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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Kennedy was willing and able to come in if needed for an important vote; He said as much. Also, you failed to add in Kirk's time before Brown's election. The 2 independants and Specter were not going to philibuster anything Obama proposed. Obama didn't need 60 Senators to pass anything. He just needed 60 Senators who didn't feel strong enough against something to join the Republicans in a philibuster. He had the hammer and more effective control than any other President in modern times. I don't know how you can excuse his impotence.
And your line about Kirk not having a mandate is laughable. He was there to replace Kennedy. If you want to talk about mandates why don't you talk about the Republican mandate given them in 2010 to balance the budget? The majority of Americans elected representatives who promised to balance the budget while preserving the tax cuts. Instead of Obama heeding that call he is doing everything in his power to create class warfare under the false notion that the rich don't pay their fair share and that is why American's don't have jobs.
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The funny part about all of this is that you're unswayed by reality.
If you would simply post here the dates that Obama had a supermajority, you'd see how fantastic your claim is that he had "more effective control than any other President in modern times." Give us the dates; it should be easy since you have all these facts at your fingertips right?
Also, Franklin Roosevelt had majorities in the House and Senate for
12 straight years. But of course, your claim about "any other President in modern times" was just your usual fact-free, narrative-on-autopilot type claim that helps make your case even clearer, right? It's ok. I understand.
And no one is excusing Obama for bad decisions or poor governance. But consistency has a price: it means we can't excuse you for making false claims.
P.S. The fact that you think Ted Kennedy, in the 6-8 week period between Franken's swearing in and his own death, was "willing and able" to come to the Senate just shows how far you'll go in not relinquishing a false narrative. Describing a 77 year old man with metastases from glioblastoma, prone to seizures and bed-ridden after chemotherapy as "able" is nothing short of delusional.