They seem to have so much to say about President Obama and what he has allegedly done wrong, but none of them has come up with real alternatives to bring this country out of the problems that former President G.W. Bush put us in. They would like for us to forget that Bush took us into a very costly war with Iraq on the false premises that 1 Iraq was aligned with al Qaida and 2 that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None of these were true then and now!
Let us ask a few questions that might help us to understand what is going on with this campaign. Why is it that the Republicans feel they can do a better job than the current administration when the prior administration which was republican did such a terrible job? Maybe they do not really care about helping this country so much as they hate the current President. Some people have even put forth a reason for this hatred of President Obama. The reason, they postulate is racism and prejudice! This proposition which has not been proven or demonstrated but is considered to be self evident is based on the high level of disrespect shown to our President Obama and an almost total lack of cooperation from the Republicans in congress.
Just read the following which I pulled from a CNN article- Former President Jimmy Carter reiterated Wednesday that he believes racism is an issue for President Obama in trying to lead the country.
"When a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States as an animal or as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler or when they wave signs in the air that said we should have buried Obama with Kennedy, those kinds of things are beyond the bounds," the Democrat who served from 1977-1981 told students at Emory University.
"I think people who are guilty of that kind of personal attack against Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African American.
"It's a racist attitude, and my hope is and my expectation is that in the future both Democratic leaders and Republican leaders will take the initiative in condemning that kind of unprecedented attack on the president of the United States," Carter said.
Carter's comments came a day after he said racial politics played a role in South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during Obama's speech to Congress last week and in some of the opposition the president has faced since taking office.
"I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American," Carter told "NBC Nightly News."
"I live in the South, and I've seen the South come a long way, and I've seen the rest of the country that shares the South's attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly African-Americans."
Michael Steele, the first African-American to chair the Republican National Committee, denied Wednesday that race is fueling protests.
"President Carter is flat-out wrong," Steele said in a statement. "This isn't about race. It is about policy."
The House voted Tuesday to formally disapprove of Wilson's behavior during the joint session of Congress. The resolution was approved largely along party lines, with Republicans calling the measure unnecessary partisan politics.
Wilson apologized to the White House last week, but congressional Democrats said he owed the chamber a similar statement of regret.
Steele said Democrats are just trying to divert attention from what he called the president's "wildly unpopular government-run health care plan."
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby, who is black, said Wednesday in a written statement that he agrees with Carter.
As well check out what Actor Morgan Freeman had to say-
Morgan Freeman laid down the chips on the Tea Party in a new interview with Piers Morgan that is due to air Friday night.
The Oscar-winning actor sat down with the British TV host and, amongst other things, discussed his belief that the right wing Tea Party's anti-Obama stance is rooted in racism.
When asked by Morgan whether Obama's presidency has made racism in the United States better or worse, Freeman, who once played apartheid-defying South African president Nelson Mandela, frankly stated that his time in office has made it worse, as he has become a target of the right's aggression.
"Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term," the actor said. "What’s, what does that, what underlines that? 'Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here.'"
Declaring once again that "it's a racist thing," Freeman said the group's rise has shown the hate still lingering in America.
"Well, it just shows the weak, dark, underside of America," he said. "We’re supposed to be better than that. We really are. That’s, that’s why all those people were in tears when Obama was elected president. “Ah, look at what we are. Look at how, this is America.” You know? And then it just sort of started turning because these people surfaced like stirring up muddy water."
The actor continued, saying that he understood President Obama not fighting back, seeking to stick to his principles, but wishes that he'd be more aggressive now.
Freeman endorsed Obama during his run for the presidency, but declined to campaign with him, saying that he was an actor, not a politician. He attended a White House Civil Rights concert in 2010.
And here is what Bill Maher had to say- Bill Maher appeared on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno to give his political perspective and to offer President Obama some advice.
"He's got to understand that with the Republicans, it's not the entree they don't like. They don't like the waiter," he said.
"Stop trying to make everyone like you. You can give all the money to the rich, they will still call you a socialist. They are never going to like him. He could personally save them from drowning, but they would still not like him. He is the wrong age, the wrong party, the wrong color. He will never pry their irrational fears from their cold, dead minds and he should just stop that tactic," Maher said
"Flip the script, make them nervous. Grow your hair out," Maher advised the President.
This current congress has folded its hands and done almost nothing to help this country move forward and thus has a low 9% approval rating.
They would like for us to believe that fundamental party differences are the reason they oppose so vehemently President Obama, but even when he attempts to get approval of their so called bills and plans which they have put forth in the past they still refuse to work with him. This shows that their goal is to make President Obama appear to have failed at his job. We should not buy into this ploy.
The Tea Party has helped in causing this country to have it's credit rating down graded by hold us hostage to their ill informed notion they we can survive as a nation without revenue from our citizens.
The Republicans have also used lies, scare tactics and fear mongering to turn the masses away from supporting President Obama.
They say that he is a socialist, was not born in the U.S.A., and is a Muslim. All of these are false!
What I believe is that many of those who do not like President Obama did not believe that he'd win the first election. In their minds there was not way he could win, yet he did. It was a difficult pill to swallow and they vowed to undo him at almost any cost.
According to most President can and will win the next election. It might not be as easy as the first time, but it will happen.
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