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I'm appalled at the lack of progress made by the Obama administration.   After 8 yrs of Bush driving this country toward the abyss it was a relief to believe we would be rescued in time by a return to more democratic principles.  But now the Republicants have grabbed the wheel again.  Their avowed goal is to thwart Obama no matter what he proposes.  Yeah, that's great for "compromising".   No amount of professorial rhetoric will change the intentions of a rabid dog.  It's "voters, morals and the future be damned" from the right-wingers.  It's a "tea party" alright--from Alice's wonderland, and Mitch McConnell is the Mad Hatter.

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