These people are just horrid little trolls.

The claim is everything was humming along just fine until the GOP lost control of Congress. Of course, no one actually presses these bozos to explain how a Dem congress made any difference. Idiot teahadists and lazy journalists -- a potent combo.

One response I have gotten several times is "the Dems didn't do anything to stop it".

Dear freepers: FYI, 2006 is when your guys took back control of the House of Representatives.

Some of them are dumb enough to complain about that in public.

It all went to hell when Brad split from Jennifer.

You make the pain of the stupid fade faster

can now be salve to the searing agony of rampant Teabilly terrorism.

That isn't a good thing, is it?

But completely misleading. All it meant was that W couldn't ram stuff through with no opposition anymore. On paper we had a 50-49-1 majority in the Senate, but one of our 50 was Turncoat Joe, who could always be counted on to vote with the Reds, and even with Bernie Sanders in our corner, we couldn't overcome a filibuster. We had control of the House, but again, not the 2/3 majority needed to override a presidential veto. And unlike Democrats, Republican presidents don't get a single iota of flak for vetoing a budget if it has something in it that they don't like- like social programs & not enough billions for "defense".

As long as W. held the veto pen, legislation to change the nation's course could not pass.