Re: Obama: I Haven't Made Fun of Tea Baggers

Lynne is talkig about the behavior of Democrats toward Bush.

On Friday, November 29, 2013 1:39:51 PM UTC-5, Lynne wrote:

Of course not. Honest debate is a good thing and what Madison had in mind when he wrote of factionalism. But deliberate obstructionism in order to block debate, cause the President to fail, spreading rumors and lies(obama is neither a Muslim and he was born in the US), holding the Congress hostage by refusing to even allow a budget resolution come to the floor, refusing to confirm federal judges necessitating the "nuclear option" (approx. 1/3 of federal benches are empty because GOP senators won't vote, etc.

How bad does it have to be before you wake up?






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geoffrey theist <gthei...@gmail.com> wrote:

what behavior make one a member of the far right wing of the republican party? would that include republicans that don't act like or suck up to democrats?

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Lynne Kelly <lyn...@aol.com> wrote:

Perhaps Mr. Obama was concerned that the ignorant individual would not understand or recognize the correct name if the far right wing of the Republican Party. If one does not wish to be called a tea bagger, one should not behave like one.

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On Nov 28, 2013, at 6:16 AM, lew <lew...@aol.com> wrote:

Obama: I Haven't Made Fun of Tea Baggers

Katie Pavlich | Nov 27, 2013

townhall.com

According to the New York Post's Page Six, President Obama used the term "tea-bagger" in a letter response to a Texas teacher, Thomas J. Ritter. Ritter wrote a letter to President Obama expressing his concerns about the way he, and others in his administration, handles criticism over issues like healthcare.

Ritter reportedly wrote:

"I hesitated to write for fear of some kind of retribution .?.?. I watched you make fun of tea baggers and your press secretary make fun of Ms. [Sarah] Palin which was especially beneath the dignity of the White House .?.?. Do the right thing not the political thing. Suggest a bill that Americans can support."

Obama responded with:

"I received your letter, an appreciate your concern about the toxic political environment right now. I do have to challenge you, though, on the notion that any citizen that disagrees with me has been 'targeted and ridiculed' or that I have 'made fun' of tea-baggers. I think a fair reading is that I have gone out of my way to listen to legitimate criticism, and defend strongly the rights of everyone to speak their mind."

To be fair, Ritter used the term "tea-bagger" first in his initial letter to Obama, but you'd think the President of the United States wouldn't repeat the degrading term, especially in writing, without at least condemning it.

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