just another rant …

It’s Friday and while that in itself is a good thing, watching and hearing President Obama in VA today was an even greater thing to experience and definitely consistent with what he has always felt about helping the Middle Class which, is to provide a hand up not a hand out. However, this concept is completely contrary to what we hear from most if not all those right of center or the extremist Teapublicans who believe government is too big but only when they do not need it for themselves. The idea that members of the Republican Congress felt completely comfortable stating they would not attend, that the President’s speech did not rise to a joint speech in Congress, of laughing during his American Jobs Act speech left me with no doubt that Republicans are not qualified or grown-up enough to govern our great Nation. I have to admit it was beyond sad to hear grown adults disrespect the office of President let alone President Obama and last i remember we are not in a parliamentary setting where they are free to scream and or yell. It was offensive and disturbing but it gave Americans the full picture of just who the GOPers are, who they side with and what they intend to continue. That, is holding the Middle Class hostage while demanding less regulation, less tax burden on the job creators, and if given the chance, will cut slash and burn Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or any other social service program designed to give a hand up not a hand out. I guess the idea of giving a hand up to the middle class or the poor is a cliché only a Teapublican could laugh at. How do you feel as an American about the reckless, hypocrisy ridden, unfazed, greedy sounding, self-interested ideologically moved attitudes by the Teapublican Political Party who seem quite driven and who probably have signed up to take our Democracy and Country literally over the edge of disaster to gain control of the White House.

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House and Senate leaders spoke to reporters about President Obama’s upcoming address to a Joint Session of Congress in which he will lay out his plan to get more than 14 million Americans back to work.  More Info »