Every American should feel insulted that Netanyahu spoke before our Congress

[rbrnmw]

The fact is it was disrespectful to the office of the POTUS. We have 1 President in this country the gall of Boehner and Netanyahu is beyond belief. This President has been treated so disrespectfully from day one and yes I believe his skin color is most of the reason.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Well, I certainly feel like Boehner was...

[randys1]

2. Opposition from the right to Obama is first and foremost ALWAYS based on color and name

A BLACK man with a MUSLIM sounding name was elected President...

Thus mass brain damage occurred

[Donald Ian Rankin]

5. No, that is simply false. N.T.

[randys1]

6. Opposition to Obama "from the right" isnt ALL about Race, really?

Of course it is, ALWAYS

It may also be about other things depending on the issue, but it is ALWAYS first and foremost his color and name.

Proof is they went ape shit when Michelle recommended water as healthy

game
set
match

[SickOfTheOnePct]

11. You saying it doesn't make it so

I know plenty of people that dislike/oppose President Obama's policies and it has nothing to do with race.

No doubt that race is primary for some, maybe even for many, but for all? No.

You seem to be under the impression that just because you say something, that makes it fact.

Again, no.

[randys1]

13. Not FROM THE RIGHT

WHICH IS the qualification I ALWAYS make when i say this

Everybody ON THE RIGHT is opposed to Obama, well not everybody, just 99% of them, for this reason primarily

[SickOfTheOnePct]

18. And your proof of this is...

...what exactly?

[randys1]

20. Endless examples, the one that ends the conversation is this one

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/are-conservatives-really-going-after-michelle-obama-for-promoting-water/

The other one is where they DEMANDED Obama get the release of a POW, so when he did they attacked him like he was satan

[SickOfTheOnePct]

22. I'm sure it does end the conversation in your mind

Fortunately, you aren't the all-knowing arbiter of what is and isn't fact in the world.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

41. You can't argue that something is universal based on an example!

That's the kind of logical fallacy people use as an example to illustrate logical fallacies.

You have successfully demonstrated that criticism of Obama based on race exists.

You have not provided any evidence that criticism of Obama not based on race does not exist.

[840high]

24. No it's not.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

16. No, it's not. Nanny nanny boo-boo!

[treestar]

3. Agree, it is the type of thing they never would have done to any POTUS

regardless of their disagreement.

[bigwillq]

4. I'm not insulted or offended.

It's called politics. I don't agree with the politics surrounding this whole farce, but I am not insulted or offended.
Republicans are not very nice to Democratic politicians. While skin color may be a reason, it's not the only reason, imo.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

7. Thank you, well said!

I agree 100% on all points.

[sabrina 1]

10. I am deeply offended to learn that a Foreign Leader has more control over the US Congress than the

elected President.

I can't imagine anyone, on either side, not seeing the threat to our democracy that this poses. When money can buy Congress, why do we even bother to vote?

Obama was elected to deal with issues especially our National Security.

Now we have a foreign leader manipulating Congress, apparently successfully, into undermining the POTUS on issues of OUR National Security.

That is pretty damn scary to me.

[rbrnmw]

14. me too sabrina

and it's very scary

[sabrina 1]

15. Thank you rbrnmw ... I'm wondering when someone will explain that this foreign leader was never

elected to anything in this country.

[calimary]

31. I hate it. I am hugely offended by the whole sordid display today.

We boycotted it at casa de calimary. Watched the Weather Channel instead. Much more meaningful and relevant.

[sabrina 1]

32. Good for you. I view Bibi the same way I used to feel about Bush. I could not bear to see his lying

face on TV and was scared to even surf in case I might catch a glimpse of him. No one in this house watched Bibi nor will they. That man is a far Right war mongering liar. We have enough of them right here to try to avoid.

[840high]

25. Democrots are not very nice to

Republican politicians. That's the way it works.
I am not insulted or offended either.

[Aerows]

8. The takeaway

here is that Netanyahu is the one that looked like a horse's ass. If that translates to him losing at the polls, bonus.

The optics on the whole situation were awful all the way around.

[tavernier]

9. I only feel embarrassed.

Our congress has been duped (not a first, btw). But if we lived and survived through Dubya and Cheney, I'm sure we can live through the antics of Bibi-Gate. After all, it's not like he's a Trump.

[sabrina 1]

33. Not duped, BOUGHT! n/t

[HuckleB]

12. Most Americans don't know it happened, and that it includes those who vote in Pres. elections.

It's all a lot of hot air on top of hot air.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

17. You can say that again!

[sabrina 1]

19. No it isn't a lot of hot air. It has exposed a few things that are extremely important for one thing

This foreign leader plotted to manipulate the US Congress with the express purpose of undermining the Foreign Policies of the US President.

Since when is this acceptable in this country?

And worse, he appears to have more control over the US Congress than the US President.

When this development occur?

I have discovered that MONEY appears to be what has given this idiot the power to influence the US Congress.

So we are seeing the corrupting effects of money, not just on legislation passed by Congress, but on Congress' willingness to listen to a Foreign Leader OVER the President of the US.

Not a single member of Congress should have attended that speech today after they learned of how it was manipulated, how the plot was hatched and how Boehner was used as a puppet by a foreign leader.

I think something needs to be done when our National Security takes a back seat to that of any Foreign leader. Something has gone terribly wrong.

[HuckleB]

38. All true, and all still stuff that really isn't going to change a thing.

[840high]

26. You are right.

[glasshouses]

21. Netanyahu wasn't disrespectiful at all in his speech

In fact he was very respectful to Obama in everything he said.

We must have watched two different speeches

[grossproffit]

29. I agree. eom

[panader0]

30. Wrong

The 'respectful' words don't matter. He should not have spoken at all.

[rbrnmw]

36. exactly

it was disrespectful to speak at all

[davidn3600]

23. I don't really care

The Presidency isn't a monarchy. It's not illegal to insult the president, or "disrespect him." And most Americans are more interested in their reality shows than listening to Netanyahu talk in front of congress...something many foreign leaders have done before.

In fact, it is the Democrats that turned this into a bigger news story than it really is.

And I don't think skin color is the really the big reason. Obama is trying to make deals with Iran. There are many people in the Congress that do not want any deals with that country.

[840high]

27. Yes. Also many people

on the street do not want any deals with Iran.

[napi21]

28. I AM offended, and I keep hoping BIBI looses his election in Israel.

Maybe THAT will shut his trap...AND Boners & his loons!

[Rex]

34. I WISH I could say that was the first time I've felt disrespected by the GOP. However

it is the pattern that they follow that leads to success for them. However 'shoot the head so the body can live' fucked up rational that is by them. The GOP views the rest of the world as dysfunctional, which is to say normal human behavior scares them to death.

[dntx16]

35. Racism!!

Yeah, because it's not like Republicans opposed any other Democratic president. I mean they really respected Clinton. Oh wait. Racism!!! Islamophobia!!

[panader0]

37. Welcome to DU

Enjoy your stay.....

[GP6971]

39. I see Pizza. Maybe a deep dish combo? n/t

[tavernier]

40. Oh, please! If the racism was any more blatant

the entire tea party gang would be wearing white sheets to the halls of congress. That might yet come at a future SOTU event, judging from recent behavior.