Dick Durbin: GOP leader told Obama ‘I cannot even stand to look at you’

[cali]

The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Dick Durbin, says that a House Republican leader told off President Barack Obama during a negotiation meeting, and that they are so disrespectful it’s practically impossible to have a conversation with them.

“In a ‘negotiation’ meeting with the president, one GOP House Leader told the president: ‘I cannot even stand to look at you,’” Durbin wrote in a post on his Facebook page over the weekend.

Calling a government shutdown strategy from Republicans “disastrous,” Durbin did not specify which leader made the comment, what the context was or how the president responded.

The Senate majority whip offered the comment as rebuttal to the Republican argument that Obama does not do enough to communicate with Republicans, essentially saying to do so is impossible.

“What are the chances of an honest conversation with someone who has just said something so disrespectful?” Durbin wrote.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/dick-durbin-repubican-leader-obama-98720.html#ixzz2iXqiFfum

[hobbit709]

1. Even though Obama wouldn't say so I'd bet the feeling was mutual.

[gopiscrap]

76. I agree

[Bucky]

96. I bet it's not

If anything defines Obama's style, it's his tolerance of others' viewpoints. Even if he doesn't like the person, I've never seen him go off and show outright disrespect to someone. I've never heard reports of him doing so. And don't tell me "Oh, you'd never hear about that sort of thing." The Bushies were twice as sheltered and secretive as Obama's people, but stories about that president's disrespectful attitude toward people who weren't "his base" got out quite frequently.

Obama has been nothing but gracious to those who oppose him politically. He acts that way because he knows what a president can be and what he should be. And more, he lives up to those standards. This, ultimately, is why he wins and the Grand Old Pantpissers lose. He shows more class.

[hobbit709]

98. Tolerating a viewpoint doesn't mean not thinking "What an asshole"

[Bucky]

100. Fair enough. But thinking someone's an asshole doesn't mean you can't stand to look at them

Again, I just don't think that same level of pettiness and incivility lurks in the man. YMMV, but I don't think the sentiment is there, champing to be unleashed.

[kelliekat44]

111. He doesn't see him anyway. He's blinded by hate. nt

That's how I meant to say it. Did not mean "you." Sorry.

[hobbit709]

112. huh?

[Gothmog]

2. I saw this on Facebook

The GOP idiots are out of control

[fasttense]

43. You can always tell who is the problem by simply

Listening to who is accusing who of what.

If the Republicons are accusing the President of being unreasonable then it is the Republicons that are being unreasonable.

The Tea baggers are complaining that the government deficit is out of control so they shut the government down and cost the government another 24 BILLION dollars.

Republicons ran on "where are the jobs" but have put forth not one jobs bill in the past 2 years, complaining the entire time about the democrats having increased the unemployment rate.

The problem is that nearly everyone of the Politicians in Washington DC are corrupt and bought by big business so the only way to make themselves look good is to blame the other guy of doing what they themselves are doing.

[DallasNE]

86. I Agree With Your Sentments

But the estimated "24 BILLION dollars" is not the cost to the government but the amount lost to GDP that will dampen 4th qtr. GDP by .6%. The cost to the government is estimated to be something like $1.6B.

[RKP5637]

3. The "new" republicans are complete asses, disrupter's and terrorists. They do not

belong in a democracy. They are dangerous thugs. More and more Americans, and the world, are recognizing this, finally.

[Bucky]

101. yes yes and no

No, they're not terrorists. They're policies are dangerous and polls show they've run off a lot of their support. The Tea Party screwballs haven't blown up any buildings. Let's not erode the language.

[RKP5637]

104. Yes, what you say is quite true!

"According to the National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, there are six distinct types of terrorism. All of them share the common traits of being violent acts that destroy property, invoke fear and attempt to harm the lives of civilians."

http://www.crimemuseum.org/library/terrorism/typesOfTerrorism.html

[TheDebbieDee]

115. Al-Quaeda never shut down the US Government but the repubs did......

I think these repubs, the domestic enemy that the Constitution warns us about, are just as dangerous because so many Americans like you ARE IN DENIAL!

These domestic nitwits ARE terrorists - they just haven't killed anybody outright, yet!

[Sedona]

4. I'm willing to bet it was Cantor

[cali]

11. that would be my guess too.

[Bolo Boffin]

15. That was my first thought.

But there's always Paul Ryan to consider.

