Nobody Brazenly Grabs Power Like Republicans
We’ve heard the right wing spin machine call President Obama a King who has brazenly attempted to usurp power. A Christian Publication said our president is deceitful and added this:
Who Really Runs Things In America?(President Obama) …behaves like a king, a dictator – someone who believes that his own pronouncements have the force of law, and who thinks he can dispense with the law’s enforcement when he deigns to do so. And those of us who object? How dare we? Racists!
Three recent events prove this accusation of alleged royal conduct to be false. First, the Republican House has erased any transparency with regards to disclosure of benefactors who fund “political” trips. Second, The Supreme Court has decided corporations can determine when life begins. And finally, two billionaires have used their money to successfully back a new segregation movement, Jim Crow-style, in states where they can buy politicians who will support their agenda.
The bill to eliminate disclosure of lobbyists’ gifts of travel was passed behind closed doors with minimal fanfare. This bill eliminates disclosing who paid and how the amount financed. Congress, when selfishly motivated, can quickly pass any bill they wish.
The move made behind closed doors and without public announcement by the House Ethics Committee, reverses more than three decades of precedent. Gifts of free travel to lawmakers have appeared on the yearly financial form dating back its creation in the late 1970s, after the Watergate scandal.
In the ruling of the Hobby Lobby case, the Supreme Court decided not to cover certain forms of birth control, but rather classify some as abortifacients. The problem with this line of thinking:
This court has given corporations the power to decide when life itself begins.
Yes, corporations now have more decision making-ability than a woman herself when it comes to reproductive health matters.
Lastly, the Koch Brothers, the embodiment of Libertarianism served with a large side of unfettered capitalism, have ingrained themselves through ALEC into public education. Their efforts are directed towards increasing the inequality we tried to erase through the Civil Rights Movement. The drive to end segregated education was the most radical and revolutionary aspect of the civil rights movement. Alas, we learn this.
ALEC-endorsed candidates outspent their opponents hardily thanks to Koch dollars and took over the school board. They enacted ALEC-backed policies, even going so far as to resegregate the schools. (Emphasis mine)
Every time I hear a right winger refer to President Obama as a “King,” I’m immediately struck with the realization they are simply projecting their own guilty admissions onto Barack Obama. Hey GOP, meet kettle.
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By: VegasJessie
A resident of Las Vegas Nevada, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma as a Political Science major. Very motivated to get people to participate in the electoral process.
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Carla Akins July 5th, 2014 at 13:25
They could at least make up their minds. Is he a king or ineffective (weak) leader, an usurper or a mole for Islam. A communist, Marxist, Liberal, etc you get the idea. Maybe they could pick one and vote on it.
Anomaly 100 July 5th, 2014 at 16:35
He’s a very weak Dictator-King-Tyrant?
Carla Akins July 5th, 2014 at 16:52
Nide try, but I’m not buying it.
Tommy6860 July 5th, 2014 at 18:05
Cheney could be a Dick-tator :P.
Anomaly 100 July 5th, 2014 at 19:12
“Could be”???
Dwendt44 July 5th, 2014 at 19:42
The worst socialist ever!!
Carla Akins July 5th, 2014 at 13:25
They could at least make up their minds. Is he a king or ineffective (weak) leader, an usurper or a mole for Islam. A communist, Marxist, Liberal, etc you get the idea. Maybe they could pick one and vote on it.
Anomaly 100 July 5th, 2014 at 16:35
He’s a very weak Dictator-King-Tyrant?
Carla Akins July 5th, 2014 at 16:52
Nide try, but I’m not buying it.
Tommy6860 July 5th, 2014 at 18:05
Cheney could be a Dick-tator :P.
Anomaly 100 July 5th, 2014 at 19:12
“Could be”???
Dwendt44 July 5th, 2014 at 19:42
The worst socialist ever!!
Herb Sarge Phelps July 5th, 2014 at 14:28
Sad thing is the FLEA Potty is so dominating even though they represent only a small fraction of the people and try to impose their will on the much larger majority. Even though they lose most elections the will of the people are pushed to the side with the FLEA Potty because their parents Charles and David Koch keeps feeding the monster and allows it to live because the greedy, hateful Establishment GOP thinks they need the FLEA Potty to keep up with their base. Strange isn’t it?
