as bad as you claim Obama is, the difference is democrats still worked with him because "keyword here" democrats are not obstructionists.
Democrats didn't try to block every last little thing Bush tried to do, not because Bush was a effective leader, but because they weren't a bunch of self serving dickheads that care more about party politics than the country.
You still excuse away everything the republicans do, while critiquing Obama for everything he does. I mean seriously you are getting just as bad as Vendizlla.. Is there anything at all that Obama has done right in your eyes?