[lostincalifornia]

34. No way. In fact Durbin should have called him out by name. This is unacceptable

[ashling]

54. "No way"

Why do you say that? Do you have some reason to suspect someone else? Do you think that Cantor would be too civil and/or diplomatic to say this?

[glowing]

73. I think u misread what the comment said...

"No way", meaning, unbelievable how rude and disgusting these asshats are... Followed up by wishing that Sen Durbin had used the actual name of the "leader" in the Republicon party that would say that to the President.

And I agree! This is disgusting. It's not politics; it's become personal and partisan. As such, names need to be called out. Don't let their shit hide behind closed doors and forms of professional decorum. We need to know who these TeaBagging terrorists are. We need to know who to go after and let the constituents know oh their representative is behaving. (Although in some gerrymandered districts, the comment would have been met with applause like they did when Jan Brewer wagged her finger at the President).

[ashling]

90. The reason I interpreted it that way

is tha
your post was made as a reply to post #4 suggesting that it was Cantor, and not to the original post.

[lostincalifornia]

97. I think cantor is more insidious and would not be so direct. I also think Durbin should have called

the repuke out.

[DeSwiss]

125. I don't.

In fact, it's perfect. Now whomever it was that did say it, must either hide to avoid the obvious payback from Dems and the public in-general, or stand tall an admit he's a proud Bagger. If he stays silent, the other Bagheads will know he's spineless ass who's afraid to stand by his words. If he outs himself, it's one more nail in these racist's coffin.

- It's win-win either way because this kind of soap-opera crap is the only ''news'' the MSM is capable and willing to ferret out. I'll give it a week at best before we know.....

[lostincalifornia]

127. Since the president is now either providing cover for the rethugs, or calling Durbin a liar

The repukes know there is no payback because of what the administration just said, that is denying it ever occurred

[DeSwiss]

128. That's eleventy-dimensional chess for ya! :-/ n/t

[rurallib]

46. Throwing in a vote for Cantor

sounds like his personality

[Nite Owl]

63. Me too

I could see him saying it with that smirky look on his face.

[magical thyme]

64. I was thinking Cruz...

but just reread the OP and realized it was a HOUSE leader, not senate. I'd really like to know who it was. He/she/it needs to be outed.

[frog64]

79. Kantor

He wouldn't have the balls.

[burning rain]

94. I rather doubt it was Cantor.

Fairly hot racism seems almost necessary to motivate such a horrid statement, and Cantor isn't a bad guy on race, as Republicans go. He attended an Edmund Pettus Bridge commemoration with John Lewis and seemed genuinely moved, and was a rare Republican to promote strengthening the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court's five Republican justices gutted it. I'm no babe in the woods -- I'm sure a lot of House Republicans would think such a thing and some of the wilder ones like Broun or Gohmert might say it -- I just doubt Cantor would.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. Sounds like something any number of those asses might say but I'd guess...

[demwing]

18. wow, back when he had eyebrows!

I didn't know assholes had eyebrows

[alfredo]

55. No, it's poor hygiene.

[Jazzgirl]

82. Unibrow.

n/t

[Ikonoklast]

87. On assholes, it's called a

Unibrown.

[tanyev]

20. Smarmy even in high school. Quite a prodigy.

[rickford66]

42. Ivan?

Sounds Russian to me. Must be a Commie. GOPers stress the meaning of middle names.

[awoke_in_2003]

84. Yep, we need to start saying...

Eric Ivan Cantor just to irritate them.

[Guilded Lilly]

88. If we all go back to High School...

we realize we knew ourselves pretty well then, before the outside world gets a hold of us and we have to deal with all kinds of agendas and game playing and drama.

Looks like young Eric was no different.
And young Eric hasn't changed.
He just has the scary capacity, now, to effect more than the halls of his high school.

[jmowreader]

92. That guy looks like the football team's special project

I wonder: what percentage of teabaggers were either bullied or bullies as children? That could explain a lot.

[leftyohiolib]

6. infantile jackasses

[BlueStreak]

13. That's the thing. We should stop addressing them as if they were adults

They are spoiled children in every sense of the word, and deserve to be treated that way.

Those who behave like adults should get our respect, even if we disagree. That generally includes McConnell and Boehner. But people like Cantor, Cruz and that ilk should be addressed like the obstreperous children they are.

[Esse Quam Videri]

7. Wow, some of the comments following the article......

What has this country become?

