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The Democrats are living with the aftermath of the ACA which has turned out to be the disaster that the GOP and everybody else warned it would be, starting with skyrocketing out-of-pocket expenses, annual deductibles in the four-figure vicinity that none of those radical leftists bothered to warn any of us about (so much for 'free' healthcare, huh?), and the millions of folks who lost their healthcare due to the 30-hour definition of full-time employment and mandated items that must be covered, with more bad news yet to come.
The looming 'Cadillac Tax' has the unions up in arms; good luck putting that fire out with elections right around the corner.
Do you have to be a pathological liar in order to work in this administration a la folks such as Geithner, Susan Rice, Lois Lerner and tons of others?
The Democrats are living with the aftermath of the ACA which has turned out to be the disaster that the GOP and everybody else warned it would be, starting with skyrocketing out-of-pocket expenses, annual deductibles in the four-figure vicinity that none of those radical leftists bothered to warn any of us about (so much for 'free' healthcare, huh?), and the millions of folks who lost their healthcare due to the 30-hour definition of full-time employment and mandated items that must be covered, with more bad news yet to come.
The looming 'Cadillac Tax' has the unions up in arms; good luck putting that fire out with elections right around the corner.
Do you have to be a pathological liar in order to work in this administration a la folks such as Geithner, Susan Rice, Lois Lerner and tons of others?
It sure seems like it!
The ACA is still in its inception and you already had it fail? Wow. Speedy guy you are.
Republicans messed us up by giving us the 2 rounds of taxcuts in the early 2K period which kicked off the start of the rising national debt we are now stuck in
Republicans biggest mistake was convincing the bipartisan Congress to fight terror by sending troops alone into Baghdad and championing the "2003 mission accomplished" when 4,000 US casualties would soon follow.
Republicans messed up 4 decades ago by not uniting behind the Civil Rights Movement in a blind effort to develop the Southern strategy instead, forever losing minority votes.
Republicans messed up by affiliating with some rightwing religious nuts when their moderate agenda was selling very well in the Reagan years.
Republicans messed up in part when backing Bush's "own your own home" speeches that in order to not be rhetoric, called on sub-prime lending that put us into a crisis.
Republicans messed up in "read my lips, no new taxes" and then a tax was in fact signed into law.
Republicans messed up in the scandals of waterboarding, harassment of inmates in Iraq, a very casual attitude towards troop losses after 2003 in Iraq, and greed of oil profits.
Republicans messed up in reaction to 911 where the Binladen family was flown out of the country without an interrogation.
Republicans messed up in passing Medicare Part D without the tax funding to pay for the new program.
Republicans messed up in things that were not revealed to the public inside the Whitehouse during Nixon years.
Republicans did a poor job in monitoring and improving the "Leave no child behind" agenda and enhancing the learning agenda beyond a few standardized tests.
Republicans have not been effective in green policies, protections of national parks, forests, wildlife, and when they did pass something it was about a focus on protecting the marketability of our woodlands, certainly nothing towards habitat restoration.
Republicans looked silly and embarrassing in attempts to forge the defensive marriage act that marriage because of religious dogma should exclude same-sex couples.
There were unnecessary wiretappings under Republican Govt attempting to infiltrate meetings and assemblies held by peaceful citizen groups, targeting Democrat stronghold areas.
John McCain's pick for Vice President in 2008 was also quite embarrassing for the party and I wonder if McCain had a secret plan to help get Obama elected because he could have picked any number of other more qualified VP running mates than Governor Sarah Palin, including Mike Huckabee, The current House majority leader, or a more known figure to the rest of the country.
I quit reading after this, "Republicans messed us up by giving us the 2 rounds of taxcuts in the early 2K period which kicked off the start of the rising national debt we are now stuck in".
Tax revenues INCREASD to RECORD HIGHS, after the tax cuts took affect.
They are definitely on a roll these past couple of years. Their personal hatred for the president has them making some curious political moves. As a moderate, they're making it harder to relate to their platform. They used to push "free markets and reduced spending." What is it now...religion and corporatism?
I dislike Obama' s policies/approach on plenty of issues, but the R's really need to reexamine the current push to the far right. They're refusal to compromise and come to the table will hurt them in the long run.
"They're refusal to compromise and come to the table will hurt them in the long run."
It was Obama who at the FIRST Congressional leaders meeting said, "We WON, GET USED TO IT"
It was Obama and reid who said, "NO compromise"
How may time has Obama met with the repub leaders in Congress to discuss issues. HE is the LEADER and should be trying to work out compromises.
In fact, how many times has Obama met with the dem leaders?
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