Eighty year old Congresman John Conyers is the second longest serving member in the House of Representatives, was the first member of the Congressional black caucus to get behind Obama and is a good friend of liberal loons like Michael Moore. When President Obama picks up the phone and complains that Conyers is "demeaning" him something big has happened.
In an article published in "The Hill" Conyers relays that Obama wanted to talk about the criticism the former civil rights activist had been leveling against him. Conyers said he wasn't in the mood to chat.
In mid-November, Conyers said on the Bill Press radio show that Obama and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel have been “bowing down” to “nutty right-wing” healthcare proposals in a desperate effort to get legislation passed.
The Michigan Democrat, a friend of liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, said he was “getting tired of saving Obama’s can in the White House,” after progressive Democrats were forced to vote for a healthcare bill that did not call for a “robust public option” and includes language opposed by abortion-rights supporters.
“I’ve been saying I don’t agree with him on Afghanistan, I think he screwed up on healthcare reform, on Guantánamo and kicking Greg off,” Conyers said, referring to the departure of former White House counsel Greg Craig.
He said he intends to press his case in writing soon.
“I want something so serious that he has to respond in writing, like I am responding in writing to him,” he said.
While many will say that Obama's agenda is firmly rooted at the far left of the political spectrum, at least one aging liberal war horse thinks that it's not left enough.
I wonder if Michael Moore will do a movie on how a village in Kenya is missing its idiot?
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