[rurallib]

48. man you aren't kidding

[awoke_in_2003]

85. It has become what it has always been...

the racism that was hidden under the surface for many years just boiled to the top when Obama took office.

[Tumbulu]

136. no,racism along with sexism

was revived and cultivated in the minds of the population via 25+ years of hate radio and television. It is tragic that the hate mongers were not stopped and I do not consider it free speech to use public airwaves to incite hate and violence to particular group of people.

[awoke_in_2003]

137. What I am trying to say...

is the haters never went away, they just went covert for a while. As to talk radio bringing it to the fore, I will agree with you. Hate radio just serves as an echo chamber to what these assholes believe. With it, they think their scapegoating has legitimacy.

[Tumbulu]

138. but I think that hate radio

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spread the racism and sexism and ensured that it did not die out a generation ago, as it would have without this fertilizing effect. Racism and sexism have grown, rather than died out, as it would have if left alone and not encouraged.

[awoke_in_2003]

139. I can agree with that. nt

[ancianita]

8. The most ill-mannered lout who ever covered such a hateful self with a suit, he's no doubt like

many of his constituents.

[Javaman]

9. writing something and saying something are two different things.

Me thinks that durbin love to exercise his use of hyperbole. I would love to see the transcript of what he actually said.

I think durbin is full of shit.

[LuvNewcastle]

16. Could be. I don't trust Durbin, especially considering what he's said

lately about cutting Social Security.

[Javaman]

17. saying something about SS is one thing, stating that you said what he claims to have said

to the President is something completely different.

he's a showboating gasbag.

[BeyondGeography]

19. This is a few days old and no one from the GOP has refuted it

Of course, such attitudes are a point of pride with their base, so why would they? Which also, if you think about it, makes it more likely than not that Durbin is not bullshitting.

[BeyondGeography]

10. Durbin was smart to get this out there

The MSM won't do anything with it but it can pre-empt their "Obama needs to lead" bullshit or at least deflect it. On a deeper level, it shows what kind of sickness we're dealing with here.

[Bluenorthwest]

28. Durbin is not to be trusted, he is not nameing the preson who did it so what is the point?

To make more trouble? This guy voted for DOMA, gleefully attempting to prevent equal rights for a minority group he has religious issues with. He has been banging his 'let's cut Social Security because Granny eats too much' bullshit constantly.
Why does he refuse to name the offender? Because he's a 'bipartisan centrist' who refuses to harm his friends in the Republican 'we want cuts too' Party.
Durbin probably said it himself. He's a sack of bigotry as we already know from the DOMA vote.

[BeyondGeography]

32. A post full of irrelevancies

which is standard from you.

Durbin is not so stupid as to make the President part of a lie. Other than that, the vehemence with which you implicitly vouch for the GOP's good name is touching.

[Bluenorthwest]

50. I don't trust people whose judgement has caused them to take bigoted actions against me.

Would you?
And it is Durbin who is protecting some Republican by not mentioning the name. Why is he doing that? Because they are his 'peers' and he will need them to help him get his desired cuts to Social Security. The fact that Durbin will not name a person who said such a foul thing, but Durbin had no problem destroying the lives of millions of innocent gay people with his DOMA bigotry shows us all who Durbin serves, and that is himself and his pals in the GOP.
Note you made ugly personal comments while I am talking about the actions of an elected official, not about you. There is no call for that and it is all yours, you introduced the personal attack mode to the thread. Rude and pointless.

[Mass]

59. Disagree. Without a name or time, it is worthless.

When was this? If it is not the last round of negotiation, when did it happen?

[Brigid]

12. Lyin' Ryan?

Whoever it was, this was just plain childish.

[ailsagirl]

129. sophomoric and moronic

It's like the guy who, deprived of a good comeback, yells, "So's your old lady!!!"

The fact that PBO is so innately cool and of the highest caliber must drive them NUTS!! They can't get a rise out of him.

They keep looking worse and worse.

[TRoN33]

14. I'm betting that person Durbin is talking about would be...

Eric Cantor

[mikeysnot]

21. Typical child response to an adult when they cannot get their way.

I guess his next comment was "I hate you"....

[spanone]

22. congressional racists

[drynberg]

23. Don't wanna look? Avoid looking, dimwit, and deal.

Do your friggin' job or resign. Had it.

[Mr Dixon]

24. IMO

Madness, I would have his ass thrown out on spot.

