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As opposed to how Bush was warmly embraced by Dems.
How does this mental midget keep getting elected?
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...obama-is-black
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Friday strongly suggested that members of Congress are making it difficult for President Obama to raise the debt ceiling because of his race.
"I do not understand what I think is the maligning and maliciousness [toward] this president,”: said Jackson Lee, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. “Why is he different? And in my community, that is the question that we raise. In the minority community that is question that is being raised. Why is this president being treated so disrespectfully? Why has the debt limit been raised 60 times? Why did the leader of the Senate continually talk about his job is to bring the president down to make sure he is unelected?”
Earlier in her speech, Jackson Lee said Obama has been targeted unlike any other president.
"I am particularly sensitive to the fact that only this president — only this one, only this one — has received the kind of attacks and disagreement and inability to work, only this one,"
"Read between the lines," she continued. "What is different about this president that should put him in a position that he should not receive the same kind of respectful treatment of when it is necessary to raise the debt limit in order to pay our bills, something required by both statute and the 14th amendment?"
Jackson Lee concluded by saying that she hoped someone would step up and say that what appears obvious to her is not in fact true.
"I hope someone will say that what it appears to be is not in fact accurate," said Lee. "But historically it seems to be nothing more."
As opposed to how Bush was warmly embraced by Dems.
Considering the current rancor, good question tbh.Why has the debt limit been raised 60 times?
I never remembered this much fanfare before.
Do you, Darrin? Let us know.
Sheila Jackson Lee is an ignorant, stupid . Nothing she says should be taken seriously.
it's because he's black, duh
so, answer her question.
you just played the race card.
I'll post the youtube for him...
Why did the GOP shut down the govt in 1995?
That wasn't the question, Darrin.
Why so much fuss now? Do you remember a similar fuss over the debt ceiling in the past? Tell us about it.
He hates himself.
Because Clinton was a better poker player than they were and they got creamed over it.
That's not remembering and that's not anywhere near the current situation.
Disingenuous, CC. I expect better from you.
I'm not saying her reasoning is correct, but there is certainly a difference between now and most of the times the debt limit was raised without drama. What is the reason for the drama now, Darrin?
Care to guess?
The 2012 election. Both sides are trying to make this the defining issue.
So it's just politics?
Of course.
This is a highly surprising, relevant, and important topic. I hope you'll also let us know next time Al Sharpton brings up race.
True enough, I never would have heard of this person were it not for DarrinS's slavish devotion to her.
Did she say anything about dishwasher detergent?
That attention ?
You been livin under a rock?...
Must be a slow news day. What's new?Sheila Jackson Lee plays race card
I don't think it is a matter of race, just a result of how toxic and polarized our government has become. Flip the R's and the D's around and you'll have the exact same scenario and all their followers will change their tune on how the other is behaving and causing all the problems.
Of course Obama's race has an affect. I don't know how much it affects but it certainly is a factor.
lol This is America.
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