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Obama admits failure to change Washington

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"Washington feels as broken as it did four years ago," Mr Obama said in an interview with CBS television, betraying the fact that Congress is more polarised than ever between rival Republicans and Democrats.
The past three-and-a-half years have been marked by blanket Republican opposition to Democratic initiatives as Mr Obama's opponents adopt a policy that any compromise that helps the president must be snuffed out at all cost.
Democrats, in turn, have refused to budge on protecting large social programs and insist that the wealthiest Americans should pay more tax if the poorest are to lose some of their state benefits.
Having struggled to break out of the stalemate, Mr Obama said the fact that he hadn't "been able to change the atmosphere here in Washington to reflect the decency and common sense of ordinary people" frustrated him most.


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This is the first time, in a long time that a Politician has made an honest statement. :(
 
I'm glad that he admitted failure. I'm laughing though because it's kind of like a "humblebrag" or the perfect answer to the job interview question, "What is your greatest weakness?"
 
Not sure whats worse, that is considered a big revelation of failure or that this man is so narcissistic that he actually thought he could single handedly do it.

I would like to ask some of his more none-goose stepping supporters, what steps did he take to actually try to change it? Was his administration more political than his predecessors?
 
Fishstyx said:
I would like to ask some of his more none-goose stepping supporters, what steps did he take to actually try to change it? Was his administration more political than his predecessors?
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He actually did a lot of compromising that pissed much of his constituency off, particularly on healthcare.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
He actually did a lot of compromising that pissed much of his constituency off, particularly on healthcare.
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Nope, assuming you're referring to Obamacare and the Obama Tax Cuts (he extended them, they're his now). He made these concessions to bring moderate Democrats in, not Republicans.
 
Fishstyx said:
Nope, assuming you're referring to Obamacare and the Obama Tax Cuts (he extended them, they're his now). He made these concessions to bring moderate Democrats in, not Republicans.
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No, he was definitely compromising with the Republicans as well...
 
ThePlayDrive said:
No, he was definitely compromising with the Republicans as well...
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Obamacare did not get ONE Republican vote. Not one, further he had to buy off some of his own to get it passed. I don't call this working with Republicans.
 
24107 said:
"Washington feels as broken as it did four years ago," Mr Obama said in an interview with CBS television, betraying the fact that Congress is more polarised than ever between rival Republicans and Democrats.
The past three-and-a-half years have been marked by blanket Republican opposition to Democratic initiatives as Mr Obama's opponents adopt a policy that any compromise that helps the president must be snuffed out at all cost.
Democrats, in turn, have refused to budge on protecting large social programs and insist that the wealthiest Americans should pay more tax if the poorest are to lose some of their state benefits.
Having struggled to break out of the stalemate, Mr Obama said the fact that he hadn't "been able to change the atmosphere here in Washington to reflect the decency and common sense of ordinary people" frustrated him most.


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Yeah because all his hope and change and transparency BS, was just that BS. Further Obama is not admitting failure, he is blaming blanket Republican opposition. Translated vote me in again and give me another democrat congress so I can once again really drive the last nail in this countries coffin.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
That's the point. He tried bipartisanship and it didn't work...
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Translated Obama did not want one Republican idea, it was his way or the highway. And you say he tried bipartisanship, you got to be kidding. He is dictator in chief.
 
No president can change washington...
 
Born Free said:
Translated Obama did not want one Republican idea, it was his way or the highway. And you say he tried bipartisanship, you got to be kidding. He is dictator in chief.
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Well, the mandate is actually an originally Republican idea and Obama did not get his way since we don't have his original healthcare plan. You're wrong on both counts.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
I'm glad that he admitted failure. I'm laughing though because it's kind of like a "humblebrag" or the perfect answer to the job interview question, "What is your greatest weakness?"
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How does one answer that question? You either look very arrogant or very weak.
 
lpast said:
No president can change washington...
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Agreed. The only people who can change Washington are ordinary citizens using their votes smartly and in an organized manner. That's not going to happen anytime soon.
 
99percenter said:
How does one answer that question?
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By saying something negative about yourself that's actually positive. For example, "Because I'm a bit of a perfectionist, I tend to spend more time than necessary on projects."
 
ThePlayDrive said:
By saying something negative about yourself that's actually positive. For example, "Because I'm a bit of a perfectionist, I tend to spend more time than necessary on projects."
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That just sounds arrogant. My biggest problem is that im perfect. Give me a break.
 
99percenter said:
That just sounds arrogant. My biggest problem is that im perfect. Give me a break.
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Exactly my point. Job counselors usually tell people to turn the "what's your greatest weakness" into a positive. That's kind of what Obama did here. "My biggest failure was that I couldn't get other people to get along."
 
ThePlayDrive said:
Agreed. The only people who can change Washington are ordinary citizens using their votes smartly and in an organized manner. That's not going to happen anytime soon.
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Even if they organize their votes smartly they are still left with a couple of bad candidates to choose from.
 
24107 said:
"Washington feels as broken as it did four years ago," Mr Obama said in an interview with CBS television, betraying the fact that Congress is more polarised than ever between rival Republicans and Democrats.
The past three-and-a-half years have been marked by blanket Republican opposition to Democratic initiatives as Mr Obama's opponents adopt a policy that any compromise that helps the president must be snuffed out at all cost.
Democrats, in turn, have refused to budge on protecting large social programs and insist that the wealthiest Americans should pay more tax if the poorest are to lose some of their state benefits.
Having struggled to break out of the stalemate, Mr Obama said the fact that he hadn't "been able to change the atmosphere here in Washington to reflect the decency and common sense of ordinary people" frustrated him most.


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Did Democrats pass an Republican budgets when they were in charge?
 
Born Free said:
Translated Obama did not want one Republican idea, it was his way or the highway.
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Actually he did jump on the RomneyCare bandwagon, but I'm not sure if that counts since Romney is a liberal.
 
The quality of American's lives are at stake. It seem's the Republican's and Democrat's; don't seem to prioritize that.
 
Born Free said:
Translated Obama did not want one Republican idea, it was his way or the highway. And you say he tried bipartisanship, you got to be kidding. He is dictator in chief.
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You do realize that the Obamacare/Romneycare mandate and healthcare proposal was a Republican idea that was written by the Heritage Foundation right? And that the GOP was all for it until Obama proposed using it...
 
ThePlayDrive said:
By saying something negative about yourself that's actually positive. For example, "Because I'm a bit of a perfectionist, I tend to spend more time than necessary on projects."
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Or pull a Gingrich and explain away your infidelities with:


“There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate."​
 
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