With the notable exception of Abraham Lincoln, President Obama might just be dealing with the most obstructionist Congress in all of American history. How bad is it? Well, as Obama himself pointed out, this is the second time in just two years that Republicans are actively considering shooting the country’s own foot vis-a-vis a completely self-inflicted government shutdown over an unrelated issue that they can’t possibly win one way or the other.
In his weekly address on Saturday, President Obama started by going through some of the massive economic successes America has achieved while he has been president. The economy is growing. Unemployment has plummeted. The stock market has hit all-time highs. The deficit has returned to pre-Great Recession levels. However, all of that is being threatened by a group of Republican lawmakers who want to prevent women from having access to abortions. What does one have to do with the other? Nothing – which is why the GOP’s plan to derail all of that economic progress over Planned Parenthood has Obama visibly furious.
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