[PCIntern]

25. I'm almost certain Cantor did not make that remark...

He's a lot of things which are almost unprintable here, but somehow I don't see him saying THAT. Please let me add that I have posted here in the past that every time I see him, I am ashamed that he's a fellow Jew, and afraid of the eventual blowback from some because of that.

One thing you can say: we are certainly 'achievers': One Rethug Jewish Congressman and he's practically running the show over there.

All that being said, how frightening...?

[TRoN33]

29. True then...

We all can wonder why Eric Cantor is no-show in public ever since that night during the meeting behind the closed doors and that was nearly a week and half ago.

[PCIntern]

49. I take your point...

but the same was said for Biden recently...who knows what the hell's going on behind th scenes. And if he said it, who's he hiding from? these idjits are quite proud of their "You Lie" utterances at times...

[Mass]

58. Because he was against this mess in the first place and does not want to be linked with it.

(Cantor is a lot of things. Crazy is not one).

He and Boehner have been leading from behind.

The problem with Boehner and Cantor is not their far rightness (though they are). It is that they have no leadership skills and cant get their guys to do what they want.

[carla]

65. I beg to differ.

Cantor was given the authority, through a House rules change, to be the ONLY congresscritter who could bring up for vote the CR and the debt ceiling vote. Cantor is smug enough to say such an absurd thing, and that you believe he is a stand up guy is just appallling.

[Mass]

67. He is not a standup guy (if he was, he would have opposed the shutdown against his caucus)

He is an ambitious guy that want to keep his place in the caucus and even climb higher. I have no illusion.

But that does not change the fact that the leadership did not propose the shutdown. They offered a CR + a bill to repeal Obamacare separately. They could not impose that on their caucus.

That does not change anything that happened after, but it is a sign of the weakness of the leadership.


But you can be sure the reason he is nowhere to be seen is that he does not want to be asked questions about this strategy, not that he is ashamed about a quote that is unattributed and undated.

BTW: nobody in the caucus is a standup guy. They lack the basic courage to resist the Tea Party even when they know it was wrong.

[Mass]

57. Totally agree. This is not his style.

[Gothmog]

80. I am also ashamed that he is a fellow Jew

I agree with your post

[AlinPA]

121. With all the ugliness (teabagger posters, racist jokes and comments about Obama) by the

GOP, it is easy to believe that one of those "leaders" would make that statement. Boehner is my suspect. Cantor looks and acts like a slimy character, so he would not surprise me either. I don't think Durbin is lying about it having been said by one of the GOP leaders.

[HereSince1628]

26. Name the name or don't make the claim

Reminds me of the reports of drinking seen among Republican caucus in the Capital building, but, apparently unable to trust her lying eyes, the reporter couldn't figure out who the smell of alcohol was coming from so she didn't name names.

This isn't courage, this is baiting the base...

If Durban witnessed it during a meeting, others did too. Naming names associated with a true event would withstand claims of sleezy slander. Without the names it's lame.

[Bluenorthwest]

30. Agree stongly with what you say. Durbin as a DOMA Yes voter and seeker of Social Security

cuts is virtually a Republican himself and I don't trust his rhetoric, which in the past has been about how gays must never have equality, ya know?

[lostincalifornia]

35. Exactly. It is a disrespect for the office. Durbin is stupid for not exposing the person

[HereSince1628]

39. Yes, it is. I'd welcome the unknown GOP leader getting the public spanking

that would be deserved.

[lostincalifornia]

40. Yes, and it is way past over due that they haters are called out

[cali]

36. You make a very valid point. can't argue against what you said.

[Bluenorthwest]

53. Durbin is acting to protect the Republican twit and also extending the audience for the twit's

remarks without risking harm to the Republican bigot. He wants to repeat the filth without accountability for the Republican. His silence is a sort of agreement.

[City Lights]

27. Someone is stuck in "terrible twos" mode.

The only thing worse than these douchebags are the brain-dead people who vote to send them to Washington.

Fuck the GOPee and those who support them.

[LonePirate]

31. My guess is Jeb Hensarling from TX, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee

Hensarling is a Teabagger asshole from Texas and that combination is enough to empower him to say such a thing.

Issa would be my second choice.

Cantor is smarmy but he is too much of a cowardly, creepy, smooth operator to be so vocal and in-your-face.

