Comments - A New Phase in Anti-Obama Attacks – NY Times Editorial Board - GNH Community2024-03-28T23:12:12Zhttps://gnhcommunity.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3365802%3ABlogPost%3A70945&xn_auth=noPerhaps the most outrageous…tag:gnhcommunity.ning.com,2015-04-16:3365802:Comment:710032015-04-16T03:27:16.199ZN'Zinga Shanihttps://gnhcommunity.ning.com/profile/NZingaShani
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<p><strong><span class="font-size-3">Perhaps the most outrageous example of the attack on the president’s legitimacy <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/opinion/republican-idiocy-on-iran.html" rel="nofollow" title="NY Times Editorial">was a letter</a> signed by 47 Republican senators to the leadership of Iran saying Mr. Obama had no authority to conclude negotiations over Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Try to imagine the outrage from Republicans if a similar group of Democrats…</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span class="font-size-3">Perhaps the most outrageous example of the attack on the president’s legitimacy <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/opinion/republican-idiocy-on-iran.html" title="NY Times Editorial">was a letter</a> signed by 47 Republican senators to the leadership of Iran saying Mr. Obama had no authority to conclude negotiations over Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Try to imagine the outrage from Republicans if a similar group of Democrats had written to the Kremlin in 1986 telling Mikhail Gorbachev that President Ronald Reagan did not have the authority to negotiate a nuclear arms deal at the Reykjavik summit meeting that winter.</span></strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><b>If this insurrection is driven by something other than a blend of ideological extremism and personal animosity, it is not clear what that might be. But it is ugly, it deepens mistrust of government and it harms the office of the president, not just Mr. Obama.</b></span></p>