My fil always hits me with this “he wants to, he wants to but you have to understand, we don’t have the votes!” Always money for war tho, never an explanation how republicans ram their agenda through even at times when they’re a minority.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If only the pesky Congress were majority Democrat seats, like in the first part of his presidency!! But wait, even then it doesn't count because those gosh darn rotating villains in the party foil the vote every time!! Do not ask why they are allowed to remain in the party and retain their committee seats if they're directly stopping the things the party and president want to get done, that's Ruzzian propaganda!!

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I backed him into a corner about obamas super majority and not following through on his promises and the best I can get is “idk why they didn’t” lol

Uhhhhh Anyway vote blue no matter who!!

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“idk why they didn’t”

We both know the real reason but if you want to remind him what he's supposed to believe, I remember the propaganda back then. The Democrats were "attempting to be bipartisan" by letting "Republicans provide input" on their policies. Prevailing wisdom from the talking heads and adults in the room was that it was the way government was "supposed to work", and if Republicans ever had one "they would do the same"

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

and if Republicans ever had one "they would do the same”

Impressive of the talking heads of the day to get this out with a straight face lol

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

obamas super majority and not following through

joe lieberman was too powerful for them.

[–] edge@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do not ask why they are allowed to remain in the party and retain their committee seats if they're directly stopping the things the party and president want to get done, that's Ruzzian propaganda!!

Sinema left the party and they still let her keep her committee seats. It's the easiest form of punishment for politicians who don't fall in line, but they just don't do it.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

Don’t worry, they’ll remove the real dangers from committee seats, like anyone who says that Palestinians are people

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't funding for war almost always bipartisan?

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Naturally and yet biden uses special executive privilege primarily for getting funding through (even when we obv know congress would broadly support it), never for anything that would benefit someone who wasn’t ruling class which is what my issue was