Outrageous

As things stand, no blow seems low enough, no criticism off limits, if the president happens to be from the other side. The pursuit of happiness has given way to the pursuit of picayune point-scoring.

Bush said it is unfair that Obama has been labelled a "socialist" by critics and is disappointed with the strongly partisan nature of American politics.

"We've seen that for the last eight years, certainly, and we're still seeing it. That's just a fact of life," Bush said, noting that her husband faced the same problems.

"He was disappointed that that was not the way it worked out in Washington. I'm sure President Obama didn't expect it to be that way [either]. ... All of us need to do what we can to come together on issues," Bush says in the interview.

Every time the president changes I hear ideologues going on about just how unprecedented the very routine political attacks are, they condemn the political attacks and conveniently forget that their side used the same playbook while they were running the opposition.

Republicans have said that they'd be fine with him talking to students if it weren't political in nature and before this all started there were elements to the event that could have become politicized.

"As the father of four children, I am absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama's socialist ideology," Greer said.

"The idea that school children across our nation will be forced to watch the president justify his plans ... is not only infuriating, but goes against beliefs of the majority of Americans, while bypassing American parents through an invasive abuse of power."

I've never said the Republicans aren't doing anything wrong Cyclo. Why do things have to be so darn black or white to you?

No, you've just repeatedly tried to excuse the Republican behavior by spending a lot of time attempting to show that the Dems are equally guilty.

That's the functional equivalent of saying that they aren't doing anything wrong, in politics. Maybe I get this impression due to the fact that you seem to be spending most of your time lately, when it comes to posts involving politics, attacking those who are attacking the Republican party; do you just like the underdog, or what?

You ought to admit that there is quite a bit of validity to the complaints re: the right-wing treatment of Obama over the last year.

Even if the Dems are equally guilty (which I don't agree with, but whatever), I'd love to see you condemn some of the bullshit flying around from the other side.

No, you've just repeatedly tried to excuse the Republican behavior by spending a lot of time attempting to show that the Dems are equally guilty. That's the functional equivalent of saying that they aren't doing anything wrong, in politics.

...Maybe I get this impression due to the fact that you seem to be spending most of your time lately, when it comes to posts involving politics, attacking those who are attacking the Republican party; do you just like the underdog, or what?

.You ought to admit that there is quite a bit of validity to the complaints re: the right-wing treatment of Obama over the last year. Even if the Dems are equally guilty (which I don't agree with, but whatever), I'd love to see you condemn some of the bullshit flying around from the other side.
Cycloptichorn

The truth is the main criticism was all directed not at the fact of his talk to schoolchildren but instead at the stupid fawning "lesson plan" published by the Department of Education.

The White House tonight is providing the below clarification on what the president's health-care proposals would mean when it comes to the issue of illegal immigrants.

The question, as we all know, arises from the Wilson "You lie" outburst, and the core claim that notwithstanding specific bill language barring illegal immigrants from participating in the "exchange," as a practical matter, there is no way of verifying the citizenship of applicants -- which is the current state of play. Republicans say that then means illegal immigrants would end up being enrolled in plans -- bill language or no bill language.

Today, for the first time as far as we know, the administration is backing a provision that would require proof of citizenship before someone could enroll in a plan selected on the exchange.

Here, the administration also concedes that hospitals would be compensated with public funds for the care of undocumented immigrants.

Undocumented immigrants would not be able to buy private insurance on the exchange. Those who are lawfully present in this country would be able to participate.

Undocumented immigrants would be able to buy insurance in the non-exchange private market, just as they do today. That market will shrink as the exchange takes hold, but it will still exist and will be subject to reforms such as the bans on pre-existing conditions and caps.

Verification will be required when purchasing health insurance on the exchange. One option is the SAVE program (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) which states currently use to make sure that undocumented immigrants don't participate in safety-net programs for which they are ineligible.

There would be no change in the law that requires emergency rooms to treat people who need emergency care, including undocumented immigrants. There is already a federal grant program that compensates states for emergency room costs associated with treatment of undocumented immigrants, a provision sponsored by a Republican lawmaker.

The part about the president's deliberate deception.

I don't think that's fair at all, Advocate. Quite the contrary, actually.

georgeob1 wrote:

The part about the president's deliberate deception.

I don't see how you get there.

George is obviously right in there with the truthers, birthers, teabaggers, et al.