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In reply to the discussion: President Obama Brilliantly Take Down a Heckler Who THINKS He’s Going to BLOW UP RUSSIA [View all]ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)...about whether you feel you have the "right to be pissed" or not. They will punish anyone who throws a tantrum. Period.
And let me be very clear about this. The "War on Terror" started out as a very popular sort of issue. It gradually became less popular as the Bush Administration's overreaching and incompetence became apparent. The ACA, on the other hand, started out as an extremely unpopular law. Only about now, three years after its real benefits are being felt, is it gradually losing its unpopularity (though it still isn't above water).
Extremists like the Tea Party and quite a few DUers, essentially want politicians to not act as if they are in a Democracy - to do what they think should be done, regardless of how the public feels about it. But because of elections, politicians can only do so much of that and remain in power.
You can cry "false equivalence" until the cows come home, but that's the plain truth of the matter.
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