My friend Sally also voted for Obama and still likes him, but she's increasingly upset about his policies. "He's giving away the store," she complains, pointing to his penchant for compromise. "He gave Wall Street $600 billion in bailouts and doesn't even want to regulate it, gave big polluters 85 percent of the cap-and-trade permits, and has promised the American Medical Association, Big Pharma, and private insurers whatever they want in return for their support of universal health care." Sally says she voted for Obama because he promised to change American politics, but she thinks corporate interests are more powerful than ever.Sally also doesn't see why Obama is so bent on bipartisanship.
"Republicans haven't helped him a bit so far, won't help him, and he doesn't need their votes, so why compromise with them?"
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
my thoughts, exactly. the republicans seem to have more control now than in the last year of the doofus who left us in this mess. weren't the democrats supposed to be in the driver's seat after this election???? hell, as much as it pains me to say it, it's more like 'driving miss daisy'. sad, sad, sad.
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good one. driving miss daisy, it is.
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