"If he's for it, we have to be against it,"

[wvit1001]

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly said, "If he's for it, we have to be against it," and, "We can't let [him] succeed," during a Republican strategy session.



Obama has drudged through such scurrilous opposition as the "birther" movement; Rep. Joe Wilson's insolently interjecting "you lie" into Obama's 2009 speech to a joint session of Congress; Glenn Beck's calling him a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people" during a Fox News appearance in 2009; Donald Trump's suggesting in 2011 that Obama's birth certificate could state "he's a Muslim"; and, since 2008, Obama's being called "uppity," "that boy," "tar baby," "socialist dictator," and compared to Adolf Hitler - all by U.S. congressmen.

I concluded by noting that Obama leaves the White House in 18 months, and while there appears no prospect that his treatment will change in the interim, we should view the election as a reset of the way in which we treat our chief executives. Whoever his successor might be, he or she is deserving of more deference than Obama was ever afforded.


http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20150628_The_Pulse__Obama_denied_the_respect_he_deserves.html

[a777pilot]

Most of what you say, for instance, his bogus "birth certificate" and the famous "you lie", are true.  That was not his BC and he did lie.

[wvit1001]

you actually believe that stupid birther shit pilot?

[chuck_curtis]

Never before have I seen more deference to a President on the part of Congress or the Court than to Obama.

[sweetwater5s9]

Obama's signature program, ACA, still does not and never has had a support of the majority of Americans.   It is his legacy of what he accomplished in the WH.   Everything else has been a failure.

[chuck_curtis]

McConnell can say what he wants, but his actions betray his words.  Always judge by actions, not words.

[Jim]

"If he's for it, we have to be against it,"
 
So, he's taking the Leftists approach?  How novel..

[Byteryder]

Never before have I seen more deference to a President on the part of Congress or the Court than to Obama.

No one wants to labeled Racist.

[Baretta19]

"If he's for it, we have to be against it,"

But yet Mcconnel and Boehner have given Obama EVERYTHING he's needed, Boehner and Mcconnel are the best supporters Obama could hope for, WHITE GUILT has gone a long way in Congress

[chuck_curtis]

The establishment knows who butters its bread, and they don't care what color the money is.  Better start putting your money where your mouths are, people.  There are more of us than there are of them, no matter how rich they are.

[dont-blameme]

what's sad is people will let themselves be enslaved to or forced to buy a service they don't want or need by sitting home and not voting for a man because they don't like his religious views, and by doing that have allowed to come to pass what has come to pass, in allowing the moral decline of America to sink lower in the cesspool of political correctness where the USSC justices make laws from the bench and give rights were rights never were and render decisions based on politics and not the rule of law!

Mitt would of been the better choice for Americans and America!

[upyrwazoo]

he or she is deserving of more deference than Obama was ever afforded.



AWWWWW TREATING HIM THE WAY BUSH WAS TREATED IS WRONG? REMEMBER THAT DEFERENCE IF THE REPUBLICANS WIN THE WHITE HOUSE! AHHH WHO AM I KIDDING THAT LIKE THE REST OF YOUR HYPOCRISY WILL GO OUT THE WINDOW!