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We've only seen the beginning of this undermining of PBO (Original Post) MuttLikeMe Mar 2015 OP
Seriously? This has been going on since the instant he took office. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #1
The difference is they control Congress now BeyondGeography Mar 2015 #2
Exactly MuttLikeMe Mar 2015 #5
The sheer hatred and pettiness displayed by the ultra-right Retrograde Mar 2015 #6
Except when that president is black MuttLikeMe Mar 2015 #8
On the positive side... Lodestar Mar 2015 #3
these newly elected assholes, like cotton, feel empowered. spanone Mar 2015 #4
I you are correct. Otherwise, we are in for the ride of out lives. The US couldn't be brought 1monster Mar 2015 #7
Agreed MuttLikeMe Mar 2015 #9

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
1. Seriously? This has been going on since the instant he took office.
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:28 PM
Mar 2015

It's nothing new; they are just being a little less sneaky.

BeyondGeography

(39,284 posts)
2. The difference is they control Congress now
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:32 PM
Mar 2015

Good posting on that here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026344632

Power needs to count for something, right? The problem, of course, is they never won on policy. They won on turning out more Obama haters than we turned out Democratic voters. So when it comes to governing, they've got nothing except theatrics. There'll be more of that because their base (and their underwriters) expect/s, something, anything, to change as a result of the midterms.

Retrograde

(10,070 posts)
6. The sheer hatred and pettiness displayed by the ultra-right
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:57 PM
Mar 2015

never fails to amaze me: just when I think they've bottomed out in their viciousness they reach down to a new low.

Does anyone else remember the GOP mantra from the Nixon years (and the Reagan years, and the Bush years)" We have to respect the office of the president?

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
3. On the positive side...
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:39 PM
Mar 2015

If I were Iran and saw my window of opportunity for an agreement slipping away with the rise of a new wave of anti-Iran war mongering Republican insanity in America, I would certainly be motivated to achieve a solid agreement with Obama tout de suite.

spanone

(135,635 posts)
4. these newly elected assholes, like cotton, feel empowered.
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:48 PM
Mar 2015

i think the President will kick their asses.

1monster

(11,012 posts)
7. I you are correct. Otherwise, we are in for the ride of out lives. The US couldn't be brought
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:01 PM
Mar 2015

down from the outside. But with our Republican Congress eating at the foundation of this country like termites, it can be brought down from the inside.

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