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Kane, as i said, it was about the stimulus bill. One that was being promised before he took office and one that Republicans disagreed with as it was clearly too little, too late and not going to do anything. A massive financial commitment, long on promises and short on details. The "party of no" began with that and just became the narrative. That and "blame Bush" which was also milked to death for all of the first term and most of the second.
Furthermore, Republicans control more state positions than they have since the 1800s. They now control the House, the Senate and the White House. You can't call yourself a rational, reasonable person and not understand that maybe... just maybe, there is another side to the story of Obama, the economy, unemployment numbers, the business climate etc etc etc thats being continually ignored for a tired narrative that most people don't believe in... If everything was truly as great as people on this board believe it to be, then there wouldn't have been such a wholesale slaughter in the elections.
Obviously there is a LOT more to whats happening between Democrats and Republicans than Republicans being evil and obstructionists. Of course, it requires a little less bias to see that than most people have.
And what do we have now? Democrats are "the party of no". As you've pointed out... BEFORE the guy is even in office (Trump this time), the other side is trying to figure out everything and anything possible to stop anything he wants to do. Sound familiar? Good for them. Hypocritical,.. but good for them.
But this time, it's different.
This time its not about people being tired of war and Bush.
This time its about people being tired of being told how great things are going when they're not. How great health care is when it isn't. About a President that tells border agents to not do their jobs. About people who want to work but can't. About a nation with the lowest workforce participation rate that its seen in 1/2 a century while being told unemployment numbers are incredibly great. It's about someone like Hillary who is less trusted by her own party, than a pedophile at Chuck E Cheese being the other choice. Its about a party who has grown tone deaf.
The same divisive tactics that gave the reigns of a nation FULLY to Republicans are still being used as the blame game continues. You can't find a Democrat who will admit Hillary just didn't have a great plan or great message, but you'll find tens of millions who'll talk about how she got fucked somehow. No one can just let it go and move on. Obama didn't care about Putin shitting all over him for 8 years - but somehow the "hacking" which occurred this summer, is a MASSIVE issue to be addressed 6 months later. He's done everything possible to call into question the legitimacy of Trumps presidency. Sound familiar? How ironic that the idiot droning on and on about birth certificates almost a decade ago is now the idiot being attacked by the other side for similar idiotic and contrived non-reasons.
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Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.
Rochard
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