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Obama’s FunnyOrDie Sketch Proves There Are Other Ways To Push Ideas In Beyond Fear And Anger

Mar 11, 2014 | Democrats, Health Care Reform, Liberalism, Media Issues, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama

Published: mic (March 11, 2014)

If you haven’t seen President Obama’s appearance on “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis,” stop everything you’re doing and watch it now.

There is a lesson to be learned from this video: Fear and anger aren’t the only effective methods for spreading a political message.

Obama’s right-wing opponents have spent the bulk of his presidency trying to destroy him with shrill accusations, inflammatory rhetoric and hyperbolic distortions of his agenda.... Read Original Article

58 Republicans Supported Increasing the Minimum Wage When Bush Was President

Jan 28, 2014 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, mic, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans

Published: mic (January 28, 2014)

One of the centerpieces of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address was his executive order that will raise the minimum wage for employees working with federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. The President is taking action on his own because Republicans are deeply set against Democrats’ efforts to raise the federal minimum wage.... Read Original Article

Listen To Kanye and 6 Other Resolutions Obama Needs To Regain His Mojo

Dec 31, 2013 | Arts and Entertainment, Democrats, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Satirical Essays

Published: mic (December 31, 2013)

In the final press conference before 2014, President Obama refused to acknowledge that 2013 was the worst year of his presidency. While it wouldn’t be realistic to expect a president to admit that he’s dropped the proverbial ball, one can only hope that Obama isn’t buying his own spin.

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The Anti-Obamacare Ads Have Been Nothing But Fear-Mongering Drivel

Dec 4, 2013 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Other, Gender and Sexism, Health Care Reform, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans

Published: mic (December 4, 2013)

I’m not sure which prospect is more frightening: That Obamacare’s opponents are deliberately lying or that they believe their own bullshit.

This isn’t to say that the Affordable Care Act hasn’t had its hiccups. Certainly there is no excuse for the technical incompetence that has plagued the website since its launch or for the president’s dishonesty regarding whether Americans who preferred their current health insurance plans would be able to keep them.... Read Original Article

15 Crazy Things More Likely to Happen Than a Bill Making It Through This Congress

Dec 3, 2013 | Conservativism, Democrats, Extremism, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans, Satirical Essays

Published: mic (December 5, 2013)

It’s all but official. The 113th Congress is the least productive federal legislature in American history, passing only 2% of all the bills that were introduced, an all-time low. How rare was it for legislation to pass Congress this year? So rare, that the following 15 rare things have happened with greater frequency than a bill getting through.

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Obama’s Greatness Demonstrated As He Defused the Republican Nuclear Bomb

Oct 17, 2013 | Democrats, Economic Policy, mic, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans

Published:  mic (October 17, 2013)

America, it is time to doff your proverbial hat to President Barack Obama. This is what a leader looks like.

It isn’t simply that he managed to protect his signature legislative legacy, the Affordable Care Act, from being mutilated and/or defunded by congressional Republicans. While that is quite the accomplishment in its own right (one that will be appreciated more with the passage of time, as its major provisions begin to change lives for the better), it is far less important than the precedent Obama has set through his conduct during the shutdown fiasco.

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