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[–] rDrDr@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s what they want every time. Obama had to be shoved down their throats.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At first. He campaigned as a progressive the first time, but they soon taught him how to govern like a Clintonesque neoliberal 90%+ of the time while constantly promoting the (at the very most) 10% of what he did as president that benefitted regular people more than the already rich and powerful, their corporations and their hedge funds.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's a pretty unfair analysis of Obama, if you look at Congress during those 8 years.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not really, no. His own uninspired leadership is almost half as big a part of it as the 2010 redistricting plot. Not every bad idea or capitulation was because of Congress.