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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (88448)	1/27/2011 1:28:37 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

It was disgusting to see Boehner's reaction during the address and with it the reaction of the Republican party when Obama mentioned anything that had to do with improving the country and with it the American community. He had no applause and instead provided cold stares. But when it came to the welfare of individuals such as those with money or a collection of rich people such as oil companies etc., they were up cheering on their feet. It was evident that they are. for chasing the age old ideas of keeping the masses illiterate, uneducated and exploited with no rudimentary benefits such as healthcare etc. Yes indeed it is convenient for them to advocate for the "small businesses" since they serve as a buffer between the working class and the super rich which forms the core that the Republicans ultimately wants to preserve. Its amazing to me that Americans have any respect for the Rs with their blatant pandering to the oil industry and the rich. I have to assume Americans suffer from some serious brainwashing. Unfortunately, the ideas of "blatant and shameless" capitalism is so well ingrained into the minds of the Americans during their days in "public school", that they are missing out on the point that the Govt. stepping in to save the auto and banking industry has resulted in a profit for the taxpayers.. Even though that was not their intent to step in to begin with. So what nonsense is this for some Americans to say that Govt. should keep out. I never bought into some of the garbage we were fed in school growing up although I did believe the US was the knight on a white horse. Where I got snookered was with Rs. I thought they were the smart, deep ones. How else to explain their distain for everyone else? Little did I know they played with smoke and mirrors and worked long and hard on intimidation. That part of my education didn't come until Bush became president. Seems to me that Obama is taking the initiative away from the Republicans and making them more clueless than they were on the day of the Nov. election. Which makes me very happy.