For Democrats, Obama's Wall Street Payday Sends The Wrong Signal - Gene Lyons

[DonViejo]

Gene Lyons

For Democrats, Obama’s Wall Street Payday Sends The Wrong Signal

May 3, 2017 7:00 am

I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat. –Will Rogers, 1935

Never mind that at a rally in Harrisburg, PA, the president of the United States recently delivered what former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson described as “arguably the most hate-filled presidential communication in modern history.” Or that Donald J. Trump’s old pals on MSNBC’s Morning Joe are suggesting that the great man shows signs of senile dementia and needs a neurological workup.

Gee, no kidding.

Never mind too that Alabama Republican congressman Mo Brooks has suggested (also on MSNBC) that people with pre-existing medical conditions are morally deficient and deserve to pay much higher health insurance premiums than right-living specimens like himself. It’s tempting to observe that when you’ve said “Alabama Republican congressman,” you’ve said it all.

Even so, like any proper Democrat, I find myself distracted by party infighting. Not that I’ve ever actually participated in a political campaign. However, readers may not be shocked to learn that I normally vote Democratic.

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[Tom Rinaldo]

1. It's a well nuanced opinion piece. That usually goes over like a lead balloon here

Gene was careful to put any criticism he has carefully into a non accusatory framework. He made sure to note his overall positive feelings about the Democrats he mentions, and how the media often does not play fair by them. He was supportive of hardworking people like them earning vast sums of money and did not begrudge that. In other words he left himself wide open to being quoted out of context and attacked for unnecessarily attacking President Obama and Democrats by posters on this thread. We'll see if that comes to pass.

For the record I agree with him. And I still hold a very favorable view of our last very honorable President, Barack Obama.