New Republic interviewee: When you talk about Washington, oftentimes
you use it as a way to describe this type of dysfunction. But it's a very broad
brush. It can seem as if you're apportioning blame
not just to one party, but to both parties—
Obama responds: Well, no, let me be clear. There's not
a—there's no equivalence there. In fact, that's one of the biggest
problems we've got in how folks report about Washington right now, because I
think journalists rightly value the appearance of impartiality and objectivity.
And so the default position for reporting is to say, "A plague on both
their houses." On almost every issue, it's, "Well, Democrats and
Republicans can't agree"—as opposed to looking at why is it that they
can't agree. Who exactly is preventing us from agreeing?
And I want to be very clear here that Democrats, we've got a
lot of warts, and some of the bad habits here in Washington when it comes to
lobbyists and money and access really goes to the political system generally.
It's not unique to one party. But when it comes to
certain positions on issues, when it comes to trying to do what's best for the
country, when it comes to really trying to make decisions based on fact as
opposed to ideology, when it comes to being willing to compromise, the
Democrats, not just here in this White House, but I would say in Congress also,
have shown themselves consistently to be willing to do tough things even when
it's not convenient, because it's the right thing to do. And we haven't seen
that same kind of attitude on the other side.
Until Republicans feel that there's a real price to pay for
them just saying no and being obstructionist, you'll probably see at least a
number of them arguing that we should keep on doing it. It worked for them in
the 2010 election cycle, and I think there are those who believe that it can
work again. I disagree with them, and I think the cost to the country has been
enormous.
Editor’s notes: and
there you have it: according to Hussein O., the GOP is partisan
driven and the Democrats are not. The Democrats want to get along, the Republicans do not. The Democrats want what is best for the nation, and the GOP is only concerned for its own special interests. And
that is the opinion of the man who claims to be King of all the people.
What is lost in all this,
is the fact that during Bush, the
Democrats were the obstructionist . . . . . . . in spades.
Bush wanted to fix immigration, but the socialist labor
unions of America, rejected his efforts, and the Dems shot down that legislative
effort.
Bush wanted to forestall the financial collapse and fix
Social Security. The Dems turned him
into a baby killer and the enemy of senior citizens and that effort
failed.
Bush wanted his tax cuts to be permanent, but the Dems rejected this effort until this
year, and refused to make
permanent, tax cuts for the middle
class.
He reduced the nuclear arsenal without getting any credit, for doing so. He captured and destroy WMD's out of Libyan, receiving Gadaffi's entire nuclear arsenal, moving it out of the region and destroying it, yet most folks are not even aware of the monumental accomplishment because of a failed American press.
Bush appointed gay leadership to his staff without notice and did more to fight AIDs in Africa than any Administration in history, again, all without note in the media.
His education bill, "no child left behind," criticized by the Progressive Anarchists, was the result of a bipartisan effort that included the efforts of the drunk, Ted Kennedy. The Dems want you to forget about that fact.
I could go on and on, but,
in short, that is the way of politics.
“Obstructionism” is a
tool in the purse of any political party in a multi-party system. Tired of the political battles, vote for a dictator. That is your only choice. There
is no alternative, and Obama has
capitalized on this fact, and is trying
to turn our constitutional process against itself in an effort to win a
permanent victory for the one-world elitists.
For Obama to demonize the GOP for doing what he and his
party did for 8 stinking years, during the Bush Administration, is as cheap a political stunt as there
is. He and his Democrat buds are fond of
saying, “Elections have consequences, and we won the last election.” Never mind the 2010 elections, or the two Bush elections, or the 1994 midterms, or the Reagan election. The Democrats simply do not mean what they
say, when it applies to them. And, now,
we know that they could not care less for a two party system if they are
the party in power.
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