How many times must I say, the presidency is not a dictatorship. The president enforces the law while the legislature makes the laws.
Without both, the president is limited in what change can be effected. It’s why Obama couldn’t do a climate bill in his second term, it’s (thankfully) why trump couldn’t fund his border wall, it’s why Biden could get a lot done first half of his term, but at the mercy of some more conservative democrats and it’s why little has been done in the last two years.
If you want to see real (not superficial) change, then we need to win back the house and senate, even better if the majority is high enough to prevent filibusters.
I understand that this is hard to comprehend, particularly if you don’t obsess over American politics, but if you only take one thing away from this, it’s that we live in a republic and if you don’t have the votes, then you don’t have the votes!
How many times must I say, the presidency is not a dictatorship.
That is my absolute favorite excuse for conservative Democratic rule: The president is powerless.
L—O—L
You are right about one thing, though. It is exceedingly silly for any Democratic voter to expect a Democratic president to act on their promises.
Hell, go look at kamalaharris.com and joebiden.com right now. You won’t see a single written stance on a political issue, just a portal to beg for your money. (Which you should put in stocks, because at least that way you’ll actually get some form of representation.)
How many times must I say, the presidency is not a dictatorship. The president enforces the law while the legislature makes the laws.
Without both, the president is limited in what change can be effected. It’s why Obama couldn’t do a climate bill in his second term, it’s (thankfully) why trump couldn’t fund his border wall, it’s why Biden could get a lot done first half of his term, but at the mercy of some more conservative democrats and it’s why little has been done in the last two years.
If you want to see real (not superficial) change, then we need to win back the house and senate, even better if the majority is high enough to prevent filibusters.
I understand that this is hard to comprehend, particularly if you don’t obsess over American politics, but if you only take one thing away from this, it’s that we live in a republic and if you don’t have the votes, then you don’t have the votes!
That is my absolute favorite excuse for conservative Democratic rule: The president is powerless.
L—O—L
You are right about one thing, though. It is exceedingly silly for any Democratic voter to expect a Democratic president to act on their promises.
Hell, go look at kamalaharris.com and joebiden.com right now. You won’t see a single written stance on a political issue, just a portal to beg for your money. (Which you should put in stocks, because at least that way you’ll actually get some form of representation.)