• NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    6 months ago

    Obama had full control of both houses and the White House, they could have passed whatever they wanted.

    Instead we still didn’t get single payer healthcare.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      6 months ago

      Obama had full control of both houses and the White House, they could have passed whatever they wanted.

      Fucking lmao.

        • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          6 months ago

          Three months of Obama’s negotiations with a Senate whose supermajority was built on Blue-Dog Democrats from highly conservative areas, and of whom every single one was necessary.

          What, do you think Obama comes in like a Roman Emperor, proposes legislation to the Senate, and then has a vote that same day? Do you not know anything about the functioning of the modern US Congress? Jesus Christ.

          • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            7
            ·
            6 months ago

            If Obama couldn’t get his team to fall in line when they had everything going for them, then he did not do his job well enough.

            • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              6 months ago

              “His team”

              The Senate wasn’t hand-picked by Obama. Fuck, many of them had been in the Senate longer than Obama had been in politics, repeatedly re-elected by their constituents to represent interests which were not necessarily in-line with Obama’s plans. “He should have just done it better!” is a ridiculous position.

                • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  6 months ago

                  His team is the Democratic Party because there are two major parties in this country. And one of them spent years calling him racial slurs, so their support was doubtful.

                  What were Obama’s other choices, in this scenario?

                  We fight according to the situation as it is, not the situation as we want it to be.