>But the idea that the opposition should suddenly sit on their hands and all pipe down is ridiculous.
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>Really? Did you feel the same way when Obama said this in 2008: "Elections have consequences. I won."? The implication there was "sit on your hands and pipe down" Of course you didn't. Is there some explanation for this? Oh yeah. Obama is a socialist.

..but what the Republicans actually did was prevent government from working by being obstructionists - then used that as their evidence that government doesn't work. Now that they have control you'll see a big turn-around from the GOP claiming that it does work. It's not too difficult to see what is going on - it's pretty obvious.