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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 11:11 AM Jan 2012

Obama Risks Alienating Republicans By Using Facts

In what some critics are calling the most radial tactic ever employed in a State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama risked alienating congressional Republicans last night by repeatedly using facts.

Mr. Obama stirred controversy throughout the speech with his relentless references to facts, data, and things that have actually happened, all long considered the third rail of American politics.

As the President made reference to tax rates and unemployment numbers, as well as sixteen separate mentions of Osama bin Laden, congressional Republicans’ blood began to boil.

After the speech, a furious Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters, “It’s been a longstanding tradition in our politics not to use facts in a State of the Union Address, a tradition the President chose to ignore in an outrageous way tonight. I won’t stand for it and the American people won’t stand for it.”

http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/01/25/obama-risks-alienating-republicans-by-using-facts/

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Obama Risks Alienating Republicans By Using Facts (Original Post) Zorro Jan 2012 OP
Isn't that the truth. liberal N proud Jan 2012 #1
That must be why the they think Obama is satan. tridim Jan 2012 #2
LMAO DLine Jan 2012 #3
“But he’s going to have to take facts off the table. That’s a deal-breaker for us.” pinto Jan 2012 #4

tridim

(45,358 posts)
2. That must be why the they think Obama is satan.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 11:19 AM
Jan 2012

Because the truth feels like hell to modern Republicans.

DLine

(397 posts)
3. LMAO
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 11:21 AM
Jan 2012

The supposed McConnell and Boehner quotes are hilarious. I could actually picture those two douche bags saying that.

pinto

(106,886 posts)
4. “But he’s going to have to take facts off the table. That’s a deal-breaker for us.”
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 01:32 PM
Jan 2012

- Speaker Boehner

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