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Originally Posted by crockett
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?
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crockett, you are making my exact point.
The Repubs hated Clinton.
The Dems hated Bush.
Yet they both were able to sway the opposing party to do their bidding. It's called leadership.
Obama has failed miserably at it.
And it is fact that Obama has NOT reached out. JoshGirls pointed out that you can google up Obama meeting with Republicans and find some examples.
YES...I already said that in one of my posts. He meets with them once or twice when the govt. falls into crisis. But he does not meet with them weekly or speak on the phone with them constantly as his predecessors did.
He is a horrible executive. Congress are his PARTNERS.
Try running anything when you not only ignore your partners, but you shut them out of every decision. It will result in....gridlock.
Obama is the President. Other presidents were able to sway the other side (as you just pointed out).
There are only TWO answers here:
1. EVERY last Republican is a giant racist who is blocking Obama so he will fail because he is black.
2. Obama has shut out Republicans and pissed them off which is resulting in this behavior.
I believe it's the second option I just listed.
And by the way...I 100% agree with what Obama had John Kerry negotiate with Iran.
That kind of thing is exactly why I voted for Obama way back in 2008. I have believed we should STOP trying to boss other countries around AND reach out to our so-called "enemies".
The Republicans are already screaming about it and wanting to get Hawkish instead.
They are full of shit.
Giving Iran an opportunity to mend fences with the U.S. is the correct thing to do.