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I don't know the protocol at these things, nor do I really care, but this kind of behavior helps no one, advances nothing, and just adds to the shit hole status of our political environment. I'd think conservatives would not be thrilled because it could easily make Obama look like the victim - on the other hand, all they care about is attack, attack, attack, damn the consequences, because that's what Rush and Sean do.
The reporter guy got lots of publicity for it, and let's face it, that's all that currently matters.
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Yet that was the primary reason Obama went around congress to do this rather than actually make a genuine attempt to work with them.
He intentionally screwed with them last year over the debt ceiling negotiations just so he could say they won't work with him. The Dems in the Senate won't do their jobs and the only people that are can't get anything done because of the obstructionists in the Senate and the White House. That is where the obstruction is going on, not the GOP.
A good president works within the government, not outside of it. Obama won't work inside it because for one, it's just too difficult. For another, most of his ideas are bad for the economy and bad for workers. He does nothing to help private job creation. He only talks about job creation in government. Cops, teachers, and firefighters. None of these positions creates one cent that pays down debt, only increases it.
Obama put off dealing with immigration intentionally so he could make a big splash this way during an election year. The GOP tried to tackle this issue 5 years ago and all they got was pilloried in the press.
