No offense intended to the community, but I could not resist writing today on our favorite poster child.
Maybe you are already aware that President Barrack Obama was in town here in Milwaukee to stump for Democratic Governor of Wisconsin in waiting Mary Burke on Tuesday. I knew about his planned visit to the city earlier but other issues I have had with this President kept me from even feeling some sort of, well you know, anything.
What I did learn from his visit this time, though is pretty awful. I will not bash our guy this time in this diary. Lately there seems to be many many like me who do not trust this guy. So I will let you make up your own mind what to think of what I saw yesterday. One thing, that I have not seen written anywhere I will add here though. (spoiler alert: Immigration).
But first as I saw this video I felt sort of a lump on the pit of my stomach for the disrespectful showing of these folks just walking out on the President of the United states of America. I may not be able to see eye to eye with our guy, but I do not think that I could just walk away like these folks.
This just made me ask myself if I was justified in my own thinking of trusting the one person who we depend on to follow to victory during out hard times with Republicans.
I found this unfortunate situation very distressing in the face of what we here in Milwaukee are going through today. Personally I cannot wait for voting day so I can cast my vote for Mary Burke in an attempt to help kick Scott Walker out of office and out of the life of this wonderful state of Wisconsin and its people.
However, what we see in this video of people walking out on Obama is nothing new. We saw something identical to this video last week as the same thing happened when President Obama spoke in Deep Blue Maryland.
Obviously what disturbed me most of Obama`s visit to Milwaukee was that a woman, by the name Leilani Lopez heckled the president with one of my favorite peeves on immigration. As much as I would like to see this issue resolved, I cannot understand why I am so deeply touched by this immigration reform stalled issue.
In the middle of the speech, Obama stopped momentarily as a heckler in the crowd shouted at the stage.
"The young lady is expressing her concern about immigration and the fact that we don't have a comprehensive immigration bill," Obama said. "The problem is she should be protesting the Republicans who are blocking it in Congress. That's what she should be doing."
The heckler, Leilani Lopez, of Milwaukee, said she was a Democrat who voted for Obama.
"I love my president," she said. "I have every right to criticize him."
And Obama`s response blaming `Republicans who are blocking it in Congress` while at the same time telling folks that he will use his pen to fix this shit, does not help to make me feel any different for this president. Because, if ` Republicans are blocking it` then how does he intend to fix it on his own, by his presidential authority?
But then, this is only me.
I could care less if Immigration reform is fixed or not. What I care deeply about is being a Democrat that cannot wait to vote on November 4th. And that I do not need an ID to do so. It did not matter from the start. I have an ID because I need it.
Some here know that I am `new` on the voting scene. At my age, I slipped my first ballot through the voting slot when I became a member of this website not long ago. Never in my life previously had I voted for another human to speak for me - so to speak. So I am deeply disappointed that I cannot trust who I fu*king vote for to rule America and my life.
What I care about deeply is not being able to trust who I vote for afterwards. I hope that Mary Burke is different. And I do not mean different as in skin color either.
As I said, I am not bashing our guy here. But really dude Obama, you need to get your
program in order and dance with those who brung you. Some can even Rap too in Spanglish for your pleasure.
