(May 7, 2015 at 9:07 am)Tonus Wrote: The thing is, anytime one party gets the presidency and both houses of congress, they seem to get very little done. Maybe its the "where do I start" syndrome where everyone wants to push his pet project, or the notion that this might be the only time they have this much power so they push the most radical ideas first.
Parkers is right that Obama squandered his mandate and momentum by trying to reach out to the GOP and give everything away, hoping the GOP will return the favor. This was foolish and anyone paying attention at the time knew that, including me as I was screaming at the television. He threw his base under the bus, sacrificed them for a reconciliation and national healing that was never going to happen, and couldn't understand why liberals got demoralized in 2010. We must be a bunch of spoiled kids who didn't get everything we wanted. "Buck up and stop whining" he told us right before the election. Great moment in leadership! That'll fire up the base!
What I would have done:
Job 1: Filibuster reform. Nothing will get done without it. Restore the "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" rule. You want to filibuster, you have to stand and speak. No more of this John McCain raises his finger, announces a filibuster and leaves the Senate.
Job 2: Joe Lieberman, if you want back in the good graces of the Senate, the price will be your support for filibuster reform. You don't get your plumb seats back for nothing.
Jobs that follow: Real stimulus package (no tax cuts, infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure), income tax on income over 250K goes up to 50%, Wall Street reform, Medicare for All
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
