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Originally Posted by Xurtio
I was under the impression that the Republicans had already been fairly difficult up to that point, with a majority house and a republican president.
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Of course they had. I'm criticising Obama at the moment, but I am by no means a Repugnican (<recognized by spellcheck lol) apologist. I'm just not concentrating on them right now.
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Originally Posted by djchameleon
I think that is all you saw were public statements here and there and you weren't paying attention to what was really going on. I also think you are mis remembering. He said that after being re-elected but not during his first term.
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I think you're the one misremembering. I know he made some shallow attempts to reach out, but I imagine they were just for show so that he could go to the public and say, "Well I tried. What a bunch of dickbags."
And it was definitely during the early part of his first term that he went on blast against the Republicans. I clearly remember just waiting to see if he would live up to his promises to be a uniter and not a divider. I was not at all surprised by how he carried himself.