Conservatives got their collective boxers in a bunch over the usage of the word "Enemies", which Obama recanted and said he should have used the term "Opponents".
John the orange Boner gave a major “closing argument” speech in which he will attack Obama for the comment:
“Ladies and gentlemen, we have a president in the White House who referred to Americans who disagree with him as ‘our enemies.’ Think about that. He actually used that word. When Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush used the word ‘enemy,’ they reserved it for global terrorists and foreign dictators — enemies of the United States. Enemies of freedom. Enemies of our country."
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo.....It goes on like that for some time, you can read it in the link.
Boehner’s tartuffery is truly stunning, considering that since the start of Obama’s presidential campaign and through his time as President of the United States, an office for which Boehner espouses much reverence in his speech, Republicans have directly attacked Obama as everything from a “gangster” to Adolf Hitler, and suggested in myriad ways that Obama is an enemy to America, or perhaps not even actually an American.
Let's explore that shall we?
– Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) was forced to apologize for “calling President-elect Barack Obama a ‘Marxist’ and comparing him to Adolf Hitler.” [11/12/08]
– Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) also compared Obama not only to Hitler, but also Hugo Chavez. [07/09/09]
– Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) questioned whether President Obama was an American, saying: “Well, his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven’t seen any birth certificate. You have to be born in America to be president.” [02/23/09]
– Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) also questioned Obama’s citizenship, saying birthers “have a point” and that “I don’t discourage it.” [07/29/09]
– Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said she was “very concerned that [Obama] may have anti-American views.” [10/17/08]
– Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) called Obama “an enemy of humanity” for his pro-choice views. [09/26/09]
– Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) called Obama “a more serious threat to America than al Qaeda,” and said he was “a dedicated enemy of the Constitution.” [07/22/10]
– Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said that the Obama administration was a “gangster government.” [11/12/09]
– Bachmann, too, accuses Obama of heading a “gangster government.” [06/10/09]
– As Republican vice-presidential nominee, Sarah Palin famously said Obama is “palling around with terrorists.” [10/04/10]
– Palin also said the president was being advised by “thugs” from Chicago. [06/10/10]
Boehner failed to repudiate a single one of these comments, but suddenly has found a sense of decorum. Perhaps the next time an elected Republican accuses Obama of trying to destroy America while being a Socialist/Fascist.Communist/Muslim Black Liberation Theologist/Nazi Boehner can give another speech.
