get these nets
Veteran
You're too intelligent for this. It's ok to back a candidate, but you paint your ownself into a corner when you act like it's all or nothing. You can agree with someone you didn't support/vote for on an issue, just like you can disagree with the candidate you supported.
Obama, in his second term especially, could have done a lot more than he did. Asking "what if I did that?" now, all these years later, just makes him look weak, in my opinion.
If he was gonna go into an office like the Presidency with the intention of "playing it safe" then he wasn't the man for the job. i didn't vote for trump, but he's shown what has always been possible if you stop concerning yourself with what people are going to think.
A good portion of the country showed its ass when Obama was elected. He had control of both houses of Congress, didn't he? At least for a time. If nothing else, he could've signed an executive order protecting us from the abuses of law enforcement. He wouldn't even do that.
Trump is a buffoon who supported a coup attempt rather than peacefully transfer power to the man who the people elected over him. He put his ego ahead of the political stability of the country.
People saw that and rewarded him with a second term anyway. Now he really doesnt give a fukk about anybody or anything, other than himself. He would take the entire country down in flames and burn down everything.
Obama's governing style and methods were based on the progress and future of the country. The DOJ, and his attorneys general under him prioritized investigating and preventing abuses by law enforcement depts. and officers.
He was the right man for the job because his VP was able to come out of retirement, run and defeat Trump. After it was clear that everybody else would have lost. In no small part because of the accomplishments of the Obama/Biden administration.
During Trump's first term he appointed several underqualified judges, and was able to place 3 justices on the Supreme Court. The same SC that ruled on basically granting him immunity. So, with Congress, he sees that as a green light to push the line.
Governing by Executive Order, only to constantly challenged in the courts is is an odd way to run the office. But again, he doesnt give a fukk about the country, or the people. Or his party.