It is about time we recognize the gorilla in the room with Obama whenever and wherever Republicans are involved. The first thing out of Mitch McConnell’s mouth after the Obama election 2008 was “We are going to make him a one term president.” Question: Why did McConnell find it necessary or appropriate to utter such a declaration? Previous presidential elections have never seen such sour grapes. Why, also, the total and unrelenting obstruction of everything Obama attempts to accomplish throughout both of his terms in office. This has never been done before to any president, not to FDR, not LBJ, and certainly not to any Republican president. Examine every factor you can dream up relating to Obama’s presidency and none explains the level of hate generated from day one: the same kind of hate underlying the sorry Jim Crow practices of the South.
Month: July 2015
“three reasons”: a revelation
In case anyone was wondering what the Republicans have in mind if they win in 2016, Hillary Cholden laid it out in her “three reasons” letter of July 2, 2015: 1. Repeal Obamacare without a replacement, 2. A military offensive in the Middle East against ISIS, and 3. Jobs. In other words, we go back to the pre-Obama health insurance system, launch another Middle East war, and turn the economy around by creating jobs. We know how Republicans love the insurance industry and military adventures from bitter experience, but job creation? That is another story altogether. Have Republicans ever lifted a finger since Obama’s election to stimulate the economy in any way, anything at all?