Obamacare written to deceive the public.

[DeistPaladin]

It is not a tu quoque because I am not using it to defend the republicans. I am countering your claim that it is only the republicans responsible for them.

Distinction without a difference.

Fake centrists like you and major figures in the media like David Gregory, Chuck Todd, et. al. keep running the "Aw, gee whiz, both sides" meme which is designed to defend Republican abuse and incompetence. It's a meme designed to diffuse responsibility and make sure no one is ever blamed or held to account.

The GOP are the bank robbers, "Both Sides" is the name of the getaway car, and people like you drive it.

The democrats participated in the lies that led us into war.

No, they didn't.

Part of the curse of being a liberal is you remember things that happened in the past. History can't be re-written for us. And we're forever trying to correct people like you who push the re-write.

I remember that time in the run up to the Iraq War. Anyone who didn't salute and support the effort was called a "traitor". Any professional in the media who didn't play along was taking their chances. Phil Donahue was fired and the Dixie Chicks' career imploded.

Additionally, the media had imposed strict taboos on the word "lie" and the insult "liar". Anyone who used such words during the W administration, before and after the Iraq invasion, were treated as if they'd said "mother fucker" on the air.

Tremendous pressure was brought by the W administration on the media, our intelligence service and those in Congress. In context to the aftermath of 9/11 when most of America was shocked by the event and our media had successfully pumped the atmosphere full of fear, it's easy to see why few prominent figures opposed the war and those who did were quickly marginalized.

So we can forgive the Democrats at the time for saying, "if you say so" and going along. Their lack of courage in opposition to W's war should not be seen as if they were co-conspirators.

The democrats participated in the the policies which lead to the 08 crash.

No, they didn't.

The economic calamity was the outcome of years, if not decades of deregulation of financial activities and allowing certain financial entities to merge and become too-big-to-fail behemoths.

Additionally, Bush had virtually unlimited power during his administration. Even after his defeat in '06, the Democrats still spinelessly caved in to his demands, doing everything he wanted with the occasional "non-binding resolution" to voice their protest.

The only thing denied Bush was his scheme to privatize Social Security. Aside from that he got everything he wanted. With power comes responsibility. Bush is 100% responsible for everything that happened during his administration.

The democrats in the senate failed to act on many of the well over a thousand bills which passed in the house since 2010 on purpose just to grind the government to a halt.

Because they opposed the Republican bills (and source please on the "thousand" bills because the GOP House was not this productive).

This is not the same as filibustering bills you later vote for, as became the GOP practice. The GOP was doing this, trying to grind government to a halt.

The democrats abused the filibuster when they were the minority in the senate.

No, they didn't.

The democrats participated in the government shut down by refusing to negotiate on many issues.

No, they didn't.

The things Republicans want to "negotiate" were laws that were already passed by Congress, signed by the president, upheld by the courts and ratified by the recent election. The GOP wanted to extort the American people into allowing them to effectively veto a bill already in effect, threatening to destroy the country if their demands weren't met.

YOU
CAN'T
DO
THAT

This is not government by the extortionists for the extortionists.

Here's a video that explains remedial American civics, if you're still not getting it:

The democrats are just as guilty as the republicans.

No, they're not.

The difference between you and I is I blame all the clowns in the circus where as you only blame the clowns with the red hair......which is silly.

The difference between you and I is I blame the people who actually did the crime. You want to diffuse responsibility which helps to run cover for the GOP.

"Aw, gee whiz, both sides do it. Washington is just broken. Oh well, whataya gonna do?" That's the getaway car for the criminals. Go put in an application to be the new moderator for Meet the Press. You'd blend in well with the Washington bubble and its fake centrism.