Obama Understands Dems Voting NO, but Chastises Republicans

By Gene Quinn
Posted on Sunday, 28th June 2009

Is there no end to the hypocrisy that rages through politics, and particularly on the left? While so many liberals in the elite laugh and mock Republicans who fall from grace, there is a big difference between being a sinner and being intellectually dishonest. Liberals will never understand that people sin, ask for forgiveness, and receive that forgiveness. That is what Christianity, and many other religions, are all about. Of course you have to to believe in something in order to understand a principled belief system that is based on caring, compassion, tolerance, charity and forgiveness. Unfortunately, the only thing that most liberals believe in is their superiority, but I digress.

Today the New York Times is reporting that President Obama understands why the 44 Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against the Cap and Trade legislation that passed on Friday, while at the same time calling the Republicans against the Cap and Trade bill “behind the times.” Amazing how the same vote cast by those of opposite political leanings can be characterized so differently. This is a new low even for liberals, and truly shows that it is President Obama who is out of touch. There is no intellectually honest way to excuse Democrats and chastise Republicans for casting the same exact vote.

Here is what the New York Times wrote:

Mr. Obama had few words of comfort for those who may have taken a political risk by voting for the House climate change bill, and no threats for the 44 House Democrats who defied their leadership to oppose it.

“Those 44 Democrats are sensitive to the immediate political climate of uncertainty around this issue and they have to run every two years,” he said. Many of them represent districts that rely heavily on coal for power generation or that are home to industries vulnerable to international competition. Mr. Obama said the House bill contained transitional assistance for these regions.

But he expressed scorn for the Republicans who fought the bill. He noted that some of them were predicting political doom for those who voted for it, recalling the 1993 battle over an energy tax that failed and helped Republicans gain control of the House a year later.

Those Republicans, he said, “are 16 years behind the times,” comparing their position to that of their party’s leaders in the energy and health care debates of the early Clinton years.

According to the NY Times, Obama went on to accuse Republicans of “fear mongering.” The nerve of President Obama to accuse anyone of fear mongering! While I am certainly not a fan of the NY Times, when they are willing to provide facts that cast President Obama in a negative manner I think we can accept what they say because lets face it, the NY Times has not been objective at all and rivals NBC for pandering first to Candidate Obama and now to President Obama.

This was yet another example of a bill that was too important to read, despite the fact that it contained over 1,000 pages and 300 pages were added at the last minute; specifically being added at 3:09 am the morning of the vote.

According to Reuters, House Republican Leader John Boehner called the bill “the biggest job-killing bill that has ever been on the floor of the House of Representatives.” And that “when you file a 300-page amendment at 3:09 a.m., the American people have a right to know what’s in this bill.” Boehner went on explainedexplaining: “This is a tax on anyone who drives a car, buys an American-made product, or flips on a light switch. It will drive up energy costs and send millions of American jobs to countries like China and India, and place a real heavy burden on rural Americans.” Boehner’s views are not unique to the Republican party either. In addition to the 44 Democrats who voted against it, one time Obama economic adviser Warren Buffett explained on CNBC (an Obama affiliate) that this is nothing more than a regressive tax that will hurt the poor most.

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