The Truth About Our "Obstructionist Congress"

 I heard it twice again this morning.  Two democrats, in two separate interviews, blaming the "obstructionist Congress" for President Obama not being able to get the things done that would get the economy going again.  Obama, himself, makes that very same claim at every opportunity on the campaign trail.  But, this "blame the obstructionist Congress" just ignores the reality of how we got to an "obstructionist Congress".

In the first two years of the Obama presidency, the Democrats had complete control.  Or, to put it another way, Obama pretty much had full unobstructed power to do anything he wanted and, he used that unobstructed power to pass a near-trillion dollar stimulus that only increased unemployment.  He spent billions more of the people's money so that GM and Chrysler wouldn't go through a conventional bankruptcy; thus, protecting the unions while screwing the creditors and stockholders.  Then, there was the passage of the highly unpopular ObamaCare. 

Well, in 2010, the American voters had decided that they had had enough of Obama's unfettered control of Congress and, they voted in as many Republicans as they could.   Pelosi lost control of the House and the Democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.  So, Obama, Democrats, stop whining.  We have an obstructionist Congress because the people wanted it that way.  It's a bed you made, yourselves.