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Old 01-09-2017, 05:35 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by TheSquealer View Post
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. It began with that and just became the narrative.

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.

And 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.

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.
This may end up being one of those 'time will tell' type situations. The Republicans became the party of "No" and it worked for them. Now the Democrats are saying they will be doing the same. The Democrats tend to be a little more spineless than the Republicans so we will have to wait and see how far they go. If they do play the part of obstructionist then we will see if it works for them and they start regaining power. In all honesty, I think it working for them and them being able to block anything Trump wants to do would be the worst thing that could happen because all it will do is teach that the party that is not in power need only play the obstructionist role and they will be rewarded come election time. It will start us down a road that will be hard to turn away from.
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