• baggachipzOP
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    2 months ago

    You’re simply wrong here. Obama tried his damndest for universal health care. Supermajority or not, the republicans in congress used every trick in the book to stymie it until they gained the majority. The ACA was a lame compromise and the worst of both worlds, but it’s still benefitted millions including those who hate illogically.

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        2 months ago

        This was said after single-payer was blocked. This was his version of RomneyCare, in response to the original vision being defeated via filibuster.

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          The filibuster was the Democrats’ excuse. They used that excuse many times, and it was never legitimate.

          If minority Republicans can use it to block everything, then minority Democrats can too … except that’s not how it played out … and that’s how we know that the corporate Dems were just pandering to big pharma et al.

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      Obama tried his damndest for universal health care.

      No he didn’t. The Dems were offered a large lobbyist check and took it.