The GOP is splintering in real time, and that’s a bigger story than anything the president said in his 70-minute address. Sen. Rand Paul even gave what was billed as “the Rand Paul response” — as though he’s his own political party, and maybe he is — in which he billed African-American GOP columnist Star Parker as the answer to poverty. (More on that in a second.) Meanwhile, waiting for the president on the floor, Rep. Joe “You lie” Wilson snapped pictures of Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson, who also frolicked with Rep. Paul Ryan.
Still, there was a strange disconnect between what the president’s advance people advanced, and what he actually said. Obama did announce one bold decision that will actually change lives: an executive order to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers. But for a speech that was promoted by staff as a bold take-charge moment for a president tired of being thwarted by the GOP, and derided in advance as the equivalent of a martial law declaration by the right, it was unexpectedly conciliatory and short on concrete action.
had he done what those not in his position not having the info and intel he has can say what they think but they are not him he is an individual and no matter how much they try and stereotype him he does not fit the profile.
i wrote this on this blog 3 years ago and they are still at it.
Friday, June 4, 2010
he's not a sheep
this rhetoric going around now is stupid, kudo's to President Obama for being and staying who he is. Why do they expect him to react and act the same way some other president or hopeful did 30 yrs. ago. the world has changed,no wonder the gridlock is larger than the advancement how can any anyone with an ounce of intelligence assume that there is some standard on how you are suppose to respond
if you are to be seen as legitimate we have a president now that has his own feelings not yours or your fathers.that is an attempt to stereotype someone who is different than past executives in almost every way and put him in that box so they can criticize.
That is exactly why it's not working with those who are more enlightened then "THE FOLKS" (O'Reily) or "THE REAL AMERICANS" AGAIN "who's zoomin' who?"
That is exactly why it's not working with those who are more enlightened then "THE FOLKS" (O'Reily) or "THE REAL AMERICANS" AGAIN "who's zoomin' who?"
Posted by Nick Johnson at 9:17 AM
