Reply #117: You certainly implied that upthread, here, let me quote you [View All]

"They were white,...
...now you're going to say Obama's skin color doesn't matter to a group of people who implemented the "Southern Strategy" AGAINST BLACKS as a political policy that was apologized for just recently"

But it is nice to see that you're arguing that despite the historical examples I gave you, and many others, you finally admit that you are arguing that the president is powerless. Geez, if the president is so damn powerless, why do we even bother with one?

Hmm, Clinton, Bush I and II, Reagan, all these presidents and more got their agenda's through, even with hostile Congresses. How? By going out and FIGHTING for their agendas. Hell, LBJ would go out in individual Congress members district and beat them over the head with their opposition. Truman used the bully pulpit masterfully to get his agenda through.

But poor, pitiful, powerless Obama can't do a damn thing without a super majority in the Senate, and/or because he is black, and/or whatever other excuse you will come up with. Never mind the overwhelming historical evidence against your premise.