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Apparently if you’re bad, you not only miss out on presents form Santa, but you will also find yourself on Obama’s enemy list. Didn’t know that existed did you? Well, you can find the story, provided by Reuters, here.
One of the top Republicans Senators, Lamar Alexander, told Obama, and I quote: “suggesting that the president back up” and “don’t start an enemies list.” Of course the comments were made at the Reuters Washington Summit, in preparation for a speech he will give later today. He gives the White House clashes with the health insurance providers and the Fox News Network as examples of Obama adopting attitude to Richard Nixon.
What do I think of this whole thing? With the recent Washington Post-ABC News Poll showing that 57 percent of Americans support the government option (more on that here) and Democrats threatening to take away the anti-trust exemption from the health insurance providers, I think this is another crony taking a shot at Obama. His opponents have called him a communist, socialist, and a nazi, and now they’re trying to compare him to a Republican President who resigned to avoid impeachment. Nothing more than another Republican Senator trying to attach another negative connotation to Obama.
When I started this blog I swore that I would be open respectful of everyone’s opinion, and would do my best to promote a civil debate, without over-committing to either the left or the right. However, as I immerse myself more and more in the world of political news and blogs, I am beginning to fear that that is an impossible dream.
I agree with conservatives on a few issues. The issues I disagree on, I still sympathize and try to see the reasons why someone take such a view. Many true conservative ideas are very attractive and have the potential to be beneficial. The problem is that United States does not have a Conservative party.
The Republican Party has turned into the Anti-Obama Machine. They celebrate his every failure. Indeed, they even try to spin his achievements, although few so far, as failures. Paul Krugman wrote an in Opinion Piece on how the Republican Party adjusts their views on Medicare to work against Obama’s Healthcare Overhaul. Not only that, but many things that Obama had no control over have been attributed to him as his failures, the economic depression for one. And that’s not even the worst.
The petty lies and rumors that go around are just terrible. At this point people just use any negative political connotation they know to describe him. A Nazi.. Socialist.. Communist.. Muslim.. Terrorist.. I question how many actually know what each of those things is and stands for. I would not be surprised if before long someone calls him a cannibal or a pedophile. The level of disrespect is stunning. How many of us would call our neighbor that? Or our co-worker? Obama isn’t that different from them.
The most disappointing thing about all this is that it’s the self-respecting, church going Americans who add to this. You don’t have to agree of like his views, but is it that difficult to respect enough not to call him a Nazi?
