Comments on: Democrat majority could hurt liberal cause http://radioviceonline.com/democrat-majority-could-hurt-liberal-cause/ The blog home of The Jim Vicevich Show Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dimsdale http://radioviceonline.com/democrat-majority-could-hurt-liberal-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Dimsdale Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:46:16 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=5550#comment-1745 EXACTLY!  Before, they could pretend to vote for some abominable legislation to keep their liberal base happy, knowing that the Republicans would stop it.  They could say "we tried, but the "wascaly wepublicans" stopped us.  Now they have to put up or shut up.  No one to blame.  No Bush, no significant numbers of Republicans.  They have to tell the base to stuff it, or pass the legislation, taking FULL responsibility for doing so.  It is sort of self correcting, helping to offset the "absolute power corrupting absolutely" problem. Obama has the same issues, including the burden of being the first black president.  History will overscrutinize his every move, and he is smart enough to realize it.  I hope. EXACTLY!  Before, they could pretend to vote for some abominable legislation to keep their liberal base happy, knowing that the Republicans would stop it.  They could say "we tried, but the "wascaly wepublicans" stopped us. 

Now they have to put up or shut up.  No one to blame.  No Bush, no significant numbers of Republicans.  They have to tell the base to stuff it, or pass the legislation, taking FULL responsibility for doing so.  It is sort of self correcting, helping to offset the "absolute power corrupting absolutely" problem.

Obama has the same issues, including the burden of being the first black president.  History will overscrutinize his every move, and he is smart enough to realize it.  I hope.

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