"The Immigration Address....Let the GOP Madness Begin!"
Originally posted by ricomsmith77 at "The Immigration Address....Let the GOP Madness Begin!"
Tonight, President Obama will be addressing the nation on how he is going to move forward on Immigration Reform through Executive action. He will lay out his plan on how he will go about fixing this problem legally, and what's at stake when he does it.
Cue the GOP freak out.....
As expected, the Republicans are losing their minds because President Obama is about to do something over their heads and they can't stop him. They cry foul whenever he makes any move, and threaten to ruin his legacy as President every step of the way. It's pretty obvious to most people that the reason behind all of this is because he is the first African American President this country has seen. The mere fact that he is doing his job so well, quite frankly offends some people of the Republican Party....in particular the southern White Americans who have not gotten past the Civil rights movement.
The African-American Civil Rights Movement encompassed social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the constitutional amendments adopted after the Civil War. The movement was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance. Between 1955 and 1968, acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations between activists and government authorities. Federal, state, and local governments, businesses, and communities often had to respond immediately to these situations that highlighted the inequities faced by African Americans. (Source: WIKIPEDIA)
That was another CIVICS lesson for all you international kids!
Republicans will never admit publically that their resistance towards the President is due to his race, because they know how much of a mega news story it will become. Instead, they use code words like "food stamp President" or "deporter-in-chief" and other nasty phrases. They've never wanted to see this President succeed under any circumstance, because the REAL racists in the party (the TEA party members) would throw a complete tantrum.
Too bad most of the country didn't listen to that noise in 2008 AND 2012!
Let's HOPE that President Obama goes big on Immigration reform tonight......
........cause that'll REALLY make them mad! :-)
Tonight, President Obama will be addressing the nation on how he is going to move forward on Immigration Reform through Executive action. He will lay out his plan on how he will go about fixing this problem legally, and what's at stake when he does it.
Cue the GOP freak out.....
As expected, the Republicans are losing their minds because President Obama is about to do something over their heads and they can't stop him. They cry foul whenever he makes any move, and threaten to ruin his legacy as President every step of the way. It's pretty obvious to most people that the reason behind all of this is because he is the first African American President this country has seen. The mere fact that he is doing his job so well, quite frankly offends some people of the Republican Party....in particular the southern White Americans who have not gotten past the Civil rights movement.
The African-American Civil Rights Movement encompassed social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the constitutional amendments adopted after the Civil War. The movement was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance. Between 1955 and 1968, acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations between activists and government authorities. Federal, state, and local governments, businesses, and communities often had to respond immediately to these situations that highlighted the inequities faced by African Americans. (Source: WIKIPEDIA)
That was another CIVICS lesson for all you international kids!
Republicans will never admit publically that their resistance towards the President is due to his race, because they know how much of a mega news story it will become. Instead, they use code words like "food stamp President" or "deporter-in-chief" and other nasty phrases. They've never wanted to see this President succeed under any circumstance, because the REAL racists in the party (the TEA party members) would throw a complete tantrum.
Too bad most of the country didn't listen to that noise in 2008 AND 2012!
Let's HOPE that President Obama goes big on Immigration reform tonight......
........cause that'll REALLY make them mad! :-)