"The short-term strategy is, win the House of Representatives," stated the former president, garnering applause. "Because that's going to be the circuit breaker that will give us control of one major component of the federal government. With that as a bulwark, we're now able to block some of the worst impulses that are coming out of this White House."

The former president laid out a two-pronged strategy for Democrats: to reclaim a House majority next year, and to work on honing the party's messaging in the coming years.

"Long term, let's tell a story, a better story about who we are as Americans and what we share," Obama said, according to excerpts shared with CBS News. "We have to tell the story that makes people who feel outside that process, we've got to bring them back in."

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[–] 82 points 10 months ago (23 children)

Again with the messaging. The problem isn't "messaging" it's that you and your ilk insist on leaving the working class out to dry you capitalist ghoul.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    It doesn’t matter what they say because I know they’re not gonna do it and make excuses.

    But it’s not like I have anyone else I can vote for.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Political power is not something that can be given in a ballot box, it must be taken. Too many people believe that their only political outlet is voting. Join a community organization and start fixing the problems you see instead of listening to politicians who tell you to wait for 4 more years until the “good guys” get back in power.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (17 children)

    Biden did more for the working class than Trump ever did or will. There are just too many "freethinking" conspiratard clowns who are easily scammed by republican lies. Unlucky

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago* (16 children)

    I never said anything about Trump. Biden did something, which is rare for his type, but it's certainly not enough, and as long as it's not enough people will keep flocking to the right because the right actually does things (bad things, to be clear, but that's irrelevant).

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  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (15 children)

    Tbf Obama also did more for the working class than Trump ever did or will. ACA alone covers that. The issue is brainlets getting brainwashed by rightwing propaganda.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (14 children)

    ACA was a gift to insurance companies. It was cowritten by the heritage foundation ffs.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    It still managed to help a hell of a lot of working class people. It's a net positive in my book.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    As a working class person, my rates doubled every year for the first 4 years I was on ACA. When they got to $800 a month I cancelled my insurance and decided to take the tax penalty instead.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    That happened to all plans during that time period, not just ACA plans.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    But it happened because of ACA.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

    Tell me how many people are getting hurt by republicans cutting it, then cry about "gift to insurance companies" again. The kind of take that only people too privileged to not need it would have.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    He had the opportunity to give everyone universal health care and instead he chose to give us the half-baked “solution” that is utterly dependent on republican good will while also driving up health insurance profits, leaving us more reliant on middlemen insurance companies than ever before.

    So yeah, people are hurting without it, but don’t pretend like it was some nice gift. It was a token that was tossed our way so we wouldn’t ask for more.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Obama had the opportunity to "give us universal health care"? When?

    It was Congress that killed the public option btw.

    Both things are true. It was obviously a gift to the insurance industry, but it doesn't mean that it didn't help millions of people.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    For a solid chunk of time in Obama’s first term the Dems controlled all branches of government but did not pass any of the progressive legislation that he campaigned on, like universal healthcare.

    I acknowledge that it helped millions of people, but that doesn’t mean that the ACA wasn’t a rug pull on the American people as a whole in the long run.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    I thought you guys didn't like the Heritage Foundation?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    You probably love bump stocks because Trump banned them huh. Even if there are better alternatives to ACA, until the political climate in the US allows for that, it's still better than nothing.

    Even ACA, the hEriTaGe CrEaTioN, is constantly being successfully shot down by conservatives. What chance in hell do you think there is of implementing and sustaining a socialist alternative? Until the country stops being braindead enough to elect MAGA-level candidates, it won't happen.

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