Evidently Boehner was ASLEEP during the SOTU OR he's an Idiot..

[Cha]

When a cnn mediawhore and John Boehner get together for whine..

"TOO SUBTLE?.... No sooner do we talk about President Obama's emphasis on American exceptionalism than we see Republicans pretend the remarks were never uttered.

Ben Smith noted this morning that House Speaker John Boehner and CNN's Kathleen Parker talked last night about the phrase they wanted to hear from the president, but didn't.

PARKER: You know one of the words that I listened out for in his speech last night was the word "exceptional." ... But I didn't hear him say it and I thought at a time when you're building a speech around sort of defining the common purpose of America, that seemed to me a rather -- you know, a simple direct line, fairly -- pretty much a no-brainer, but he didn't say it.

BOEHNER: Well, they -- they've refused to talk about America exceptionalism. We are different than the rest of the world. Why? Because Americans have -- the country was built on an idea that ordinary people could decide what their government looked like and ordinary people could elect their own leaders.

And 235 years ago that was a pretty novel idea. And so we are different. Why is our economy still 20 times the size of China's? Because Americans have had their freedom to succeed, the freedom to fail. We've got more innovators, more entrepreneurs, and that is exceptional but you can't get the left to talk about it. They don't -- they reject that notion.

PARKER: Why do you think that is?

BOEHNER: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if they're afraid of it, whether they don't believe it. I don't know.

CNN inexplicably airing two Republican responses to the State of the Union was ridiculous. This is worse.

I haven't the foggiest idea what Boehner and Parker are talking about. This has long been one of the more offensive and mind-numbing areas of attack from the right, but Tuesday's speech should have resolved the issue once and for all. Indeed, more than a few observers noted that Obama embraced American exceptionalism this week even more explicitly than he has in the past.

Honestly, were Boehner and Parker even awake during the speech? If so, they heard Obama talk about the qualities that "set us apart as a nation" and the things we do "better than anyone else." And his belief that America is "not just a place on a map, but the light to the world" and "the greatest nation on Earth." And his reminder that "as contentious and frustrating and messy as our democracy can sometimes be, I know there isn't a person here who would trade places with any other nation on Earth."

I realize the right isn't great at subtleties, but how could Boehner and Parker have missed this?

Indeed, Boehner specifically whined that "they" don't understand that "the country was built on an idea," a day after Obama explained, "What's more, we are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea -- the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our own destiny."

Greg Sargent added, "What's amusing about this ongoing assertion from the right is how easily debunked it is, and how casually its proponents simply pretend that the historical record doesn't exist.... I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion that these people would prefer that Obama didn't use such language, and are repeating this claim again and again in hopes of making it so."

The gang that creates its own reality just doesn't know when to stop.

—Steve Benen 12:35 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (42)

Cnn's Propaganda Big Lie Machine makes me Livid

Cnn's "main number-404-827-2600"

A comment on Benen's blog rings accurately..

"NOW, I think they are just fucking with everyone. Deliberately, consciously, and with malice of forethought. They know their constituency is so brainwashed that they can say black is white and people will believe it."

EDIT: to add link.. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archive...hp#1893350

[Cha]

Boehner's email address(thank you, nofurylike!)

http://speaker.house.gov/Contact/

http://democratsforprogress.com/forum/sh...p?tid=1967

[nofurylike]

(01-27-2011 03:05 PM)Cha Wrote:  Boehner's email address(thank you, nofurylike!)

http://speaker.house.gov/Contact/

http://democratsforprogress.com/forum/sh...p?tid=1967

(you are very welcome, Cha) thank you!
i just now wrote to him about this.
when you go to his email page, there is a link for his twitter page. as distasteful as the thought was, i went to see, and look at what his latest link is to:

House Republicans sharpen attack on health-care reform in two Hill hearings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...06073.html

Republicans on Wednesday used their new majority in the House of Representatives to hold the first of what they promise will be a steady drumbeat of congressional hearings to denounce the new health-care law.

