Originally Posted by wdmso
Boehner said about Mr. Obama's use of the word "enemies"
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a president in the White House who referred to Americans who disagree with him as 'our enemies.' Think about that. He actually used that word. When Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush used the word 'enemy,' they reserved it for global terrorists and foreign dictators -- enemies of the United States. Enemies of freedom. Enemies of our country. Today, sadly, we have president who uses the word 'enemy' for fellow Americans -- fellow citizens. He uses it for people who disagree with his agenda of bigger government -- people speaking out for a smaller, more accountable government that respects freedom and allows small businesses to create jobs. Mr. President, there's a word for people who have the audacity to speak up in defense of freedom, the Constitution, and the values of limited government that made our country great. We don't call them 'enemies.' We call them 'patriots.'"
Mr. Boehner does not like Trump. Boehner gave Obama almost everything he asked for. He did not "oppose" Obama as much as he could have and as much as his constituents wanted him to do. Boehner was entrenched in office and cared more about keeping his position than doing what his constituents wanted in terms of defunding Obamacare, stopping continuing resolutions, spending more money than we have, and a laundry list of stuff that he failed on. Trump would probably refer to Boehner as a loser. Trump has done more for the Republican party in one election than Boehner did in his years in office. Boehner had an overall negative impact on the power of his Party. He is probably envious of how Trump's political incorrectness has done so much more for the Party than Boehner's political correctness did. Political correctness nearly destroyed his Party. Now Boehner says Trump should have said thus and such rather than so and so. How would Boehner, a "loser," know what should be said. His brand of correctness benefited him personally, but not the Party. Trump doesn't need the political power that Boehner needed in order to gain his wealth. And Boehner's own party did not back him to retain his Speaker status, but gave it to Paul Ryan instead. Which should tell you how much his own Party cared about what Boehner thought was the correct way to speak.
It is not surprising that Boehner painted Trump negatively. He was a political "enemy" of Trump.
Mr.Obama told Baisden that he should have used the word, "opponents," rather than "enemies"
But he did say "enemies." And he did say that we will punish them. And he knew perfectly well what actual words he spoke, and how those words would be received and understood, and what effect they would have. That mission was accomplished. Replacing a word later with a nicer one wouldn't make any difference other than giving an ex post facto illusion that he is a nice and correct guy.
I have yet to see Trump Correct his usage of the word as Obama did.. shocking
And you usually won't. Get over it. It's the way he talks. Everybody knows that by now.Taking him literally every time, or being put out by his choice of words is misleading, unless you intentionally impute meanings to his words that he obviously did not intend. The twitter was classic Trump sarcasm. Taking it more than that is ignorant.
Seems The rights outrage over the POTUS using the word enemy evaporates with Trumps usage how surprising
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