Republicans are beginning to act as though Barack Obama isn’t even the president

[JDDavis]

Republicans are beginning to act as though Barack Obama isn’t even the president

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It’s one thing to criticize the administration’s actions, or try to impede them through the legislative process. But to directly communicate with a foreign power in order to undermine ongoing negotiations? That is appalling. And just imagine what those same Republicans would have said if Democratic senators had tried such a thing when George W. Bush was president.

The only direct precedent I can think of for this occurred in 1968, when as a presidential candidate Richard Nixon secretly communicated with the government of South Vietnam in an attempt to scuttle peace negotiations the Johnson administration was engaged in. It worked: those negotiations failed, and the war dragged on for another seven years. Many people are convinced that what Nixon did was an act of treason; at the very least it was a clear violation of the Logan Act, which prohibits American citizens from communicating with foreign governments to conduct their own foreign policy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/03/09/republicans-are-beginning-to-act-as-though-barack-obama-isnt-even-the-president/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_wonk&wprss=rss_opinions

Give it some DU love.

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. They have been doing that since he was first accussed of being born in Kenya.

Which was before he was President.

[JDDavis]

2. Agree, and they have certainly been doing that since

Caribou Barbie didn't become our VP.

I'm not saying anything any DU member doesn't know already, but I thought it deserved to be pointed out that now 47 Republican senators are trying to interfere with foreign policy.

[yeoman6987]

4. They are doing this because the President issued a few EOs

Spoiled brats they are.

[Agnosticsherbet]

6. They were out to get him long before his exectuive orders.

Attacking President Obama is pandering to their voters at the expense of good government. They do it because it has been a successful method to get conservative voters to the voting booth.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. They've never recognized him as the legitimate head of government.

[muntrv]

5. They have acted this way since the 2008 election.