Abortion has been on the ballot in seven states since June 2022. In each instance, anti-abortion groups have lost.

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    It doesn’t matter.

    Democrats are never going to kill the golden goose. The Roe leak alone made them $80,000,000 in contributions. Being anti-choice accomplishes the same objective for Republicans: lots and lots of money, money that candidates can legally pay themselves by making loans to their campaigns at 20% interest.

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        They had their chance when Obama had a supermajority.

        They took Pharma money instead. They left for-profit health care in place because it helped them stay rich. They do not give a fuck about any of us.

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          @FlashMobOfOne @Kalkaline

          Doing things by the rules is a messy process. Obama ran his Presidency by the rules, yet was often blocked from doing good things.

          Maybe check out the GOP shenanigans pulled to subvert Obama rather than simply blame him for what Republicans did.

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            Obama ran his Presidency by the rules, yet was often blocked from doing good things.

            He had a supermajority long enough to get anything done.

            Fuck the excuses. He chose to get rich instead.

            If anything, these times demand a president who no longer gives a shit about Senate rules.

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          That wasent the main issue.

          Senator Kennedy died and Obama lost his seat to a republican. It came down to Senator Lieberman, who was deep in insurance company pockets, as several were headquartered in his state. He killed single payer, not obama.

          Obamas fuck up was doing things “the right way” by negotiating with the GOP for nearly a year, only to have every single one of them vote nea. His second fuck up was waiting until the special election of Kennedy’s replacement was over instead of just going ham and forcing a vote.

          His third and more esoteric fuck up for single payer was years later, when he did not decalre that the senate had opted to abandon its right to “affirm and assent” a supreme court justice, and just flat out seat Justice Merrick, forcing a constitutional crisis that would have most likely resolved in locking down that seat.

          So yes, big pharma was a big part of the fuck you that happened , but it wasn’t as simple as “obama big pharma buddy buddy.”

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      LOL at the downvotes.

      So, so many voters in absolute denial here. We could have real change if the 49% that votes Democrat voted Green instead. The Greens would actually try to get you legal abortion at the federal level, too.