Posted on 03/28/2016 6:39:02 PM PDT by jazusamo
President Barack Obama on Monday night condemned the "divisive rhetoric" and the omission of facts on the campaign trail.
During the keynote address at the Toner Prize of Excellence in Political Reporting, Obama took several swipes at the GOP presidential candidates — without mentioning any names.
In the wake of terrorist attacks in Brussels, GOP hopefuls Ted Cruz and Donald Trump have called for monitoring Muslim neighborhoods and Trump, the GOP front-runner, has previously proposed banning Muslims from entering the country.
“The divisive and often vulgar rhetoric that’s aimed at everybody, but is often focused on the vulnerable or women or minorities,” Obama said. “I say this right now because this does corrode our democracy and society."
He continued, “When our elected officials and our political campaigns become entirely untethered to reason and facts and analysis, when it doesn’t matter what’s true and what’s not, that makes it all but impossible for us to make good decisions on behalf of future generations."
When meeting with leaders around the globe, Obama said he's most frequently asked about presidential politics and noted that people outside of the United States care about how the country functions.
“We are all invested in making this system work. We’re all responsible for it’s success, and it’s not just for the United States that this matters, it matters for the planet," Obama said.
The president also called on reporters covering presidential campaigns to look beyond what's "flashy" and focus on the stories and issues that "need attention."
"Because I believe that for all the sideshows of the political season, Americans are still hungry for the truth, it’s just hard to find, it’s hard to wade through," he said.
Divider in Chief speaks.
Is he cheering the rhetoric on, presenting a game plan, or what?
Divider in Chief speaks.
Is he cheering the rhetoric on, presenting a game plan, or what?
A##wipe speaks
Didn’t bam-bam get awarded a Nobel prize for divisiveness?
If politicians all get along, it means they’re colluding.
If they aren’t infighting and backstabbing each other then they have time to turn their attention to the peasants.
Look up what Adams, Jefferson and Hamilton had to say about each other in the election of 1800.
No - according to your friends in the media, it’s voting that’s destroying Democracy.
Can’t have corrosion without O2. And, as we all know and have been told, Trump has sucked all of the O2 out of the room.
A good description of the progressive party.
Ya he is one to talk. He and his Alinskyite cronies wrote the book on divisive campaign tactics and absurd rhetoric and half truths and falsehoods in campaign rhetoric.
But now he’s going to be above it all, act as if he and his cronies never ever would behave in such a manner?????
Obama has also destroyed his own party. They are too blind to see it. The blind lead the blind.
A man who loves his country doesn't try to divide it and set it against itself at every turn.
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A President who uses his bully pulpit to mock and taunt Americans, who incites his followers to be confrontational, creates an atmosphere of incivility and violence.
Excellent graphic, most appropriate.
Ironic!
Great post and links, TE, Thanks!
In my humble opinion he really believes his own bulls**t, lies and fabrications.
Ten general characteristics of a psychopath:
D’oh
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