[lostincalifornia]

37. Issa and cantor wouldn't do it. They would be so direct

[ashling]

102. House Republican "Leadership"

Majority Leader
Rep. Eric Cantor

Represents Republicans on the House floor.
Rep. McCarthy
Majority Whip
Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Assists leadership in managing party's legislative program.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers
Republican Conference Chairman
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Heads organization of all Republican Party members in the House.
Rep. Lankford
Republican Policy Committee Chairman
Rep. James Lankford

Heads Conference forum for policy development.

[lostincalifornia]

33. This should be on the headlines of every newspaper and Newscast. These thugs need to be exposed

Why weren't names mentioned?

Why hide it, you cannot deal with these hate filled idiots anyway

[HereSince1628]

41. I agree. The voters involved need to know the real representative they elected.

The voters involved need to know the real representative they elected.

Moreover, the American people, as a whole, deserve to know from where the angst that prevents honest cooperation is spewed.

[DFW]

38. For Republicans, that is an improvement!

When President Dick Cheney was acting Vice-President, he told Democratic Sen. Leahy of Vermont ON THE SENATE FLOOR to "go fuck yourself."

I wonder if these Republicans will ever figure out what's staring back at them when they look in the mirror. So far, I think they have no clue.

[ZRT2209]

44. I bet it was Huelskamp.

[Recursion]

62. Or McCarthy

I could see either one saying that.

[eShirl]

45. until we get a name I'll assume they all said it

[Turborama]

72. LOL, I'm with you on that assumption. n/t

[bonniebgood]

47. Worst things have been said to and about the President. Dems know it and no one that knows

ever speak out or name names. SILENCE IS CONSENT to All who know. Same with ALEC. Dems have always
known about ALEC since the 70's. Some of them (Big NAMe so called leaders of today) were on the board of ALEC.
If i were to call the names I would get kicked of DU.

[DonRedwood]

51. Disrespect to our nation...that they say they love.

[Southside]

52. Reading that made me very angry, hate thrown in Obama's face

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I very rarely get upset. It is one thing for a computer tough guy on the Internet to say it, but to directly slap President Obama in the face with hate like that is disgusting. Without any context it makes it worse. I can envision the attacker could be a number of leaders and therefore I paint them all with the same brush except for Boehner.

What a thing to wake up to read in the morning. I pray for the President's safety. I pray to never learn who verbally assaulted him, I wish to avoid despising that person. President Obama is a symbol of so much good in our country. He represents a dream fulfilled for so many people. I take this personally.

Politics aside, in some ways Obama is like the Tiawanese basketball player Jeremy Lin, but on a grander scale. When they "can't stand to see his face" I take it personally.


Thank you for the post.

[Mass]

56. If Durbin wants to make claims like that, he should name names.

Just saying that does not help.

[Autumn]

60. Name names Durbin

Disgusting behavior like that needs to be addressed openly.

[Boomerproud]

118. I agree.

Come on, Dick, be a man. Otherwise no one is going to believe you, or care.

[Frustratedlady]

61. I read recently that Boehner hates Obama. It was at the beginning

of the negotiating and shortly BEFORE the shutdown. After all, who was keeping Boehner from the bar? Who was responsible for many of the Republicans starting the talk about ousting Boehner? Who was following Cruz and his wild accusations? Republican House members, particularly the newbies, so Boehner was losing control.

The article said, one GOP House Leader told the president, so Boehner would fit, as well as Cantor. My vote is for Boehner under the influence...at least half-assed under.

[gtar100]

66. That's the effect of their own propaganda on their brains.

Unable to think objectively or, for that matter, coherently. I hope Obama is as sick of it as I am. But I know he has a lot of class so I think he could deal with it better than I. I'd be fighting the urge to punch the jerk in the nose.

[Stainless]

68. Absolutely Disgusting and Cowardly

That Durbin would make such an inflammatory comment and not name the SOB who said it.

[AlinPA]

119. It matters that we know which one said it. It's totally believable, given all the ugliness

we've seen in teabagger signs, racist remarks and jokes by the republicans.

[srican69]

69. fucking racists basterds .. are just full of hatred

pity them.

[KittyWampus]

70. Remember the "YOU LIE" outburst during SOU Address? That level of disrespect is mind-blowing.

[LuckyLib]

103. Yes. It's behavior that is hard to imagine happening from a Congressperson to a white President.

Jaws would drop. This is racist, fundamentally disrespectful behavior that reeks of hate. I would expect someone else in the room to call out the offender . . . but crass behavior being what it is these days, maybe not.

