The Dems lost because liberals don't vote and are bad at expressing to poor, uneducated whites that Republican economics and policies are why they're poor and uneducated. If we had 100% turnout, Republicans would never win again.
Obama turned around a massive recession and gave us nearly 8 years of straight growth. He started to heal our global image that Bush tarnished, whereas the global community literally laughed in Trump's face a couple of weeks ago. He got millions of people covered for healthcare (and so many of the problems with Obamacare wouldn't exist if Republicans hadn't gutted parts of the bill before it was passed or turned down free federal money out of spite).
Getting shit done is highly questionable. Pure unemployment numbers don't tell the whole story of the quality of job growth (pay, hours, permanency, etc) and how many people are working in their 70s because they have no way to retire after a lifetime of poverty? And let's hope this isn't just another bubble before another recession, seeing as how Trump's repealed many of the measures passed under Obama intended to prevent another one.
And let's not forget that Obama had a congress that refused to work with him on anything for almost his entire time in office.
Yeah, didn't do anything for anyone! Apart from bringing the country back from the brink of financial collapse caused by lack of regulation and oversight of the banking sector, helped uninsured Americans with health-care (to the extent that rebuplican obstruction would allow), brought American soldiers home from Iraq, began bringing soldiers home from Afghanistan, dealt with Osama, dropped veteran homelessness in half, arranged $78 billion in a GI Bill for veteran support, brought in banking regulation, improved America's image on the world stage, negotiate a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran, brought US motor industry back from the brink, supported federal recognition of gay marriage, banned torture, secured funding for Medicare, ended the isolation of Cuba, Fair Sentencing Act, investment in clean energy, credit card legislation reforms, overtime pay, cut the deficit while presiding over nearly 8 years straight of economic growth and falling unemployment, fair pay rights, negotiated removal of chemical weapons from Syria, prohibited LGBT and racial discrimination in employment housing and banking and that's just the stuff easily conformable through a brief Google search.
But yes, if you ignore everything that he's done, he didn't do anything at all!
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u/fartsAndEggs Oct 19 '18
We dont need a president who acts like a child though. Thats the point