The most memorable rallying cry
uttered by President Obama in his 2013 State of the Union address was the repeated phrase towards the end of his speech – They deserve a vote!
In addition to providing an
overview of our nation’s progress throughout his first term in office - including but not limited to – businesses
creating over six million new jobs; our buying more American cars than we have
in five years and less foreign oil than we have in twenty five years; the
healing of the housing market; the rebounding of the stock market, and stronger
protections for consumers, patients, and homeowners, the President, also,
called for congressional action to vote on critical national issues
affecting its “citizens” such as…
…protecting the Constitutional
right to vote; releasing the debt ceiling and congressional budget from Tea Partied hostage status; background
check and assault weapon gun legislation; enabling educational opportunities
from preschool through post secondary affording citizens of all economic means to become productive
members of society; immigration reform;
voting on the remaining provisions of
the President’s September, 2011 American Jobs Act provisions; increasing
the federal minimum wage from $7.50 to $9.00 per hour; reducing the government with smart, efficient and productive
measures rather than shifting the debt on the backs of the middle class
and the working poor; women’s equal pay for equal work; addressing scientific evidence of climate change;
reducing pollution; investing in alternative energy sources; fortifying comprehensive Health Care Reform; House
passage of the Violence Against Women Act;, and legislation to deter and protect our government from cyber
attacks.
So what was the Tea Partied GOP’s reception and response to
the President’s call for action?
Three conservative Supreme Court Justices opted not to attend the event.
Tea Partied congressional attendees defiantly refused
to stand and/or applaud for much of any of the President’s calls
for action - including but not limited
to - voting rights protection, Violence
Against Women Act passage, increasing the minimum wage, increasing
educational opportunities; lifting the debt off the backs of the middle class
and the poor, and equal pay for equal work!
The Republican establishment eagerly showcased various levels of Tea
Party(isms) by selecting Tea Partied Senator Marco Rubio of Florida,
extreme Tea Party House Representative Rand Paul of Kentucky and beyond extreme
Tea Party activist, Ted Nugent to present their response to the President’s
address.
Tea Partied Senator
Marco Rubio’s response basically
centered on attacking the President rather than offering any viable GOP solutions
towards uplifting our nation’s economy and citizens. First, Rubio lip synched various scripted Romney/Ryan anti-Obama campaign jargon. Then Rubio rambled
on about various and sundry Tea Partied
complaints with no solutions such as
raving about how great the government was towards helping him get through college immediately
followed by bashing government spending!?!? Remember, this is the same elected representative who 1) refused to raise the debt
which has consistently been raised for every President except President Obama; 2)
signed the don’t tax the rich Grover Norquist pledge; 3) backed Florida’s voter
purge; 4) doesn’t believe in climate change; 5) opposed federal action to help
prevent violence against women; 6)
believes employers should be able to deny birth control to their employees, and 7) recorded robo calls for anti-gay hate groups!?!?! (thinkprogress.org)
Tea Partied favorite
and extremist Senator Rand Paul peppered his response with his usual outrageous
and unsubstantiated anti-Obama lies. Remember,
this is the same elected representative who: 1) used
his Twitter account to promote a false report that the National Weather Service
was stockpiling ammunition; 2) rejected the idea that poverty in the U.S. is
worrisome stating the “poor children today are healthier than middle-class
adults a generation ago”; 3) blamed the poor for their own health problems; 4)
declared that the “rich are getting richer, but the poor are getting richer
even faster”; 5) wants to abolish the Americans with Disabilities Act and 6) lied on FOX News with false claims that
public workers don’t contribute to their pensions and health care plans!?!?! (thinkprogress.org)
Beyond extreme Tea
Partied activist Ted Nugent was,
also, the State of the Union guest of
Tea Partied Texas Congressman Steve Stockman. This is the same activist who 1) called for attendees at a National Rifle Association rally to
“ride the battlefield and chop [Democrats’] heads off in November, 2012; 2)
stated he would be “dead or in jail by this time next year” if Obama is
re-elected!?!? (huffingtonpost.com)
Since the Tea Partied Republican reception and response to the President’s calls for action were somewhat odd and rather cold, WE the people must echo the President’s calls!
Contact your
congressional representatives with the message…
WE deserve a vote
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GOTTA CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP
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GOTTA VOTE
From now thru 2014!
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