RE: Why's it so difficult for some to accept Obama was a good president
January 12, 2017 at 11:42 am
(January 12, 2017 at 8:40 am)Jesster Wrote:(January 11, 2017 at 4:24 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: @Whateverist --
It's not an effort on my part to be fair, nor an effort to draw an equivalency ... It's pointing out a basic fact in American politics. Praising the opposing party for its initiatives is a vanishingly rare phenomenon, so far as I can tell.
Can I pat myself on the back for a moment? What am I talking about? Of course I can. I excel at exactly that!
I do reach across party lines to praise the achievements of Republicans when they are actually doing great things. Richard J. Berry, the Republican mayor here in Albuquerque, is absolutely fantastic. I wouldn't replace him with anyone else.
Then again, New Mexico's Republican governor, Susana Martinez, is a worthless piece of trash. Oh well. At least some of them are still worth keeping, right?
Oh, no doubt. I was speaking about the politicians themselves giving praise to their opponents when merited being rare.