GameOver22 said:
gergroy said:
richardhutnik said:
gergroy said:
I have been undecided mostly because i dislike all the choices. However, I have decided I am going to be one of those people that votes against somebody instead of for them. So i have decided to vote for Mitt Romney.
My reasons mostly stem from the early portion of Obamas term when he had a super majority in congress. The economy was in the tank and instead of working on that, he pushed for healthcare that ultimately ends up being a large tax on small businesses. He also didnt bother with bipartisan efforts during this time either.
Basically, I dont like how obama handled his term, and im not a fan of Romney, but I think it I would rather see somebody else get a chance then another term of Obama.
A little caveat here, I live in Utah so my vote doesnt actually matter. Utah will go for romney by over 70%... |
You do realize Obama had a super majority in congress less than 90 days, right?
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I am aware that he had only about 5 months in the senate, yes. two years in the house though. During those 5 months, what did Obama do? Affordable care act, one of the worst bills that could have possibly been signed in the middle of a recession. Followed up the next year with Dodd-Frank (which while good intentioned, was poorly written and ended up hurting way more than helping).
Like I said, I really did not like the way Obama handled the time when he had the supermajority.
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I think he's responding to your claim earlier that Obama had two years in which he could ignore republican filibusters:
"Ok, you must not understand how a supermajority works. You see, democrats had enough members in congress to ignore republican fillibusters. Obama had two years of that when our economy was at its worst and what did he do? He passed a healthcare plan that ends up being a huge tax on small business. That is not how you get out of an economic mess, that is how you make it worse."
Filibusters happen in the Senate, not the House, so a House supermajority will not stop a filibuster.
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a bit of exageration for sure, but I'm pretty consistent in my reason for disliking Obama's use of his supermajority though.
