Cigar
03-13-2016, 11:50 AM
Source: USA Today
Obama called Trump "a distillation of what has been going on in their party for more than a decade," saying comparing establishment Republicans to Captain Louis Renault from the movie Casablanca.
"We're shocked someone is fanning anti-immigrant or anti-Muslim sentiment!" he said. "We're shocked! We're shocked that someone could be loose with the facts. Or distort someone's record. Shocked!
"How could you be shocked? This was the guy who was sure I was born in Kenya. And wasn't letting go," he said. "As long as it was being directed at me they were fine with it. It was a hoot — and suddenly they're shocked! That gambling's going on in this establishment," he said.
Obama said the GOP message during his presidency is to "deny the evidence of science" or to accuse the other side of treason.
Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/theyre-shocked-obama-mocks-gop-establishment-for-handling-of-trump/ar-AAgGt7G?ocid=spartandhp
I think the biggest bit of mainstream media denial is the idea that Trump is out of sync with most Republican voters or that there is much substantive difference in the actual policies between the GOP candidates. Indeed, from a pure policy perspective, Ted Cruz is probably more extreme in his views of the federal government.
:applause::applause::applause::applause:
Obama called Trump "a distillation of what has been going on in their party for more than a decade," saying comparing establishment Republicans to Captain Louis Renault from the movie Casablanca.
"We're shocked someone is fanning anti-immigrant or anti-Muslim sentiment!" he said. "We're shocked! We're shocked that someone could be loose with the facts. Or distort someone's record. Shocked!
"How could you be shocked? This was the guy who was sure I was born in Kenya. And wasn't letting go," he said. "As long as it was being directed at me they were fine with it. It was a hoot — and suddenly they're shocked! That gambling's going on in this establishment," he said.
Obama said the GOP message during his presidency is to "deny the evidence of science" or to accuse the other side of treason.
Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/theyre-shocked-obama-mocks-gop-establishment-for-handling-of-trump/ar-AAgGt7G?ocid=spartandhp
I think the biggest bit of mainstream media denial is the idea that Trump is out of sync with most Republican voters or that there is much substantive difference in the actual policies between the GOP candidates. Indeed, from a pure policy perspective, Ted Cruz is probably more extreme in his views of the federal government.
:applause::applause::applause::applause: