04-10-2022, 09:19 AM
(04-10-2022, 09:15 AM)beechnut79 Wrote:(04-10-2022, 09:06 AM)David Horn Wrote:(04-09-2022, 03:01 PM)beechnut79 Wrote: Where progressive reforms are concerned, two Democratic Presidents, Clinton and Obama, really talked the talk during their campaigns but neither could walk the walk once they assumed office. Now do we need to be careful of Biden completing the trifecta?
Biden has the excuse of needing support in the Senate that's just not there. Neither Obama nor Clinton had that issue, so no. Biden is failing due to the failure of the electorate ... and I say that as one of Biden's less-than-ecstatic supporters. We needed a young firebrand and got a blast from the past.
But Obama was a young firebrand as he was only 46 when he was campaigning and added a year three months before the election. So, why do you think he was less successful as a progressive than what so many of us had hoped for?
Obama spent his POTUS years looking over his shoulder. Don't do too much and be seen as uppity! Don't give the race-haters an excuse to hate! It limited him in the worst way: self-restraint being stronger than any outside force.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.