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To Obama and the left -civility is a one way street

Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2011 at 05:00 PM

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As we approach Thursdays speech by President Obama to the joint session of Congress, many are wondering if the President will acknowledge the uncivil rhetoric that has been emanating from his allies.

It hasn't been that long since the Presidents erudite speech in Tucson had many swooning over his rhetoric calling for a new civility. But since that time, it seems his "new civility" must pertain to any that oppose his policies. His allies are free to say anything without repercussion from the White House.

The President himself has been an offender of his "civility" mantra, going so far as to castigate and criticize sitting audience members of Congress during the last joint session. Congressmen and women, out of courtesy and protocol, are not able to answer back the insults the president hurls their way. These speeches are one way conversations with the President setting the tone and topic, which to many is more than uncivil and seems very partisan.

The President publicly demanded a joint session on the very night the Republican debates had been scheduled....for months. The Speaker of the House, bridled at the Presidents bullying tactics and said, "you can do it on another night, but not Wednesday".

So Obama gets another captive audience Thursday to unveil what many think will be a re-run of more Keynesian failed economic policies to "stimulate" our failing economy. Or could he surprise us and use this opportunity to set a new tone of civility and spirit of non partisan cooperation. He is the President and he has the Pulpit.

If the President wants to set the tone and disarm his critics, he could execute a brilliant move and do something uncharacteristic for him: Acknowledge that his allies are using harsh, uncivil rhetoric in order to create animosity and division among the populace. Some say it is deliberate, class warfare of divide and conquer. Let the president call for a new era of civility from his high profile allies who wield great power:

President Obama should by name, ask Congresswoman Maxine Waters to apologize for telling American citizens to go to hell.

President Obama should by name, ask his Vice President Joe Biden to apologize to American citizens for calling them terrorists and barbarians.

President Obama should by name ask his friend, Jimmy Hoffa Jr., who delivered the Presidents warm up speech in Detroit, to apologize to the American people for calling them sons of b*tches and saying we're going to take them out.

President Obama should by name ask Congressman Andre Carson to apologize to American citizens when he said Americans want to see blacks hanging from trees and they yearn for the return of Jim Crow laws.

So Mr. President take this opportunity to disarm your critics and step up to the plate to become the great uniter many thought you were capable of being when they voted for you.

America looks forward to a new tone of civility coming out of Washington D.C, starting with their President.

For other points of view visit Carroll Standard: www.carrollstandard.com

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aloistmartin | Oct 20, 2011, 03:58 AM EDT

Barack Obama`s Fall of Man Democracy is as Hopeless as The Sodom and Gomorrah Tea Party

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peterson | Sep 25, 2011, 03:33 PM EDT

It appears that America's pompous idiot of a president is on the way out with many members of his party distancing themselves from him. He has done much to help destroy this once great nation.

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seanomelbourne | Sep 15, 2011, 08:04 PM EDT

The audience sounded more like a lynch mob.If perry had have been the prefecture in Jerusalem he would have executed Jesus,after all the autorities had sentenced him to death.

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Monsoonman | Sep 15, 2011, 12:05 PM EDT

Lad: I heard that applause re: Perry carrying out Texas death penalty. The audience applauded because he carried out the law, not like other states who allow their mass murderers to die of old age on their death rows and thwart the will of the people and the victims of their heinous crimes. My opinion on healthcare for all? Insurance should be eliminated, that will overnight lower healthcare. Health insurance has done nothing but help costs skyrocket because people dont question or care what procedures cost. Healthcare was far better & affordable b4 health insurance

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seanomelbourne | Sep 14, 2011, 07:53 PM EDT

Mman are they the same teaparty people who shouted yeah and clapped when Ron Paul was asked if he would let a person die who had no health insurance. Or when Parry(doctor death) was as asked a question on the death penalty and your teaparty mates cheered.They sounded like madam LaFarge sitting there knitting shouting "off with their heads"

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eiriamach | Sep 13, 2011, 08:19 PM EDT

Testing, fourth try!

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eiriamach | Sep 13, 2011, 08:18 PM EDT

A summary from thestand.org about the Washington State union port shutdown: "a taxpayer-subsidized international conglomerate, which is operating on public property, is suing the public so it can avoid paying the area’s standard wages and undercut its competitors that do. Then, it exacerbated tensions with the local labor community by importing union workers from another jurisdiction to cross the picket lines." Farnan and Monsoonman should be pleased to learn, however, that the ILWU's discourse about the matter has been quite civil. These union workers are not pawns in the pocket of Koch and Co. or the multi-national corporations. They're fighting a battle for American workers, with one in six now living in poverty in the USA.

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Monsoonman | Sep 13, 2011, 08:10 PM EDT

Lad, I know hundreds, no thousands of Tea Party people and they are honest decent hardworking people, they don't know or care abt. Koch Bros., they care abt. America. You should start one up in Oz.

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seanomelbourne | Sep 13, 2011, 07:28 PM EDT

The tea party are the soldiers of the Koch brothers and there ilk.

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Monsoonman | Sep 13, 2011, 06:57 PM EDT

The Tea Party is the American people and is the American worker.

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Ratslayer | Sep 13, 2011, 01:23 PM EDT

If Satan has a political party, it's the anti-worker, anti-union, anti-middle class, anti-American Dream Republican Party.

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Monsoonman | Sep 12, 2011, 06:12 PM EDT

Lad? What about the hard working union members who work at that facility? Don't they just want to make a living too, or do they have to be in the "right" union in order for you to approve. When is it OK to bring baseball bats and cause major damage to a premises in violation of court orders to not trespass on the property. Get your facts straight

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eiriamach | Sep 12, 2011, 10:06 AM EDT

ILWU (Internt'l Longshore & Warehouse Union) Local 21, which has worked the port of Longview for 70 years, protested when an international-corporation grain terminal it had a contract with ignored the contract and hired a rival outside-area group. The corporation (EGT), which has a tax exemption on the $200 million site, paid these scabs below-union-scale wages, devaluing all salaries in the area. It claimed to be saving $1,000,000 a year in wages as profit going to the corporate top at the expense of workers. After ILWU's protest escalated into damage to a fence on July 11, the company hired a Portland-based union (more scabs) to work the port for union wages. ILWU members-- 50, NOT 500-- stood on the RR tracks to block a train delivering grain to the terminal until 50 police officers in riot gear beat them with clubs, pepper-sprayed them, AND ARRESTED 16 for refusing to leave the RR property. Next day, ILWU workers dumped grain at the terminal. At thestand.org is this summary: "a taxpayer-subsidized international conglomerate, which is operating on public property, is suing the public so it can avoid paying the area’s standard wages and undercut its competitors that do. Then, it exacerbated tensions with the local labor community by importing union workers from another jurisdiction to cross the picket lines." Farnan and Monsoonman should be pleased to learn, however, that ILWU's discourse throughout has been quite civil.

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seanomelbourne | Sep 11, 2011, 07:52 PM EDT

500 hard working family men been referred to as thugs for trying to protect their way of life,how sad.

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DrSheilahere | Sep 10, 2011, 05:50 PM EDT

Anti-Obama writer"Why Obama Won't Be Re-Elected. Don't Waste Money On HIs War Chest" and "Explaining Obama's Brilliance For Those Too Slow to Get It" RT pls. http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/1017868/sheila_dunnells_phd.html

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