@AdamSerwer Just saying those things (esp ACA) would look less good if Clinton hadn't already embraced solidly centrist policies.
@AdamSerwer No, the fact that Obama has done NOTHING to make Medicaid expansion a political issue since. Cmon, that's a big fail.
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@emptywheel so argument is: Obama signed law that added 16 million to medicaid but he ain't mean it? -
@AdamSerwer Argument is that O fought a lot harder to make sure drug reimportation WASN'T in bill than to keep Medicaid in it. -
@emptywheel We're still arguing about how liberal Obama's sig leg accomplishment is. Name Clinton's. -
@AdamSerwer I'm NOT arguing Clinton was liberal. I'm arguing that you can ONLY claim O is if you ignore how right we've become. -
@emptywheel well my point was that Obama policy wins > Clintons. I guess we agree on that? -
@AdamSerwer Bracketing off finance and civil liberties/rule of law? I'd probably agree with that. But that has nothing to do w/liberalism. -
@emptywheel comparing Obama to Clinton without bracketing off those things and Obama still comes out better. Who started rendition? -
@AdamSerwer Which is why I objected with the way you initiated this discussion, about "liberal" policies--neither is liberal. - 10 more replies
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@emptywheel@AdamSerwer Can easily make argument was Obama's fault: He insisted on not framing mandate as a tax, which necessitated "savingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@AdamSerwer Considering that it's the cornerstone of the ACA, yeah, I'd say the lack of Medicaid support is relevant.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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