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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
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.
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So you have to go back as far as Franklin Roosevelt to find a president with more party control of the Houses then Obama had. So how old were you? Or better still was your family even American citizens when a President had as much control as Obama did in the Houses?
Kennedy would have come and voted even if it meant voting from a wheel chair or a bed. The article below says as much:
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul...n/na-kennedy26
Kennedy even went so far as to ask the State Govenor to change State law so a hand picked Democrat would replace him until enough time had passed for the State to elect a replacement:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezr...edys_vote.html
Imagine that: Having a State law changed just so your party retains absolute control over the Senate. The deciding vote on ObamaCare was by a guy who was never elected to public office but, rather appointed by a State Governor.
This happened because Obama lacked the ability/will to work with Republicans. The fact that he accomplished so little of his mandate reflects on this fact. If his goal was to spend more than any President before him then he succeeded. If his goal was to make America a better/stronger country than he has failed at every turn.