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USAFRetired_Liberal

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9. I see where you are coming from, but
Sat May 1, 2021, 09:13 AM
May 2021

Obama did make the mistake of trying to compromise with Republicans back then...but unbeknownst to him or Biden at the time was that the Republicans weren’t interested in true compromise and their real goal was to be disruptive obstructiveness.....I agree if Biden (or any Democrat) was POTUS at that time he would have made the same mistake.....but now that he is president at this time he has learned the lessons from that era

Edit - and my critique isn’t meant to be an attack on Obama...in life we all make mistakes, but what comes out of them are lessens learned and how not to repeat them...I would be more upset if Biden didn’t learn any lessons from that time and tried the same approach

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Voting against big budget bills greymattermom May 2021 #1
The RepubliQans....... MyOwnPeace May 2021 #2
Interesting - but I wouldn't call these "Obama's mistakes." StarfishSaver May 2021 #3
Obama's hands were tied on some issues and the GOP blm May 2021 #5
Exactly StarfishSaver May 2021 #6
I see where you are coming from, but USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #9
I agree AZProgressive May 2021 #10
I read somewhere USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #11
I think Obama sincerely wanted to be PatSeg May 2021 #15
True USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #17
I hear you, but I don't know if that was actually a "mistake" StarfishSaver May 2021 #12
You are right USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #16
Phew! Thank you for saving me the trouble of saying it. Solomon May 2021 #7
It's exhausting, isn't it? StarfishSaver May 2021 #8
He does deserve some of the blame here dsc May 2021 #13
+1. tanyev May 2021 #14
Learning NOT to trust Republicans on economic and blm May 2021 #4
biden has the polls. mopinko May 2021 #18
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