Joe Bruno <
atan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, November 9, 2012 12:04:07 PM UTC-8, MarkA wrote:
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atan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> On Friday, November 9, 2012 11:36:18 AM UTC-8, Joe Bruno wrote:
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>> He's just licking his wounds, since his party got such an ass-whooping.
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> How is Obama gonna get his agenda passed with the GOP in control of the House????He will get NOTHING.
Yup. For two years. Then the same majority of people who voted for Obama (and
really, wasn't this election a glorified referendum on Obamacare?) and who
wanted to see Obamacare put in place, will get a chance to vote in the mid-term
elections.
If the Republicans don't want to get turfed into total irrelevance, with a
Democrat controlled White House, House, and Senate, they'd better be prepared
to abide by the will of the electorate to get Obamacare passed. If they don't,
they'll be out on their asses in 2 years. Right-wingers will then cry
"A-bloo-bloo-bloo" even harder.
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