{"id":389,"date":"2017-03-10T16:21:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T21:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=389"},"modified":"2017-03-10T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T21:58:28","slug":"ya-just-cant-make-this-st-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/389","title":{"rendered":"Ya Just Can&#8217;t Make This S**t Up&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This folks is representative of many GOP&#8217;ers.\u00a0Apparently some\u00a0that are responsible for running <strong><em>OUR <\/em><\/strong>government.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/2e1752947b0543169c02b090b2e8bf36\"><strong>AP <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; A Pennsylvania congressman has accused former President Barack Obama of staying in Washington solely to run a &#8220;shadow government&#8221; to undermine the GOP agenda.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly made the claim to fellow Republicans at an event Saturday north of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">video<\/span><\/u> clip posted to YouTube shows Kelly saying that Obama remained in Washington for &#8220;one purpose only &#8230; to run the shadow government that is going to totally upset the new agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"dynamiccontent\"><!--SELECT YOUR PARAGRAPH NUMBER IMMEDIATELY BELOW--><!--ENTER YOUR EMBED CODE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS ARROW--><\/div>\n<p>The Obamas have said they would remain in the nation&#8217;s capital until their youngest daughter, Sasha, completes high school.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly&#8217;s spokesman said Friday the congressman was just &#8220;sharing the frustration of everyone in the room over how they believe certain Obama administration holdovers&#8221; are trying to upset President Donald Trump&#8217;s agenda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NKNg0Bm9c1k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>2018 and 2020\u00a0must be the year of removal of these cretins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This folks is representative of many GOP&#8217;ers.\u00a0Apparently some\u00a0that are responsible for running OUR government. AP &#8211; A Pennsylvania congressman has accused former President Barack Obama of staying in Washington solely to run a &#8220;shadow government&#8221; to undermine the GOP agenda. U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly made the claim to fellow Republicans at an event Saturday north &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/389\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ya Just Can&#8217;t Make This S**t Up&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-government","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-6h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":581,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/581","url_meta":{"origin":389,"position":0},"title":"Obama Era Police Reforms Face Potential Reversal By Trump&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"April 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"With the Trump and Sessions \"tough on crime\" agenda it now appears Justice Department investigations into police department abuse of civilians civil rights, as well as physical abuse by police officers, may come to a grinding halt. \u00a0There exists a fine line between enforcement of the law to protect the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crime\/Law Enforcement&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crime\/Law Enforcement","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/crimelaw-enforcement"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":466,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/466","url_meta":{"origin":389,"position":1},"title":"The Surreal State Of American Politics &#038; Government In The Era Of Trump&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A lie by any other name or explanation remains a lie.\u00a0Unless you are a Trump surrogate who willingly and without question accepts alternative facts as truth. We know Trump is attempting to build an army of supporters and surrogates who will blindly accept his alternative facts simply because\u00a0HE\u00a0states them. No\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Government&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":163,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/163","url_meta":{"origin":389,"position":2},"title":"As Trump Continues To Struggle&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"February 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It is an understatement to say the Trump administration is in disarray bordering on total chaos. Maybe it is by design. After all Trump selected Stephen Bannon, the former executive director\u00a0of Breitbart News\u00a0to be his Chief White House Strategist. As you probably know Breitbart is one of the right's biggest\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Government&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":441,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/441","url_meta":{"origin":389,"position":3},"title":"Trump Dropping Climate Change, No Longer To Be Included In Environmental Reviews..\/.","author":"Les","date":"March 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"With republicans controlling both houses\u00a0of congress and Trump in the Oval\u00a0Office we knew environmental concerns, especially climate change, would be a very low priority. One of Trump's stated first order of business was to cut regulations. Giving those businesses who have impact on our environment and climate a clearer path\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Climate Change\/Environment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Climate Change\/Environment","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/climate-changeenvironment"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":239,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/239","url_meta":{"origin":389,"position":4},"title":"As Bannon Re-affirms The Ride To The Bottom Of The Swamp&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"February 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The blazing question of our tie is this, does the rational intelligent population of this nation have the proverbial balls to stand up and destroy the white nationalism, xenophobia, misogyny, ant-Semitism, and the rest of reactionary agenda the Trump administration has brought to our government? My\u00a0sense is no, it does\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Government&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":308,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/308","url_meta":{"origin":389,"position":5},"title":"Saturday Morning Trump Hits&#8230; Just To Get Ya Going!","author":"Les","date":"March 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As we awaken on another Saturday we've almost made it through another week under the steady albeit chaotic \"leadership\" of our Acting\u00a0President. Damn, he sure does a remarkable job of acting doesn't he? Anyhoo, some interesting\u00a0articles to start the weekend. 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