The Republicans in the House and Senate are treating President Obama as if this was a bar room brawl.

Since President Obama has been elected, the very palpable reality for the Republicans was that this guy knows what he is doing and we have to make him a one term President in any way we can.


...While most of those fights (click title to entry - thank you)  stemmed from deep policy divides, the relentless acrimony between President Obama and Congressional Republicans also seems strikingly personal, almost petty....


The Republicans threw decorum, legislative procedure, decision making and the best interest of the public into a political cesspool and the country is hurting for it.  I have no doubt President Obama has a thick skin and simply takes this in stride as he has on many occasions in his life.  Little do I believe there is a minority individual that hasn't been confronted by racism of one form or another in their lifetimes, especially if they are successful.  But, being thick skinned and allowing compromise to dominate in Washington for the 'sake of the country' is wearing very thin.  


The longer the Republicans struggle with producing 'real policy' that matters the more they resort to disrespect of the President on every venue; from yelling defaming remarks during the State of the Union address to now refusing to show the ENTIRE NATION how concerned the federal government is about the jobs situation and coming together to have the President address the nation with all the legislators in the chamber.


Anyone can try to 'blame this away' on politics, but, it goes far beyond that.  This is the first time in history that a Speaker to the House has refused to hold a Joint Session of Congress on the day and time the President requested.  


I believe the President gives a great deal of thought to 'the morale of the country' and not politics.  He wanted to end the lack of faith by the citizens of their government after the hideous show of weakness by the House during the Nation's Debt Ceiling Debacle.  But, now that isn't going to happen, is it?  


Instead of showing a resolved and vigorous 'collective' of government in DC to bring about a sense of 'strength' and resolve to end the unemployment rate, we are AGAIN faced with a House and Republican Party insisting on dividing the nation, causing controversy, obstructing revenue generation at all costs to maintain their ideologies over and above what is best for the nation.

Minority House Leader Pelosi, as Speaker, may have made statements about Former President Bush that were political and intended to insult to push legislation along, but, never and I mean never was she as disrespectful and premeditatedly disrespectful as this House and the Republicans in the Senate.  The insistence by House and Senate members to calculate their next move to defame President Obama is more than obvious.


This is more than simple politics, no matter how vicious politics have been in the past.  This is an attack against 'the conscience' of a nation to teach everyone a lesson after the 2008 elections.   


It is grossly inappropriate and while the Republicans like to say they don't dislike the President but only his policies that sure doesn't seem the case.