[alato]

71. why doesn't durbin stop being such a chicken shit

and let us ALL know who the moron was that said this.

[YarnAddict]

74. Is there any reason to believe this actually happened?

I mean, other than, "Us good, them bad."

[AlinPA]

122. Look at the history of all the teabagger racist remarks and hatred they throw at Obama.

Yes, it is easy for me to believe.

[polichick]

75. Fucking sociopaths.

[Historic NY]

77. perhaps it has something to do with this episode.....

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/what-happened-between-cantor-and-obama/?_r=0


July 2011

Like most important dramas in Washington, the brief but tense back-and-forth between Mr. Cantor and Mr. Obama took place behind closed doors. But in typical Washington fashion, the participants quickly began sketching out a script as soon as it was over.

[Brigid]

78. I think we have our winner.

Sounds like the ones who went with Cantor were right.

[NastyRiffraff]

81. Name please, Sen Durbin!

You cannot say something like this without calling the perp out. If you don't name him/hera, you are doing nothing but enabling the person, who gets to be quoted without responsibility or accountability.

Yes, I believe someone did say this. Who, Senator Durbin? Who?

[Guilded Lilly]

83. I am sure there are often very strong statements made between these people...

face to face. My guess is that all kinds of curses, grotesque language and ugliness goes on behind the scenes. It has never been like *The American President*, *The Contender*or any number of political films where there is a semblance of civility even when the media cameras aren't clicking away.

These legislators today don't even bother to pretend that they are civil or have an iota of class OR restraint. They have lost any sense of decency or accountability and what passes for excuses for *assshat* behavior is lame and disingenuous.The *Ugly American* thrives in the Halls of Congress. Respect? Not with this bunch of jerks.

Frankly, the entire nation has become boorish, undignified, and mean-assed. And I doubt much can be done about the downslide...no one is held accountable for their lack of decency or grace, even though we know it has always been lurking.

However, as far as our specific President is concerned, the ugliness goes further and is insidious. It is racist and bigoted and quite nauseating. Though the President may be used to a lifetime of such ignorance and graceless BS, there are still a lot of people who would like to know just what comes out of the real mouths of these *elected* public servants.The ONLY recourse is to name names and hold that person up to public scrutiny. We still have that (somewhat shaky) power.

Senator Durbin...name names if you are going to mention it at all so we can at least hold some of this shitty behavior in a stronger public light.

It really pisses me the hell off, damnit! (small, ironic grin)

[Enthusiast]

89. K&R. I am pretty unhappy with Durbin.

His position on Chained CPI is off.

[MisterP]

91. look at you! LOOK AT YOU!

[burning rain]

93. It's certainly credible.

I know a good number of ordinary Republicans who say such things and worse, and this isn't Georgia, but Pennsylvania.

[1KansasDem]

95. White House and speakers office say it didn't happen.

If Durbin makes the claim, he better name the name.

[Thucydides]

117. Good catch low number poster with not much Longevity here.

You are still welcome here.

[1KansasDem]

120. Thanks for your indulgence.

[Thucydides]

140. Your welcome, 1KansasDem.

[hopemountain]

99. i've heard people say they can't

stand to even look at our president. but to say it to his face in a meeting? impetuous, childish, and disrespectful. period.

[DallasNE]

105. Durbin Needs To Name Names

On policy matters and such I am fine with what goes on in the room staying in the room but comments like this should not be viewed as privileged so the person saying this ought to be outed. If this is the meeting I thinking of it would have to have been either John Boehner or Eric Cantor and of those two I would suspect John Boehner because it fits in with past comments from John "KKK" Boehner.

[glinda]

135. +1

[dakdirty]

106. This proves something to me...

These GOP scum talk about how they have objections based on policy, but in reality, they simply can't stand having to deal with someone who to them is the ultimate combination of things they hate: an intellectual, Democrat, and black man.

[DonCoquixote]

107. how much you want to bet two things

One: when Obama leaves office, there will be a bunch of Good ole boys talking about how good it is to have a White person out of office>

Two: that some democrats will be joining them in the celebration.

[kentuck]

108. Marcia Blackburn seems like a good candidate?

It sounds like something she would say?

[RVN VET]

114. The problem is, without a name, every Gopper is a suspect

which is kind of ok, I guess.

