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Originally Posted by Delgar
He plowed (somewhat) universal health care through, and that's an amazing feat given the system he was dealing with. Even if the end product leaves something to be desired, he got it through, a massive accomplishment.
Otherwise I would agree, since then he has been weak including the implementation of the (somewhat) universal health care. The whole NSA thing demonstrates the President is not in control. Pretty scary.
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Even with his new system healthcare in the US is still a joke. He tried to much to appease the Republicans, which didn't work at all and only watered down what was a really good healthcare bill, hence his being weak. If he had used the whole "#### the Republicans" attitude he seems to have now he would have been a much more effective president
Still doesn't excuse him from the NSA or VA messes though. Vilifying Edward Snow instead of going after the real issues, publicly declaring the VA a broken system before even being elected and doing nothing about it afterwards. Plus the killing of thousands with drone strikes and a blanket "enemy combatant" brand that gets applied to anyone the White House feels like, he's been pretty much the opposite of everything he campaigned on in 2008