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In reply to the discussion: Obama to GOP: 'Take me out of it' [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)I'll reply to you. I don't think you know me personally but I wholeheartedly disagree with your characterizations of President Obama's core voters. President Obama's most loyal core group has been African Americans and I'm one of them. I should know why my family and friends supported him. What is more I'm from the South and grew up in the South. Even though President Obama came from an interracial family with roots from Kenya and whites from Kansas, My family also goes back to the Civil War and the History of this Country. So I know why most African Americans voted for him.
I do not know why Boehner is being seperated from the rest of his extreme caucas? I do not know why President Obama thinks that he can deal with what I consider a snake? I would have thought he should have learned the first time. And Hispanics are finding out what African Americans have found out about the current Republican Party a long time ago. I know President Obama studies President Lincoln's Presidency a lot and was raised by the family of his mother, but he needs a better concept of racism in this country and the historical background of it. It is the same with the gun issue and other issues such as immigration or even marijuana. Even though African Americans stuck with him, they are not very happy with his denial; of racial issues in this country. He is too timid to take it on for fear of upsetting some whites.
He needs to understand Boehner and stop trying to accommodate or appease him. The best way to do that is look where Boehner came from and where he has been and where he wants to go. Boehner is not in Congress without a purpose. His purpose is to destroy Social Security and other Safetynet Programs. His family is of German/Irish decent. When Boehner entered Congress, he was one of the original Gang of Seven on the Contract of America with Newt Gingrich before Obama even got into Congress.
I put an emphasis on one of the original gang of seven. And it was Boehner with others, who initiated a coo on Gingrich, when he violated the Contract and had personal problems. Boehner is as extreme as you can get and a conniving snake. He is dealing with President Obama the same way he dealt with Clinton. He is trying to manuever around Obama, in order to weaken his Presidency on the National stage and for the rest of his term. Boehner is one of the leaders and does not compromise with anyone. His district is over 90 percent white, and he grew up in that district from childhood. The North had their copperheads too. Boehner made a promise early own in his career to destroy Social Security and Medicare. He aligned himself with Wall Street Lobbyists, which religious conservatives have problems with. He said in the past that he would love to move the age limit up on Social Security to 70 years old. And the media has coyly left out Boehner's original historical background to the American Public. If Obama thinks that he is dealing with someone held hostage by his caucas, then he don't know Boehner. Boehner is one of the chief instigators, not one of the troops or followers. He can smile in your face and shake Obama's hand all he wants behind close doors, but the man is a snake! The people being called his Left, are the strength of his party and they are not extreme at all. He don't know why that hostile Press keep asking loaded questions to him either. He didn't understand why Hillary Clinton claimed some people would never vote for him either. People gave him a second chance because they thought he learned his lesson and stop being so naive. Hispanics expect that too.
One other note, I'm laughing when the Washington Post\Wall Street Journal comes out with a Poll showing people want both men to compromise. And Obama picked right up on that. The Washington Post\Wall Street Journal is a joke and has an agenda. He best listen to the Polls calling his office, because they are not the extreme left but the people that put you on office. They are definately telling him what they want and he needs to ignore the pundits in the media and their phony Polls.