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Obama Rips Wingnut Candidates For Betraying Our Values During National Address
The president laid out his plan defeat ISIL and some blunt criticism for what the Republican pretender candidates are offering.
After rejecting sending ground troops back to the Middle East, the President said:
It is our responsibility to reject religious tests on who we admit into this country.
It is our responsibility to reject proposals that Muslim-Americans should somehow be treated differently.
Because when we travel down that road, we lose.
That kind of divisiveness, that betrayal of our values, plays into the hands of groups like ISIL.
Muslim-Americans are our friends and our neighbors, our coworkers, and our sports heroes, and yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. We have to remember that.
The President reminded the country that freedom is more powerful than fear. President Obama also talked about the San Bernardino shootings as an act of terror, and he repeated his plea for Congress to pass common-sense gun laws.
This address was partially an explanation of his ISIL strategy, but just as importantly, it was also about pushing against the climate of fear and discrimination that Republicans like Trump are attempting to build and exploit. Each of the proposals that Obama urged the nation to reject have been offered by Republican pretender candidates.
President Obama was correct. The Republican pretender candidates are trying to convince the American people to betray our core values. The President addressed pushed back candidates who are trying to frighten people into voting for them.
Republicans are attempting to revive the cynical post-9/11 politics of fear, but President Obama used his bully pulpit to appeal to our better natures. Obama is standing tall, and not about to let the nation that he leads be defeated by fear.
Obama’s national security speech made wingnuts’ heads explode
America’s angry, wingnut cranks were
quick to respond to President Barack Obama’s speech last Sunday night about
national security in the wake of last week’s terrorist attack in San
Bernardino, California.
Republicans Try To Kill Climate Deal While Democrats Work To Save The Planet
10 Democratic senators have flown to Paris to tell climate
negotiators President Obama has strong support for an international
climate deal.…
But in Paris, a group of 10 Democratic senators lead by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-NM) had a different message: President Obama has strong support for an international climate deal.
“What you see here are people who are going to protect what the president is putting on the table here in Paris as a promise from the American people to the world,” Ed Markey, (D-MA), said during a press conference held Saturday. “We are going to back up the president every step of the way.”
As the Guardian pointed out, Markey, a long-time champion of climate action who co-wrote a 2009 climate bill that passed through the House, was hardly the only long-time advocate of climate action to make the journey to Paris, as he was joined by both Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who has given over 100 speeches related to climate change on the floor of the Senate, and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who recently co-sponsored a bill that would end the extraction of fossil fuels on public lands. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Coons (D-DE), Al Franken (D-MN), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tom Udall (D-NM), rounded out the coalition.
“We are moving in the right direction and we are not going to back down,” Udall said. “We have the president’s back and we are going to make sure we keep moving in the right direction.”
Still, the Democratic senators’ visit to Paris comes at a crucial time in the negotiating process, as a draft of a potential deal was recently sent to the ministers of participating nations. The draft, which observers are calling more “streamlined” than previous drafts, will serve as the basis of upcoming negotiations.
Environmental groups praised the senators’ trip, with Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune calling it a “clear message to COP21 negotiators.”
“American leadership has helped drive momentum around the globe to ensure these negotiations would be successful, and it’s clear that American leadership will help ensure the implementation of a strong agreement that will grow our clean energy economy and protect our families and our communities,” Brune said in a press statement.
Fox News' Dash Gets Censored On TV
Wingnuts on TV are losing all
perspective and have been continually using inappropriate language since
the 2016 presidential primaries have begun.
In A New Low Even For Fox An Hack Calls President Obama A ‘Pussy’ In Unhinged Rant
This is a pathetic low, even for Fox. Shame on them.
This teabagging birther is frighteningly close to giving white rural voters even more influence over your life
Rubio promises to turn back the clock on LGBT progress
The wingnuts’ fresh face for a New American Century is rather old-fashioned.
Ryan’s Response: Less American Values and More Assault Weapons to Terrorists
Responding to Obama, Ryan said nothing about gun sales to
terrorists or the dangers of radicalizing Muslims with more Republican
hate…
“Our primary responsibility is to keep the American people safe from the real and evolving threat of radical Islamic terrorism. That will require the president to produce a comprehensive strategy to confront and defeat ISIS. The enemy is adapting, and we must too. That’s why what we heard tonight was so disappointing: no new plan, just a half-hearted attempt to defend and distract from a failing policy.
“American families should have confidence that our leaders are working together to address this threat. That’s why this week the House will vote on a bipartisan bill to update our visa waiver program to reduce the risk of an extremist entering the country from abroad. This legislation builds on a recent bipartisan vote to strengthen the certification requirements in our refugee program.
“But the ultimate solution is a comprehensive plan to eliminate the extremist threat, and only the commander-in-chief can provide that. The horrific events of recent weeks remind us that any hope to contain ISIL has been a failure. Until we hear from the president what more can be done —with our military, our intelligence-gathering, and our international partners — we will remain one step behind our enemy. This is not just the next president’s problem. It is our problem, and we must confront it today.”
Nothing was said by Ryan about common sense gun laws. Nothing about why Ryan wants terrorists to be able to buy assault rifles.
"What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a semi-automatic weapon?" —@POTUS
It was certain from the moment the identity of the killers broke,
that the San Bernadino mass shooting would be treated differently than
any other shooting, because our other recent mass shootings have been
carried out by white men – not by Muslims, but by 'christian' domestic
terrorists. The Planned Parenthood shooting is absolutely an example of Republican thinking gone awry. It was committed by a white man who had been influenced by Republican hate speech and support for a faked video about Planned Parenthood. Every Republican candidate is partly to blame for what happened. Congress is responsible as well, for not embracing common sense gun laws.
Who is going to keep us safe from domestic terrorists like him? Who is going to keep us safe from Ryan and a Republican-misled Congress?
Nothing was said by Ryan about betraying our core values by imposing religious tests on refugees, or profiling them on the basis of religion. Their recipe of hate is only going to radicalize more Muslims, just as their recipe of hate continues to radicalize “white 'christian' Republicans.”
While Ryan insists Obama develop a plan to protect us from Islamic terrorists, he wants no action taken at all to protect us from domestic terrorists. In fact, by promising to continue with the hate speech that has become the knee-jerk response to all things Islam and abortion, Ryan promises to make us less safe.
Remember this?
Yeah…it’s not. It’s the same old day. New face, same narrative.
CBS, introducing the address, put hack Chuck Todd on camera to tell
us that the president should have addressed the nation already. Nothing
about Obama will ever satisfy the conservative trolls who dominate the
mainstream media. Nothing Obama says will change the Republican response
in Congress, which is at this point as predictable as death and taxes.It is Republican politics as usual, in a speech that could have as easily come out of the mouth of Boehner. Nothing changed when Boehner stepped down and nothing is going to change. Republicans want to to back to September 12, 2001. They want fear and they want hate, they want a compliant president who will do their bidding – and they want war, endless war.
Republicans will complain about President Obama’s address Sunday night on the basis of this or that, but until they embrace American core values and common sense gun laws, they have no right at all to claim that it is Obama who is doing nothing about terrorism.
Trump Demands Obama Show Him Muslim Sports Heroes, Forgets His ‘Friend’ Muhammad Ali
Trump really needs to think before he tweets because this is just embarrassing.
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