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   Clark Kent said, 6 months ago

   No. He inherited it from cheney/shrub. The whole mess was started by the raygun administration with ideas formulated during the nixon and ford administrations.
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   mickey1339 said, 6 months ago

   Keep it up Clark. Pretty soon you can tie it all back to Abraham Lincoln, after all he was a republican. You really need to try to get over this living in the past, it’s distracting from your ability to cope with the present…
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   Lavocat said, 6 months ago

   Let’s see if Obama Part 2 can man up and be a better negotiator with the now emasculated Republicans. Don’t hold your breath.
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   ne7minder55 said, 6 months ago

   Rall really has a bad case of Obama derangement syndrome. Sure, he is not the President you were hoping for (nobody would be Teddy) yes, we are very disappointed by his war policies but not everything he has done is bad & attacking him with the same bulldroppings the goopers do just encourages them and is factually incorrect.
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   walruscarver2000 said, 6 months ago

   The Trall strikes again.
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   mikefive said, 6 months ago

   @Lavocat

   I don’t think the Republican’s are emasculated, but it was a close call for them. I do think that it does mean that O needs to become a better negotiator. Also, the people in Congress need to stop saying “Yes, boss” to the party big wigs and start voting for the benefit of their constituencies and the general public.
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   Kylie2112 said, 6 months ago

   @mikefive

   Well, they saw that they can’t win a lot of contested seats, so they’ll have to tone down the extremism and obstructionism from the past two years.
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   Respectful Troll said, 6 months ago

   Most of the ‘mess’ Obama has inherited from Obama comes from his failure to yell at Pelosi when she was arrogantly telling republicans they lost, sit down and shut up. It comes from his failure to daily reach out to Republicans before 2010. It comes from the failure of Obama and the Democrat party to forget how important the 2010 election, and the ability of the winning parties, to redraw voting districts in their states. Obama failed to take one of those ten letters he says he reads from Americans each night, and finding the ones who really need help, invite them to the white house and help them meet and talk to their legislators. Obama failed to tell the American people, I’m trying to help you, but your legislators, D and R, are too busy raising money and fighting for turf to do the job you sent them to do.
   I hope he does better over the next four years.
   Respectfully,
   C.
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   Chillbilly said, 6 months ago

   There are a lot of poor people out there and lots of war victims. I’m glad that at least ONE of the cartoonists here doesn’t seem to be shilling for either side, but highlighting these facts.
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   Doing it in the wake of Obama’s pyrrhic victory has impact.
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    mnsmkd said, 6 months ago

    @Clark Kent

    Clark" WHEN are you going to stop blaming Bush? If you ever wondered what a second term of J. Carter would have been, you’re about to find out.
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    jrmerm said, 6 months ago

    @Lavocat

    Negotiate about what? There is no common ground.
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    MortyForTyrant said, 6 months ago

    Ted, do you think this distopian present you are painting so often is helpful? And, more to the point, do you think it is TRUE? The data I read says otherwise. And since it’s not funny I don’t see what you want to accomplish with it…
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    Rockngolfer said, 6 months ago

    How could Obama compromise with people who started just hours after he was elected in 08 to try to make him a one term President?
    It didn’t work BTW. So Mitch McConnel wasted 4 years of our lives and his.
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    leftwingpatriot said, 6 months ago

    Wow Ted, now your parroting the Republican arguments.
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    uh-oh said, 6 months ago

    How do you do it? Trust fund?
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