But I'd rather be able to target my anger at the right person. It would be especially nice to track the slovenly pos down at town hall meetings and quote him or her verbatim every time he or she opened his or her piehole. Or even play adult and just ask in a loud, incredulous voice:"Did you actually say that to the President of the United States? Is your idea of political discourse to name-call and insult? Can I do the same to you? here and now?"

So, c'mon Senator Durbin, name names! If you can't spill the beans, can you at least leak them? (That didn't come out right.)

[ReRe]

109. That goes both ways....

... I can't stand to look at them either. And whenever MSNBC, or Thom Hartmann, or any station brings them on to talk, I change the channel. If I wanted to see their faces, I'd just just go watch Foxed-up-news.

[Tx4obama]

110. ...

[BobbyBoring]

113. I'm so sick of hearing Obama won't play nice with the re thugs

He spent the first 2 years of his first term dicking around trying to appease them to no avail. If Obama wanted to give every billionaire a gold plated Rolls, they'd find fault with that~

[Corruption Inc]

116. Sadly, I feel the exact same way about every Repug I meet

They are disgusting criminals or mentally ill people in desperate need of help. Then, having to listen to them bark out propaganda cliches hurts my ears too.

[BootinUp]

124. This needs to get through the media filter and out in plain view.

[Sedona]

126. Some people are moved to rage just at the mention of him

One day a few months after the 2012 election one of my co-workers started singing in our mom & pop biz office. This is not unusual (for him) as he regularly serenades us and we for the most part enjoy it.

What was different this day is he was singing Al Green's You Make Me Feel Brand New. He was singing it within earshot of me and the boss' wife. I made the mistake of making the comment, and I quote, "Awww that's the song the president sang to Michelle."

This lit a fuse under Mrs. Boss and she went off like a bomb on a 15 minute rant what an awful socialist Kenyan Muslim he is and how she never wants his name uttered in this office again. (I didn't utter his name BTW). She ended the rant by stating while looking right at me that "SOME PEOPLE " have been fired for just having an Obama sticker on their car. True, I had an Obama sticker on my car from the convention until a week or so after the election.

Then she stormed off into her mostly unused (she's kind of a figurehead "co-owner&quot office and slammed the door.

Me and my singing (liberal) co-worker just stood there with our jaws dropped. This from for the most part a sweet, 70ish, 4 foot 5 inch petit, adorable lady who would give me the shirt off her back, held my hand thru my divorce from my husband of 30 years and counseled me thru my oldest daughters wedding a not long after that.



I spent the rest of the day fighting back tears waiting to be fired from my very good job.

When I showed up for work the next day the real boss came in and basically apologized for her and asked me not to make any "political comments" in the office. He seemed quite embarrassed by it all. He hasn't raised his voice or got any kind of angry in the almost four years I've been working for him. I think he was afraid I was going to quit. I stuck up for myself and made sure he was aware my comment was of a trivial musical nature and he agreed. He said Obama just really rubbed her the wrong way (ya think?).

During the government shut down drama a few weeks ago I was similarly attacked by Mrs. Boss for no good reason again . She was standing 6 feet behind me in a busy, chatty office trying to get my attention, I was using the noisy scanner and didn't hear her say my name.

She stormed around to the front of my desk and ordered me to her "office" like I was a five year old being sent to my room and went on another 10 minute rant about how I don't respect her and how DARE I ignore her. How I've not been as warm to her as I used to be and demanded to know why. Well I kept my thoughts about that to myself because I need the job and she is in the office less than an hour a week.

This time I didn't even get a second hand apology. He was mortified, it was written all over his face.

I'll never feel the same way about her again. Fake it till you make it. I won't regret giving my notice next spring when I move out of the God forsaken red fucking state.

[wildbilln864]

130. k & r! n/t

[Francois Jeopardy]

131. Then throw the hate right back at them

[sabrina 1]

132. Has Debbie Wasserman demanded an apology from this Republican

yet? Has she expressed her disappointment in him/her?

She seems awfully upset when Dems tell the truth about the TP morons who shut down the government, so I imagine her anger towards a disrespectful Republican like this must be intense.

Maybe I just missed here 'admonishment' ....

[merrily]

133. Disgusting that these people have power over the country.

[Grateful for Hope]

134. I can't even imagine having something like this aimed at me

Our President has nerves of steel