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Republicans Blocked & Filibustered Obama’s Judicial Appointments

Videos Shows How Republicans Blocked & Filibustered Obama’s Judicial Appointments

When George W. Bush was president, Democrats approved his conservative judicial nominees. Republicans refused to be as fair & decent to President Obama. They engaged in “Mean Spirited” Partisan Obstruction to everything President Obama tried to accomplish for the American people.

 

The above video exposes how Graham blocked every Judicial nominee of President Obama, exploiting the deaths of 4 Americans for his own political gain.

 

 

Lindsey Graham’s obstruction of President Obama’s nominees is why Harry Reid had no choice but to invoke the “nuclear option” to stop Graham’s and Republicans filibustering Judicial nominee’s of Obama’s.

 

Politicization of Benghazi

 

Republicans SHAMELESSLY exploited the deaths of 4 Americans for their own political gain. The numerous Benghazi investigations by Republicans which cost taxpayers millions was motivated by Politics, Hate for President Obama and to “Get” Hillary Clinton.

 

 

Senator Lindsey Graham and Republicans acted like they were outraged about Benghazi to score political points against President Obama but never said a thing about the 60 Americans who died at embassies under George W. Bush.  CLEARLY, President Obama had a much better track record of less deaths at embassies (4 versus 60) than Republicans and George W. Bush.

Lindsey Graham and Republicans never said anything about Bush lying about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq which led to the illegal war against Iraq.   That war was clearly illegal because Iraq did nothing to the United States and therefore George W. Bush had no legitimate reason to attack Iraq.   That war caused the deaths of over 100,000 Iraqi citizens and over 4,000 Americans.  Details….

A illegal war which caused the deaths of thousands of people is of far greater consequence than any conjured up “Benghazi Scandal”.

 

Benghazi Hoax Debunked

It is clear that Lindsey Graham and other Republicans constant comments about President Obama being responsible for Benghazi was motivated by partisan hate for President Obama and to “Get” Hillary Clinton.

 

Benghazi Ringleader Caught, No Credit Given

The Benghazi Ringleader was Caught but the Republicans gave no credit to the Obama Administration.

 

Republicans exhibited hatred towards President Obama while he was running for President and throughout his Presidency. No other President in history received such undeserved hate and disrespect. The “Politics of Total War” which we see today was first started in 2008 by Republicans, determined to destroy Obama’s Presidency before it started.

 

Instead of discussing the real issues, McCain and Palin turned to fear-mongering and race-baiting, stoking the prejudices of their supporters.

 

Audio of a robocall received in western PA

While Obama was running for President, Republicans engaged in the most vile, hateful conduct ever seen against someone running for President. It was clear from the beginning, they hated him because he was BLACK.

 

Steve Scalise says Republicans didn’t disrespect Obama: Here’s all the times they did

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said when Obama was President, Republicans didn’t “disrespect” the office of the presidency. Here’s a look at all the times they did disrespect President Obama.

 

Republicans who plotted to “Just Say No” to block President Obama on everything on the 1st day of his Presidency were treasonous & unpatriotic to the MAX and it should never be forgotten.

 

In Robert Draper’s book, “Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives” Draper wrote that during a four hour, “invitation only” meeting with GOP Political Strategist, Frank Luntz, Senior GOP Congressmen literally plotted to sabotage, undermine and destroy America’s Economy by among other things “Just Say No” to everything President Obama proposed.

These Republican members of Congress were not simply airing their complaints regarding the other party’s political platform for four long hours. These Republican Congressmen, who were elected & paid to do ‘the People’s work’ were literally plotting to sabotage, undermine and destroy the U.S. Economy.

Here’s a list of the congressmen who attended the meeting;

Frank Luntz – GOP Minister of Propaganda
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA)
Sen. Jim DeMint (SC-R)
Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ-R)
Sen. Tom Coburn (OK-R)
Sen. John Ensign (NV-R)
Sen. Bob Corker (TN-R)
Non-lawmakers present Newt Gingrich

 

During the four hour meeting: The senior GOP members plotted to bring Congress to a standstill regardless how much it would hurt the American Economy by pledging to obstruct and block President Obama on all legislation.

 

McConnell told Republicans to obstruct from the start

As shown in the above videos, there’s evidence to suggest that Republicans went so far as to deliberately sabotage the US Economy to cause President Obama to fail.

Agreeing to “Just Say No” to everything President Obama proposed, requires a promise and future action and makes mental reservation of future action and that is in direct violation of the Oath of office.

Every Republican congressman who agreed to “Just Say No” to everything President Obama proposed violated his or her Oath Of Office. Such an agreement exhibits willful, treasonous disregard for the American people and the best interests of the Citizens of the United States of America.

These same Republican members of Congress supported the very Bush/Cheney policies that caused America to teeter on the brink of the 2nd Great Depression and caused the 2007 US Economic Meltdown.