-snip-

The Obama administration responded with a public relations offensive of its own, releasing letters from high-profile economists who back the law, and holding a news conference at which Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Costco chief executive Jim Sinegal argued that the law is a lifesaver for U.S. businesses because it will curb skyrocketing premiums.

In a White House blog post, Stephanie Cutter, a top White House official, also took on Foster's conclusions, writing that his analysis "discounts proposals that other independent experts credit with getting at the root causes of health care cost growth."

-snip-

Democrats also echoed Goolsbee's testimony that the law would prove a boon to businesses. The smallest firms can get tax credits to offset the cost of buying insurance for their workers, he said. Slightly larger companies will be able to buy insurance on state-run marketplaces that can offer the more stable premiums that big companies have long enjoyed, leveling the playing field. And all businesses will benefit from the anticipated curbing of health-care costs resulting from the drop in the large uninsured population - whose uncompensated health-care costs often get passed on to paying customers.

-snip-

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"what they promise will be a steady drumbeat of congressional hearings"



excellent comments in this thread, Cha, and ALL!

[Cha]

(01-28-2011 05:19 AM)nofurylike Wrote:  

(01-27-2011 03:05 PM)Cha Wrote:  Boehner's email address(thank you, nofurylike!)

http://speaker.house.gov/Contact/

http://democratsforprogress.com/forum/sh...p?tid=1967

(you are very welcome, Cha) thank you!
i just now wrote to him about this.
when you go to his email page, there is a link for his twitter page. as distasteful as the thought was, i went to see, and look at what his latest link is to:

House Republicans sharpen attack on health-care reform in two Hill hearings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...06073.html

Republicans on Wednesday used their new majority in the House of Representatives to hold the first of what they promise will be a steady drumbeat of congressional hearings to denounce the new health-care law.

-snip-

The Obama administration responded with a public relations offensive of its own, releasing letters from high-profile economists who back the law, and holding a news conference at which Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Costco chief executive Jim Sinegal argued that the law is a lifesaver for U.S. businesses because it will curb skyrocketing premiums.

In a White House blog post, Stephanie Cutter, a top White House official, also took on Foster's conclusions, writing that his analysis "discounts proposals that other independent experts credit with getting at the root causes of health care cost growth."

-snip-

Democrats also echoed Goolsbee's testimony that the law would prove a boon to businesses. The smallest firms can get tax credits to offset the cost of buying insurance for their workers, he said. Slightly larger companies will be able to buy insurance on state-run marketplaces that can offer the more stable premiums that big companies have long enjoyed, leveling the playing field. And all businesses will benefit from the anticipated curbing of health-care costs resulting from the drop in the large uninsured population - whose uncompensated health-care costs often get passed on to paying customers.

-snip-

###

"what they promise will be a steady drumbeat of congressional hearings"



excellent comments in this thread, Cha, and ALL!

Thanks for the additional news of the Obama Admin's response, nofurylike, and for getting pro active on this!

Check out what Joe Klein has to write about the President's "Exceptionalism in the SOTU" from Babylonsister's thread on DFP..

"By contrast, Obama's biggest applause line was about American exceptionalism: "As contentious and frustrating and messy as our democracy can sometimes be, I know there isn't a person here who would trade places with any other nation on earth." This came near the end of the speech — which is where great applause lines should come — and it was greeted by a visceral roar, and then followed by the story of yet another entrepreneur, the Pennsylvania drilling machinist who saved the Chilean miners. This was deft on so many grounds. It subtly addressed the Republican extremists who question Obama's patriotism, and it put him squarely — with Reagan — on the side of sunshine and enterprise. That is the winning side in American politics: you tell inspiring stories and sell soap bubbles."

Cnn's corporate-slave Kathleen Parker and John Boehner need to get out more and quit all their bubble wrapped whining.

http://democratsforprogress.com/forum/sh...p?tid=2299

nofurylike~

[nofurylike]

(01-28-2011 01:42 PM)Cha Wrote:  Thanks for the additional news of the Obama Admin's response, nofurylike, and for getting pro active on this!

