I’ve seen the need to point this out: Dems have had all 3 (of house, senate, presidency) for 4 years out of the last 24 years. If you include Bill Clinton that goes to 6 years of the last 32 years. Want to add Bush senior? Then it’s 6 years of the last 36 years. Want to add Reagan? Then it’s 6 years of the last 44 years. That’s right, 6 years out of the last 44 years that Dems had control. And for filibuster proof majority they had 4 months of the last 44 years. Not years, 4 MONTHS of the last 44 fucking years.
And you want to ask why things haven’t happened?
If you want progress, give Dems consistent and overwhelming victories.
I don’t disagree, but that’s a bit like a teenager telling their mother, “This meal is shit. I was hungry HOURS ago.” Can we not be happy things are changing NOW? Is that somehow not allowed?
If you’re happy with being hungry for hours before being given anything to eat, then good for you I guess? We can do better. Being kept hungry and given crumbs isn’t healthy, it’s positively abusive.
Then why would anyone do anything good for you, ever? If you’re going to blame them for the fact that it wasn’t done before now, then shouldn’t they completely ignore what you want and move on to someone else?
Honestly, no, it’s not. We should have had those things decades ago.
I’ve seen the need to point this out: Dems have had all 3 (of house, senate, presidency) for 4 years out of the last 24 years. If you include Bill Clinton that goes to 6 years of the last 32 years. Want to add Bush senior? Then it’s 6 years of the last 36 years. Want to add Reagan? Then it’s 6 years of the last 44 years. That’s right, 6 years out of the last 44 years that Dems had control. And for filibuster proof majority they had 4 months of the last 44 years. Not years, 4 MONTHS of the last 44 fucking years.
And you want to ask why things haven’t happened?
If you want progress, give Dems consistent and overwhelming victories.
This is like blaming Obama for his terrible response to Katrina.
I don’t disagree, but that’s a bit like a teenager telling their mother, “This meal is shit. I was hungry HOURS ago.” Can we not be happy things are changing NOW? Is that somehow not allowed?
If you’re happy with being hungry for hours before being given anything to eat, then good for you I guess? We can do better. Being kept hungry and given crumbs isn’t healthy, it’s positively abusive.
So no? We should spit at the gift horse?
I’m not going to praise someone for doing something that should have and could have been done decades ago, no.
Then why would anyone do anything good for you, ever? If you’re going to blame them for the fact that it wasn’t done before now, then shouldn’t they completely ignore what you want and move on to someone else?
We should not do good things purely for the praise of others, we should do good things because they are the right thing to do.
We’re talking about politicians who do things for votes. The whole system is predicated on popularity being the only thing that matters.
So once the perfect moment has passed, might as well never try to catch up.
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is… fuck it, I’m just going to complain that there aren’t enough trees.