Here’s how they all voted:
— “Yes” to Bush/Cheney January 2008 Stimulus
— “Yes” to Bush/Cheney bailing out Bear Stern
— “Yes” to Bush/Cheney bailing out AIG
— “Yes” to Bush/Cheney TARP (sept 2008)
— “Yes” to Bush/Cheney TARP (oct 2008)

And these same Republican members of Congress:

Supported Bush/Cheney keeping cost of two wars out of the Budget.

Supported Bush/Cheney spending $4Trillion while giving Top 1% Tax Cuts; ignoring the fact that taxes pay for wars.

 

 

republican-obstruction2

 

On January 20, 2009, the day of President Obama’s Inauguration, Republican Leaders in Congress plotted to obstruct everything President Obama proposed to make his presidency a failure (in what have become known as the “Caucus Room Conspiracy“), so he and Democrats would be blamed, so Republicans could re-take Congress and the White House in 2012, with no regard to the damage it would cause to the American people.

 

Sabotage: The Story Behind The Republican Party’s “Top Political Priority”

 

As shown in the above video, there’s evidence to suggest that Republicans went so far as to deliberately sabotage the US Economy to cause President Obama to fail.

It is clear that a large number of Republicans has violated their Oath of Office and made agreements of promises and future action and mental reservation of future action and inaction which violated their of their Oath of Office.

Each and every Republican who engaged in actions which violated their Oath of Office should be held accountable, removed from office and prosecuted. These Republicans are not just failing to perform their jobs, they’re doing the opposite of what they swore to do.

 

Republicans wanted to Impeach President Obama in March of 2009, only one month after he was sworn into office.

 

In the above video, Rush Limbaugh stated that he wanted President Obama to fail. This was typical of ALL Republicans at the time Obama was elected.

It’s amazing how Republicans are now outraged by Democrats opposition to Trump considering how Republicans treated Obama, when Trump LOST the election by almost 3 million votes, and after Trump has behaved in the most lawless, corrupt, obnoxious, disgusting, vindictive, un-presidential manner ever seen by a so-called POTUS.

 

Keith Olbermann Special Comment: Joe Wilson, You’re Wrong!

On the night after Rep. Joe Wilson shouted “You Lie” at President Obama during an address to Congress, Keith Olbermann devotes a “Special Comment” to the Congressman, and mocked his apology.

“You embarrassed your district, you embarrassed your nation… and you were wrong!” Olbermann said “Wrong-Way Wilson” “made himself look like an uninformed eight-year-old screaming at an adult.”

He also comments on how “stupid” certain Republican talking heads have made the party look. “The time has come to rise up and take this country back, to again make it safe for people who actually completed the seventh grade.”

Washington Post: “The 2016 conversation Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan wanted to keep private”

 

Creepy anti-Obamacare ads stirred controversy over their content as well as who financially backed them.

 

In the tony Detroit suburb of Birmingham, U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio had an exchange with one of his constituents that was probably not that unusual. It’s the kind of thing that happens all the time in radical right wing Republican circles when talk turns to Obamacare and the president’s agenda.

Conveniently forgetting that the healthcare law championed by the president was passed by Congress in 2010, that the president trounced his political rival, Mitt Romney, in 2012, and that the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, angry radical right wingers believe that but for a bootlicking mainstream press, Obama would be on his way back to an early retirement in Chicago, if not to prison for the terrible “crimes” he has committed against the American people.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

 

Impeach Obama? Texas Congressman Threatens Over Gun Control

A Texas congressman has threatened to launch impeachment hearings against President Obama over gun control. Andrew Grossman joins Lunch Break with the latest.

 

Bernie Sanders and Ed Schultz discuss filibuster reform and what it will mean for the 113th congress.

 

Chris Matthews: Iran letter is ‘absolute disrespect of this President’

The legion of critics continues to grow for those 47 senators who signed a letter to Iran’s leaders in an attempt to scuttle negotiations. David Corn, John Feehery, and Sandy Berger join Hardball to review the feedback.

 

Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch, a radical right wing political advocacy group, said the country is “ruled by a president who bows down to Allah,” and “is not a president of ‘we the people.'”

 

Rep Kerry Bentivolio (R Mi-11) tells town hall impeaching Obama would be his “dream come true”

During a town hall meeting an older woman asks Bentivolio what is being done to impeach Obama.

Woman: I’m very nervous. And I need to know who and when is somebody going to finally draw up something that’s gonna stop this runaway train we have in the White House?

Bentivolio: You know if I could write that (impeachment) bill and submit it, it would…

Woman: “Do it!”

Bentivolio: “Excuse me! It would be a dream come true. I feel your pain, I know. I stood 12 feet away from the guy and listened to him talk, and I couldn’t stand being there. But since he is president I have to respect the office, that’s my job as a congressman. As a congressman I respect the office”.

So this Rep Kerry Bentivolio thinks he too good to stand next to President Obama?

 

GOP swept away by impeachment mania

Rev. Al Sharpton talks to Nia-Malika Henderson and Krystal Ball, co-host of “The Cycle,” about Republicans talking about impeachment for Pres. Obama because of executive actions he might take. Plus, a congressman accuses Democrats of a “war on whites.”

 

Barack Obama on who to blame for ‘creating Trump’