EarlzP
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Real leaders don't blame others for their own mistakes. Real leaders do compromise but you don't compromise with a liberal, you defeat them as Reagan did.
Your ignorance of what went on in the 80's is quite telling. Reagan's budgets and economic policies were DOA according to Tip O'Neil but that fact escapes you just like the net 17 million job increase during his term. If you believe liberal economic policy will save the American economy then you are indeed hopeless and ignore the actual Obama results generated with a Democrat Congress with overwhelming numbers. Neither Reagan or Bush had those kind of numbers. Reagan took his policies to the American people and Bush implemented his policies from 2003-2006 and the results are there for all to see. Stop ignoring them.
The only mistake I see that President Obama has made is he has tried to hard to negotiate with republicans and that cost the democrats a lot of seats in 2010. If the Reagan era democrats had signed pledges to never lower taxes Reagan would have accomplished nothing.If Tip O'Neil had wanted to kill any Reagan or republican bill he could have. You need to do some home work before you accuse others of being ignorant of facts
For the first six years of the Reagan presidency (1981-87) The Republicans controlled the Senate, and the Democrats the House f Representatives
In 1986, the Democrats recaptured the Senate (while retaining the House) and thereafter remained in control of both chamber until losing both in 1994.
Read more: Who controlled the house and senate during the Reagan years
So I will repeat it for you again you can not compare the Reagan and Obama presidencies, one reason is that President Reagan had a democratic party that would negotiate with him another was 270 plus democrats had not signed a lobbyist drawn up pledge to never lower taxes