• Krono@lemmy.today
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    6 months ago

    Two years of a filibuster proof majority for a president elected on hope and change, and the best they can do is a conservative healthcare plan, packed with giveaways for the big insurers.

    That’s when I lost all faith in the democratic party.

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      6 months ago

      Because Joseph Lieberman wouldn’t allow it to pass without removing the public option and he was the lone vote they needed to overcome the filibuster

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            6 months ago

            The term “rotating villian” refers to those who are currently fulfilling the spoiler role in the party in order to stop any progressive legislation.

            More recent rotating villains include Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin.

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            6 months ago

            The point is it’s always one persons fault and that certainly everyone else was a good guy. The blame is planted on a single individual and not the party that failed as a whole