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| Obama's rudeness hits new heights with Scalia, Schumer |
| 2016-02-21 |
| {NY Post] Gratuitous. Nasty. Petty. Spiteful. Insulting. Just plain rude. When the rhetoric of a major party's leading presidential candidate falls to this level, we should be scornful. So, how is it OK when it isn't just a presidential candidate, but a president, who does it? Donald Trump's policy of demeaning and snarking his political opponents has been a favorite habit of President Obama for the last eight years. Obama is perhaps the first president who believes that leading the country and playing to the beliefs of the extremists in his own party amount to the same thing, and like Trump fans, Obama fans are motivated in large degree by sheer hatred. They love to hear their idol channel their rage by bashing people they don't like. Obama's latest, silent insult -- leaving a spokesman to explain he had better things to do on a Saturday than attend the funeral of a 30-year justice of the Supreme Court -- isn't surprising when you consider the mean-spirited things he says virtually every time he steps in front of a microphone. This week Obama spokesman Josh Earnest bashed Sen. Chuck Schumer, who objected to cuts in counterterrorism funding for New York. Earnest said, in essence, why listen to this fool on anything if he opposed the Iran deal, especially since "most Democrats" were in favor? Police Commissioner Bill Bratton noted, accurately, that this was pure politics -- the president was punishing New York to get back at Schumer. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Michelle Obama During Justice Scalia’s Moment of Silence |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-02-21 16:41 |
| #2 Maybe upchuck Schumer learned a lesson but I doubt it. He watched Obama trash others and did nothing but support Obama policies until the Iran deal. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2016-02-21 11:00 |
| #1 I prefer that he didn't despoil Scalia's funeral, making it all about himself, when he obviously couldn't stand the man or the principles he held dear - like love of America and the Constitution as written |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-02-21 09:41 |