Tommy6860 July 5th, 2014 at 18:33
Until the people can get a petition submitted so we can get a referendum put up to vote on campaign finance reform, the voice of the people will continue to be silenced in favor of the few. Remove private money from political campaigns and severely limit lobbying, and this crap will stop.
Herb Sarge Phelps July 5th, 2014 at 14:28
Sad thing is the FLEA Potty is so dominating even though they represent only a small fraction of the people and try to impose their will on the much larger majority. Even though they lose most elections the will of the people are pushed to the side with the FLEA Potty because their parents Charles and David Koch keeps feeding the monster and allows it to live because the greedy, hateful Establishment GOP thinks they need the FLEA Potty to keep up with their base. Strange isn’t it?
Tommy6860 July 5th, 2014 at 18:33
Until the people can get a petition submitted so we can get a referendum put up to vote on campaign finance reform, the voice of the people will continue to be silenced in favor of the few. Remove private money from political campaigns and severely limit lobbying, and this crap will stop.
Denise July 5th, 2014 at 16:43
it’s called projection. republican jesus tells them to lie, cheat and steal to get what they want.
Denise July 5th, 2014 at 16:43
it’s called projection. republican jesus tells them to lie, cheat and steal to get what they want.
Ronald Louis Ramsey July 6th, 2014 at 21:28
The Koch brothers along with the
conservatives with the tea party, they are steadfast on destroying America.
They are moving this country back to King George the third administration type
of government, an oligarchy type. We have to stick together and prevent this
from happening the strength of America is in the middle class, and not the top
1%. Their plan of inequality the separation of Americans working class from the
corporate elite, would turn us into a third world country forcing the working
family to struggle and live like peasants, I will say this again, a King George
the third monarchy type of government, to drive the point home.
The Supreme Court of United States of
America, decision on Citizens United, that they have re-moved all and any
limitation, on how much money one can devote to their political Campaign,
making their voice on steroids, and the average American voice on aspirin. We
have to, as a country unite to stop this from taking over our democracy, to
return the voice back to the general population, the average American, instead
of the 1%.
Our savor the Lord Jesus, he said
healed the sick, feed the hungry, care for the weakest
among us, and always pray in private. For some reason Republicans,
Conservatives and especially the tea party, with the Kock brothers, with their
wealth that they have inherited, they have a hard time understanding this man’s
teachings. They might want to consider rethinking their position on being a
Christian.
This is a challenge that I will pass on to you spread the
word, by saying, I want my country back, back from the aristocracy that Koch
brothers are trying to force upon this country.
Ronald Louis Ramsey July 6th, 2014 at 21:28
The Koch brothers along with the
conservatives with the tea party, they are steadfast on destroying America.
They are moving this country back to King George the third administration type
of government, an oligarchy type. We have to stick together and prevent this
from happening the strength of America is in the middle class, and not the top
1%. Their plan of inequality the separation of Americans working class from the
corporate elite, would turn us into a third world country forcing the working
family to struggle and live like peasants, I will say this again, a King George
the third monarchy type of government, to drive the point home.
The Supreme Court of United States of
America, decision on Citizens United, that they have re-moved all and any
limitation, on how much money one can devote to their political Campaign,
making their voice on steroids, and the average American voice on aspirin. We
have to, as a country unite to stop this from taking over our democracy, to
return the voice back to the general population, the average American, instead
of the 1%.
Our savor the Lord Jesus, he said
healed the sick, feed the hungry, care for the weakest
among us, and always pray in private. For some reason Republicans,
Conservatives and especially the tea party, with the Kock brothers, with their
wealth that they have inherited, they have a hard time understanding this man’s
teachings. They might want to consider rethinking their position on being a
Christian.
This is a challenge that I will pass on to you spread the
word, by saying, I want my country back, back from the aristocracy that Koch
brothers are trying to force upon this country.