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发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 大统令警告大家了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Feb 10 16:58:17 2016, 美东)
The president warned the country is threatened by a “poisonous political
climate,” acknowledging many of the problems he pledged to address in his
2007 campaign announcement remain unsolved.
President Obama on Wednesday returned to Springfield, Ill. — where he
launched his first White House campaign nine years ago — to call for the
unity and civility in politics that has eluded his presidency.
Obama’s speech to the Illinois State Assembly comes amid a torrid political
season, in which firebrand candidates, such as Donald Trump and Bernie
Sanders, have emerged as a force in the race to succeed him.
The president warned the country is threatened by a “poisonous political
climate,” acknowledging many of the problems he pledged to address in his
2007 campaign announcement remain unsolved.
“It’s been noted often by pundits that the tone of our politics hasn’t
gotten better since I was inaugurated; it’s gotten worse,” he told members
of the legislature, where he served from 1997 to 2004.
“That pushes people away from participating in our public life," he added.
"It turns folks off. It discourages them. It makes them cynical. And when
that happens, more powerful and extreme voices fill the void. And when that
happens, progress stalls."
The president has repeatedly called on voters to reject the messages of “
fear” coming from candidates like Trump, who has called for a ban on Muslim
immigration to the United States. But Republicans voters in New Hampshire
sided with the billionaire real estate mogul, who crushed the competition in
Tuesday night’s primary.
Without naming any candidates, Obama rebuked the rancorous rhetoric in today
’s politics. He fondly recalled his days in the Illinois State Senate, when
he forged compromise with his Republican colleagues despite deep
ideological differences.
“We didn’t call each other idiots or fascists that were trying to destroy
America, because then we would have to explain why we were playing poker
with fascists or idiots,” the president joked.
“We could fight like heck on one issue and then shake hands on the next,”
Obama added. “This is why I have always believed deeply in a better kind of
politics, because of what I learned here.”
Obama’s riff on the need for compromise could also be interpreted as a
knock against Sanders, who defeated Hillary Clinton in the Granite State’s
Democratic primary. The Vermont senator has run as a progressive purist
against Clinton, who in turn has cast herself as a pragmatic protector of
Obama’s legacy.
Obama said he is “not impressed” by leaders in either party who “boast of
their refusal to compromise.” |
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