What, were you raised in a barn?
Anyone who watched President Obama's address to Congress last night (or has heard the news this morning) knows what I'm talking about. Booing the President? Shouting out "You lie!" to the President?
Look, when the last President was in office, and on those very rare occassions when I could stomach his weasely squinty-eyed smirking face long enough to actually watch his (also very rare) addresses to Congress, I would boo and shout out similar things to him.
But the difference is, I WAS IN MY PRIVATE LIVING ROOM IN MY HOME.
Also, and perhaps most importantly, I was NOT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
God. I get that he completely disagreed with Obama and probably hates the very sight of him, but, dude...if you're a member of Congress and the President of the United States is addressing you and all your fellow members of Congress and you're on live tv and the entire world is watching...shut the fuck up. Have some respect for the office, at least, if not for the person holding it. Have respect for the situation and the place you're in.
And the rest of you! What's with the booing? The signs? The waving of bills? The lack of attention?
You don't like his plan? Fine--come to him with actual other ideas. But if you want to kill health reform just to spite him, just to say you defeated him, just because he's Democrat and you're Republican and you'll die before you support anything a Democrat wants, then...that is just FUCKED UP.
I continue to be suprised with myself for actually wanting to watch a President's address to Congress, to being riveted by what is being said and how it's being said and with agreeing with most of what is being said. I really liked his address last night. I continue to like his ideas, to want him to succeed. I still believe he genuinely wants to do right by this country. I'm still on your side, man. Don't let the turkeys get you down.
Look, when the last President was in office, and on those very rare occassions when I could stomach his weasely squinty-eyed smirking face long enough to actually watch his (also very rare) addresses to Congress, I would boo and shout out similar things to him.
But the difference is, I WAS IN MY PRIVATE LIVING ROOM IN MY HOME.
Also, and perhaps most importantly, I was NOT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
God. I get that he completely disagreed with Obama and probably hates the very sight of him, but, dude...if you're a member of Congress and the President of the United States is addressing you and all your fellow members of Congress and you're on live tv and the entire world is watching...shut the fuck up. Have some respect for the office, at least, if not for the person holding it. Have respect for the situation and the place you're in.
And the rest of you! What's with the booing? The signs? The waving of bills? The lack of attention?
You don't like his plan? Fine--come to him with actual other ideas. But if you want to kill health reform just to spite him, just to say you defeated him, just because he's Democrat and you're Republican and you'll die before you support anything a Democrat wants, then...that is just FUCKED UP.
I continue to be suprised with myself for actually wanting to watch a President's address to Congress, to being riveted by what is being said and how it's being said and with agreeing with most of what is being said. I really liked his address last night. I continue to like his ideas, to want him to succeed. I still believe he genuinely wants to do right by this country. I'm still on your side, man. Don't let the turkeys get you down.