Check out what Joe Klein has to write about the President's "Exceptionalism in the SOTU" from Babylonsister's thread on DFP..

"By contrast, Obama's biggest applause line was about American exceptionalism: "As contentious and frustrating and messy as our democracy can sometimes be, I know there isn't a person here who would trade places with any other nation on earth." This came near the end of the speech — which is where great applause lines should come — and it was greeted by a visceral roar, and then followed by the story of yet another entrepreneur, the Pennsylvania drilling machinist who saved the Chilean miners. This was deft on so many grounds. It subtly addressed the Republican extremists who question Obama's patriotism, and it put him squarely — with Reagan — on the side of sunshine and enterprise. That is the winning side in American politics: you tell inspiring stories and sell soap bubbles."

Cnn's corporate-slave Kathleen Parker and John Boehner need to get out more and quit all their bubble wrapped whining.

http://democratsforprogress.com/forum/sh...p?tid=2299

nofurylike~

wow, thank you for adding that, Cha! and the link to Babylonsister's excellent thread!
this all certainly leaves no question that Boehner - the Speaker of the House!!? - is delusional and a liar. not that any of us needed it verified again.

thank you for your kind comments, and for ALL YOU do, dear Cha!!

[OptimistesMaddie]

Alex, I will take "IS Boehner and Idiot"? for 500 dollars.

This is how it works in Boehners vodka floating brain, because President Obama didn't use the specific terminology, "Exceptionalism", all other detailed explainations that point to it don't count.

[mzmolly]

The fact that roughly 50 percent of the voting populace supports these buffoons is astounding.

[atomic]

Boner is an idiot.

[azmouse]

[Treestar]

Republicans debate in such bad faith. Even if Obama did not use that particular word, they cannot pretend he did not express the idea.

[Ikonoklast]

I vote "Drunk" during the SOTU.

And "Idiot".


For the rest of the time.

[There Is No Spoon]

Not idiot, ass hole.

[Cha]

(01-27-2011 07:38 PM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  Not idiot, ass hole.

That is the third unwritten choice.

[Drunken Irishman]

It's the same thing Romney pulled on his book tour back in 2009. He went around the country declaring Pres. Obama was apologizing for America and yet, in no speech, did Pres. Obama ever apologize for anything. He might've mentioned opening a better avenue of communication with the world and discussed past mistakes made on the diplomatic front, but he wasn't apologizing to anyone.

It's a meme that went unchecked by the MSM, unfortunately.

[Cha]

(01-27-2011 11:35 PM)Drunken Irishman Wrote:  It's the same thing Romney pulled on his book tour back in 2009. He went around the country declaring Pres. Obama was apologizing for America and yet, in no speech, did Pres. Obama ever apologize for anything. He might've mentioned opening a better avenue of communication with the world and discussed past mistakes made on the diplomatic front, but he wasn't apologizing to anyone.

It's a meme that went unchecked by the MSM, unfortunately.

The reptilian republicons get a pass on lying while Al Gore better watch himself about how he says "invent the internet"..fookers.

[nofurylike]

you again bring us Steve Benen at his finest, Cha. thank you!!
he ALWAYS lends clarity.
of course, that clarity can be fiercely disturbing, as in this instance, but it is always a gift.

[Peadar O Suileabhain]

You know one of the words that I listened out for in his speech last night was the word "exceptional." ... But I didn't hear him say it

I didn't hear him say "aardvark", "leprechaun", "kumquat", or "Derek Sanderson", either.

[DFW]

I didn't hear him say "aardvark", "leprechaun", "kumquat", or "Derek Sanderson", either.

..........for which Fox and its Republican subsidiaries in Congress will be verbally thrashing Obama until at least the late spring.....

[Cha]

You're Welcome, nofurylike~ And, right backatcha~

[nofurylike]

(01-29-2011 03:02 PM)Cha Wrote:  You're Welcome, nofurylike~ And, right backatcha~