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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Two years of a filibuster proof majority for a president elected on hope and change, and the best they can do is a conservative healthcare plan, packed with giveaways for the big insurers.

That's when I lost all faith in the democratic party.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because Joseph Lieberman wouldn't allow it to pass without removing the public option and he was the lone vote they needed to overcome the filibuster

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yep there's always a rotating villain, how convenient.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He wasn't "a rotating villain"

He was always a villain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The term "rotating villian" refers to those who are currently fulfilling the spoiler role in the party in order to stop any progressive legislation.

More recent rotating villains include Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

Dont forget to add Fetterman to that list!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The point is it’s always one persons fault and that certainly everyone else was a good guy. The blame is planted on a single individual and not the party that failed as a whole

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago

They've always got an excuse and aquarians willing to message it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

a president elected on hope and change

Here's a little middle school social studies lesson for you: there is a lot more to the government than the President.

Bernie Sanders could be sitting in the Oval Office right now and he'd still be struggling with the political realities that Biden is dealing with today. There would still be multiple wars raging, there would still be Republican obstructionism, there would still be a Republican controlled House and a tied Senate, etc. And I'm willing to bet you would be sitting here commenting on how "disappointing" he ended up being as a progressive....

If you want big, sweeping FDR-style changes, then elect a big sweeping congressional supermajority like FDR had. It's not rocket science, people like you would rather just shy away from the political reality of getting bills passed in favor of complaining online, and it's getting boring.