The Slow Motion Lynching of President Barack Obama - By Frank Schaeffer

[gollygee]

134. Wow!

That was the most strongly worded editorial I've read in a while.

He's using the image of lynching because so much of the criticism Obama has gotten (no not all but a great deal of it) has been racial. Either outright or slightly under the surface.

No president has had the level of obstructionism he's had. They vote against bills they themselves wrote because they don't want him to have one single success, no matter what it is, and they're willing to destroy the country if necessary to keep him from having any success.

And the finger pointing directed back at us warrants some self reflection. He isn't as liberal as I'd like a president to be, but I'm unlikely to ever see a president as liberal as I'd like. He has done good, and it's surprising he's been able to do anything with all he's been handled. And the ACA has had some stumbling blocks, but it's a great thing and will help a great number of people, and is a step toward something even greater yet. I don't think the two options are "perfection" or "failure." The ACA has been mainly good, very good, and those problems that have come up can be solved. It's certainly better than what came before. Though I do hope it eventually leads to a true national heath care program.