Do Republicans Hate President Obama?
July 31, 2014

A viewer warning: some of you will not like this memo.  But I have to tell you the truth and will do so.

There is no question that relations between the Republican-controlled House and President Obama are at their lowest point ever.

Yesterday, the House voted 225 to 201 to sue the President in federal court for failing to implement the provisions of Obamacare because the President has changed or delayed some of the law without Congressional approval.  The vote was down party lines; no Democrats supported the lawsuit.

Fox News analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, no Barack Obama fan, says the suit will be thrown out and is essentially a waste of taxpayer money because it has no hope of success.

Republicans argue that it's a Constitutional play ... the President should be held accountable for over-stepping his authority.  He does not have the right to make law or enforce law selectively.

A new Fox News poll says 58% of Americans believe Mr. Obama has exceeded his authority under the Constitution.  Thirty-seven percent say he has not.

Nearly four in ten Democrats say he has over-reached -- a very high number of dissent.

From the beginning, conservative Americans were suspect of President Obama, who is the most liberal President this country has ever had.

His philosophy of social justice and income redistribution puts him in a position where détente is difficult with the right.  Those are core issues, and the fact that the American economy has not prospered under Mr. Obama has increased partisan bitterness.

Then there is his personal style.  The President is not a schmoozer, he does not like the political game.  So he doesn't even try to win over his opposition.  Therefore, it's easy for his political opponents to go after him as there is no good will.

For his part, the President understands that Republicans don't trust him and with the country presently disenchanted with White House leadership, it would be political suicide for any GOP congressperson to support the President.

But the staunch opposition means he can blame failures on Congress, as Mr. Obama has done with the border situation and things in general.

BARACK OBAMA: "We could do so much more if Congress would just come on and help out a little bit. Just come on. Come on and help out a little bit. Stop being mad all the time. Stop just hating all the time. Come on. Let's get some work done together."

But that's not gonna happen as the Republican Party will delay any cooperation, hoping the state of the union will anger voters enough to swing the Senate to the Republican side in November.

Party politics will intrude on the public good, as vital problems will go unsolved.

If President Obama's policies were succeeding, the GOP could not block him effectively.  He could appeal directly to you, the folks.

But Mr. Obama's vision has failed at home and abroad.

So now he has only his core supporters left, and a House of Representatives that will defy him on almost everything.

And that's the memo.

Posted by Bill O'Reilly at 9:07 PM
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