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In reply to the discussion: Presidents should be questioned and confronted, not idolized [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)My daughters, people I know, none of them are perfect. In fact, each of them lies or breaks promises at one time or another. I don't hold back on telling them if they've disappointed me. But I don't stomp my feet, call them names and disown them, either.
Obama is, in general, a decent individual. Hold his feet to the fire. Make our complaints known, but choose a subject we can do something about.
Complaining that no one was prosecuted for the Bush Administration crimes means nothing because there is no following to push for that. So it will never happen.
Single payer instead of ACA? All well and good but none of us were in the trenches when this was negotiated and millions have benefited from ACA. Now's the time to push for single payer but stop telling Obama and Co. they are turncoats and weaklings. That does nothing to advance our objective.
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