WHAT ON EARTH is going on with our politicians? by Bratprince

I am stunned. I just have to admit it. What on earth is going on with our politicians these days?? It has become a field day of Obama attacks....and these are not just your usual "bad president" attacks. The verbal assaults on the President are frightening and completely out of control.

Although not a politician, Rush Limbaugh called Obama a Nazi. In a way I wish he was, then Limbaugh would be scooped up in the middle of the night by the SS and never heard from again.

However, what is much more disturbing and frightening is what actual politicians are saying. Once they say it, they immediately backtrack and try to claim that they were generalizing or joking, but for heavens sake. The worst president in history, George W. Bush didn't even get this kind of stuff.

Idaho candidate for Governor, Rex Rommell, joked about "hunting Obama". Considering that every day people with automatic weapons have been stationed outside of Obama events lately that is possibly the most moronic thing I have EVER heard a politician say. "Hunting" the President??? If a normal citizen said that in any form, the Secret Service would arrest them and detain them for months. Fundamentalist preachers talk about "hunting gay people" and we see hate crimes upon hate crimes where the perpetrators claim they "did it for God".

The ever so charming Republican legislator from Kansas, Lynn Jenkins, talked about finding a Republican "Great White Hope" to defeat Obama. I don't know about you, but this sounds pretty racist to me. She did the expected thing and tried to soundbite her way out of her stupid comment...but...sorry babe...damage done. Racist through and through.

Okay America...we have a BLACK PRESIDENT. I am not thrilled with all he has done....but even when George Bush was president, I still respected the OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. The President of the United States is the most powerful person on the planet. We are lucky as a nation that we actually get to vote for the office holder (even though far more people vote for the favorite on American Idol). Obama inherited the biggest mess the U.S. has ever faced. His poll numbers are dropping fast. Odd how we expect him to fix eight years of disaster in only eight months. I still have some hope that he will find his way and begin to repair the damage done.

He has not even addressed the difficulties that the gay community face (which he promised as he campaigned). He is obviously learning that you can't buck the system and thus is back peddling on many of his promises. I would remind those uninitiated in politics that the President does NOT MAKE LAW. Congress makes the laws, the President enforces them. Yes, a President has an agenda, but that does not mean that Congress will follow. This President has faced serious opposition from his own party (I believe because he was too young and jumped ahead of his turn...I still believe Hillary would have been the much better President).

However, as a Nation we must not tolerate racist or "hunting" messages from our politicians. Lynn Jenkins should be censored by her own legislature. Rex Rommell should be investigated by the Secret Service and possibly arrested. President Barack Obama should NOT be threatened by the politicians in this country. I view their opinions close to terrorism or at least treason. I believe in free speech...I believe in it to the hilt....but threatening a sitting President is beyond the pale, dangerous and intolerable. Enough. Politicians beware...we are watching you and your behavior is intolerable. Racism and threats should not be permitted upon a sitting President.