Friday, February 20, 2015
Obama mocks GOP, promotes Democratic agenda
Obama spent a bit bashing on the GOP, pointing out how they've rejected many of Obama's liberal policies. In doing so, he also announced the Democratic agenda. Do you think this is a reflection on how the President and Congress's relationship will be like?
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I'd like to start by pointing out the clear bias against Obama in this article. It seems like they're trying a little bit too hard to make him seem hypocritical. Because I've not heard of this encounter with the DNC delegates from another source, I don't feel comfortable making any conclusions about what's true and what's not about Obama's statements, especially since some statements in context may not seem as harsh as they seem when they are isolated, but if I were to make a statement on this article, I would say that it makes the relationship between Congress and President Obama seem very antagonistic, and although I'd like to think that it won't be that way, it has certainly gone in that direction these first six weeks
ReplyDeleteThis article is just another example of partisan bickering in Washington. Sometimes, it seems like our politicians are just so egocentric that they can't get anything done. In the Senate, we have Senators throwing snowballs onto the floor in order to prove that global warming doesn't exist and we have Reps on the house floor spewing bad arguments.
ReplyDeleteWhile some of these statements may have been taken out of context, they show how polarized Washington is. If I was in Obama's shoes, I don't know if I would have reduced the political dilemma by saying "Chicken Little is quiet." Also, there was no reason for Fritz to bring up the Republican "big win."
I completely agree with Shafer and Antonella about this article. Honestly, this seems like a senseless article, just written with a bias against Obama and the Democractic party.
ReplyDeleteWords are taken differently (and, unfortunately, sometimes twisted) by people daily. Bias is more than common in the political world. I don't think that makes the article senseless, though. It is simply a statement of opinion, which is the driving force of politics. Regardless, this is article is obviously not a good look reflection of the relationship between Congress and the President, or what it will be like in the future.
ReplyDeleteI agree that there is a lot of negative bias against obama in this article. But there is also a lot of negative bias against republicans in liberal newspapers. Bias isnt a bad thing, it is simply a fact of life. Every news station is biased, by looking at both sides of the story, both Fox News and MSNBC, we can better understand the situation better than if we got it from a bland, dry, unbiased source
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone here that this appears to be biased against Obama and the Democrats. But, in regard to what it indicates about the relationship between Obama and Congress, I think it is quite clear that we will be seeing more of the same antagonism as we have seen in the past, though more so because Republicans now control both houses. It does not bode well for the idea of anything actually getting done this year, but we'll just have to see what ends up happening in the end.
ReplyDeleteThe bias is there. Yet so are the facts. Obama said he seems to be walking the walk regarding not leaving the working class behind yet the last statement sums up the pov of the article. "After his remarks, Obama attended a Democratic fundraiser with 25 supporters paying $33,400 each to attend." I know I don't have $33,400 just lying around.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that this article is riddled with bias, but most conservative articles are biased against Democrats and most liberal articles are biased against Republicans. That's just the way things are and how they have been for a very long time in politics. I believe that such occurrences foreshadow the lack of legislation that will come in the next year, due to the idea that Obama and Congress will continue to clash.
ReplyDeleteI think that by labeling the article as biased we are immediately writing off an article that offers important incite into the essential problem effecting Washington. Both the legislative and executive would rather shape their public image than shape public policy.
ReplyDeleteLike everyone else, I am seeing bias as Obama's quotes seem to have been chosen very carefully to paint him in a negative light. However, I agree with Seth. Once you look past the bias, this article shows how much talking each party is doing and how little action they are actually taking. This is basically just a summary of trash talk.
ReplyDeleteLike everyone said this article is extremely biased but seth and nate make an excellent point. Once one gets passed how biased the article is one can discover all the mess within a party. Both parties are at each others throats and will trash talk them until they win. That's just politics.
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