{"id":13115,"date":"2014-06-29T00:11:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T07:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13115"},"modified":"2014-06-29T00:11:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T07:11:10","slug":"obama-has-congress-for-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/29\/obama-has-congress-for-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Has Congress for Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Speaking in Minneapolis Friday, Barack Obama answered Congressional Republicans\u2019 threats of a lawsuit by telling the truth,&#160; He did so calmly, humorously and without rancor.&#160; In the process he demonstrated just how foolishly Republicans are behaving with crystal clarity.&#160; Watch the video, and judge for yourselves.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0629ObamaSpeech\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0629ObamaSpeech\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0629ObamaSpeech.jpg\" width=\"360\" align=\"left\" height=\"202\" \/>President Barack Obama used a campaign-style speech in the American heartland Friday to blast his Republican opponents as feckless obstructionists in Congress, saying Washington\u2019s current gridlock \u201cdrives me nuts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have become so obsessed with blocking the Democratic president\u2019s every move that he has been forced to use his executive authority to advance priorities like pay fairness, Obama said, dismissing as a stunt a threatened Republican lawsuit against him.<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Republican congressional leaders, notably House Speaker John Boehner, have sparred repeatedly over Obama\u2019s use of executive orders, with Boehner warning this week that Americans \u201cdidn\u2019t elect a monarch or king.<\/p>\n<p>The top Republican in Congress announced Wednesday he would file a lawsuit against Obama because \u201cthe president has not faithfully executed the laws\u201d of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>An unapologetic Obama ridiculed the approach, calling it a \u201cstunt\u201d in an interview with ABC News\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/06\/28\/obama-keeps-heat-on-republican-critics-even-basic-common-sense-ideas-cant-get-through-this-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here\u2019s that complete video.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rnEj07tmFHk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">And here\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northlandsnewscenter.com\/news\/national\/Transcripts-of-the-Presidents-speeches-while-in-Minnesota-264938251.html\" target=\"_blank\">link to the transcript<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s too bad that it took Obama several years to adapt to Republicans\u2019 unprecedented criminal sedition, through obstruction.&#160; We would be better off had he learned earlier, but I think he is improving, at long last.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking in Minneapolis Friday, Barack Obama answered Congressional Republicans\u2019 threats of a lawsuit by telling the truth,&#160; He did so calmly, humorously and without rancor.&#160; In the process he demonstrated just how foolishly Republicans are behaving with crystal clarity.&#160; Watch the video, and judge for yourselves. 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