Obama blames "structural" flaw of Congress

[JoeNormal]

"President Obama is taking a swipe at the Founding Fathers, blaming his inability to move his agenda on the “disadvantage” of having each state represented equally in the Senate."

He's complaining because the system is working as it's supposed to, to curb his power.


“Obviously, the nature of the Senate means that California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. That puts us at a disadvantage,” Mr. Obama said."

"The president also blamed “demographics” for the inability of the Democratic Party to gain more power in Congress, saying Democrats “tend to congregate a little more densely” in cities such as New York and Chicago. He said it gives Republicans disproportional clout in Congress."


Read more: Obama blames 'structural' design of Congress for gridlock - Washington Times
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Yup, progressive douchebags tend to cluster in a couple of large cities, and they think they should have the authority to dictate what everybody else spread out over the nation is allowed to do.

Too bad.

You would hear the very same tune being sung by a Republican president if the situation were reversed.

Our system of governance was created in a different era. It was a slower era where slow deliberations were fine since transportation and communication were much slower as well. In the fast paced world of today where technology is racing ever faster, a slow-paced governmental response to a fast-changing world puts our country at a disadvantage to others who can more nimbly respond to problems.

Another problem is what's happened to our political parties. Both parties used to have a conservative and a liberal wing along with a large number of moderates in each party. When push came to shove, the moderates in both parties could reach a compromise sometimes with support from either more conservative or more liberal elements of both parties as well. Things got done. Now it's entirely different. Both parties are essentially on opposite ideological poles of the political spectrum. That means that on balance, the most liberal Republicans are essentially more conservative than the most conservative Democrats are. That makes compromise very difficult. With the way our political system is structured, when either party is in the minority, it can obstruct the other party in power if that's what they want to do. That means that little gets done and problems don't get addressed.

Guess what happens then? Things get worse, and each side blames the other side.

Holy Chit! Where were you from 2001 to 2009? Bush never criticized the Constitution or the way the Founders set up the Congress!

Obama was the one attacking Bush for violating the constitution, now he's made Bush look like a strict Constitutionalist!

Bush called the Constitution 'just a damn piece of paper'.

 

[IlarMeilyr]

You would hear the very same tune being sung by a Republican president if the situation were reversed.

Our system of governance was created in a different era. It was a slower era where slow deliberations were fine since transportation and communication were much slower as well. In the fast paced world of today where technology is racing ever faster, a slow-paced governmental response to a fast-changing world puts our country at a disadvantage to others who can more nimbly respond to problems.

Another problem is what's happened to our political parties. Both parties used to have a conservative and a liberal wing along with a large number of moderates in each party. When push came to shove, the moderates in both parties could reach a compromise sometimes with support from either more conservative or more liberal elements of both parties as well. Things got done. Now it's entirely different. Both parties are essentially on opposite ideological poles of the political spectrum. That means that on balance, the most liberal Republicans are essentially more conservative than the most conservative Democrats are. That makes compromise very difficult. With the way our political system is structured, when either party is in the minority, it can obstruct the other party in power if that's what they want to do. That means that little gets done and problems don't get addressed.

Guess what happens then? Things get worse, and each side blames the other side.

Holy Chit! Where were you from 2001 to 2009? Bush never criticized the Constitution or the way the Founders set up the Congress!

Obama was the one attacking Bush for violating the constitution, now he's made Bush look like a strict Constitutionalist!

Bush called the Constitution 'just a damn piece of paper'.

No. But some folks HAVE made that allegation.

Repeating a mere allegation doesn't make it true, you dipshit.

 

[AmericanFirst]

You would hear the very same tune being sung by a Republican president if the situation were reversed.

Our system of governance was created in a different era. It was a slower era where slow deliberations were fine since transportation and communication were much slower as well. In the fast paced world of today where technology is racing ever faster, a slow-paced governmental response to a fast-changing world puts our country at a disadvantage to others who can more nimbly respond to problems.

Another problem is what's happened to our political parties. Both parties used to have a conservative and a liberal wing along with a large number of moderates in each party. When push came to shove, the moderates in both parties could reach a compromise sometimes with support from either more conservative or more liberal elements of both parties as well. Things got done. Now it's entirely different. Both parties are essentially on opposite ideological poles of the political spectrum. That means that on balance, the most liberal Republicans are essentially more conservative than the most conservative Democrats are. That makes compromise very difficult. With the way our political system is structured, when either party is in the minority, it can obstruct the other party in power if that's what they want to do. That means that little gets done and problems don't get addressed.

Guess what happens then? Things get worse, and each side blames the other side.

Holy Chit! Where were you from 2001 to 2009? Bush never criticized the Constitution or the way the Founders set up the Congress!

Obama was the one attacking Bush for violating the constitution, now he's made Bush look like a strict Constitutionalist!

Bush called the Constitution 'just a damn piece of paper'.

No, obamaturdinmouth said that.