The right’s impeachment trap: How pundits blame Obama for GOP extremism

[DonViejo]

If even legal action on immigration will enrage Republicans, the president must avoid it. Here's why that's wrong

JOAN WALSH

Every once in a while, those of us who were slow to board the magical Barack Obama 2008 Hope and Change Express get to say “We told you so,” and then go back to work. This is one of those times. Forgive me.

As Ezra Klein insists Obama has achieved success only by “breaking American politics,” and Ron Fournier tells us “the fundamental reason he became president was he was promising there’s no red state, there’s no blue state, I’m going to bring the country together,” people who resisted candidate Obama’s wispy, post-partisan rhetoric back then shake our heads and feel a little bit vindicated. Personally, I have to say: I hate being vindicated (on this, anyway). It would feel so much better to have been wrong.

Somebody broke politics, but it wasn’t Barack Obama — and yet he gave his enemies plenty of evidence to frame him.

Even President Obama has to regret some of his 2008 rhetoric, which partly blamed the Clintons for the right’s vengeful crusade against them, as pundits use it to claim that he not only broke politics, but that he will actually deserve the blame if Republicans impeach him for doing his job. Journalists still blame Democratic presidents for the unhinged behavior of Republicans.

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[1StrongBlackMan]

1. I'm going to have to read the OP again ...

Because she seems to be talking out of both sides of her mouth, I.e., it's President Obama ' s fault that, though most people want him to take action on immigration (including her), he shouldn't because the right will be mad and the media won't place the blame for his having to act on his own on the right ... So her conclusion is he shouldn't act on his own; but something needs to be done?

[Fred Sanders]

2. Her conclusion is the media are fascist pigs who will not report the truth about the GOP.

[Cosmocat]

3. She's OK, but Walsh has a thing for the Clintons

and still has a thing for President Obama because of it.

Yes, this is a convoluted piece with her musing about wanting to say so while the whole piece drips of her saying so, and somehow he did something wrong by saying he was going to be the adult, which he has done his part while the other side has not ...

And, he NEVER, that I heard or know of, he NEVER committed to ensuring the outcome. Yeah, he let people make the assumption, but he never said the republicans would play nice ...

[pansypoo53219]

4. shit didn't start w/ the clintons. but i knew with obama, the rite was gonna be anti-clinton cubed.

they were almost as bad w/ carter. ted kennedy was their punching bag. the rite knows they they suck deep down + FDR set up the swing rite. but now the teevee gnewz is trying to stop the swing left.

[Cosmocat]

5. They were absolutely deranged over Hillary for two decades in anticipation

of her running for President.

Part of why I supported O was that I thought maybe they might be a tad bit less jackasstic with him than Hill, him being a really good person and not having any real history ...

SOMEHOW these morons got themselves whipped up into an even great lather ...

They are absolute scorched earth ... Dean, Kerry, Gore, Pelosi ... Any D of any substance and they are going gin themselves up into pure, unadulterated hatred of them.