Thursday, July 31, 2014

Obama to Congress: Stop Hatin' All the Time

Yesterday, President Obama gave a speech to a packed crowd at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri telling Congress to "stop being mad all the time... they're mad because I'm doing my job." Obama has exceeded his executive authority to make changes to the Affordable Care Act because Congress doesn't agree with what he's doing. In return, Congress is suing Obama to keep him in constitutional check and hold him accountable for breaking the oath in which he swore to uphold the constitution. The president replies to Congress in his speech yesterday to "stop hatin' all the time."



On a side note, back in 2008 Obama said that checks and balances meant more than Congress "being mad."


Furthermore, there are many questions to be asked about this ongoing controversy between Obama and Congress. 

Articles:

President Obama Scolds Congress: Stop ‘Hatin’ All the Time’

Questions for Discussion:
  • Is Obama going too far using his executive actions or is he doing the right thing under the circumstances of the uncooperative Congress?
  • Is Congress' lawsuit the right thing to control Obama and his powers? Should Obama be impeached? Is this all a big political stunt?
  • Is Obama's strategy of laughing off the whole thing the right way to approach something this serious? Is he being unprofessional? 

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  1. UnknownJuly 31, 2014 at 7:19 PM

    I think Obama has gone too far, and this lawsuit is the best way to show Obama that he is not a man of total power, nor is he entitled to that. Under the constitution, he has acted unlawfully, and if he thinks he can get away with that, he is wrong. Obviously, Congress is not just "being mad" for the sake of it. They have a legitimate reason to take this course of action, and the fact that he chooses to laugh it off just reflects badly off of him. If he wants to handle the situation like that, fine- but it's extremely unprofessional and does not help mend the situation.

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