Different Points of View: Your Mid-Term Vote Counts

(We occasionally will present and contrast view points that differ in insight. From time to time we will feature them here. Please read the articles below) -Source-Time- Article 1: President Obama Tells Voters to Show Up Former President Barack Obama says the November midterm elections will give Americans a chance to restore some sanity in our politics" taking another swipe at his successor as he raises his profile campaigning for fellow Democrats to regain control of the House. Obama didnt mention President Donald Trump by name during a 20-minute speech Saturday in the key Southern California battleground of Orange County but the allusions were clear. Were in a challenging moment because when you look at the arc of American history theres always been a push and pull between those who want to go forward and those who want to look back between those who want to divide and those are seeking to bring people together between those who promote the politics of hope and those who exploit the politics of fear" he said. His appearance one day after a strongly worded critique of Trump at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign touched on themes of retirement security climate change and education. If we dont step up things can get worse" the former president told the audience at the Anaheim Convention Center. In two months we have the chance to restore some sanity to our politics. We have the chance to flip the House of Representatives and make sure there are real checks and balances in Washington." Obama gave shout-outs to seven Democratic candidates in competitive House districts across California that are considered crucial to the partys efforts to oust Republicans from control. Four of those districts are at least partly in Orange County a formerly reliable GOP bastion that went for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Article 2: Rebuttal Against Obamas Claims Of Decency Source-The Daily Wire Former President Barack Obama gave a speech Friday where he insisted millions of Americans were paranoid and resentful while claiming we need to be more united. On Saturday morning Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) or rather one of his staffers most likely tweeted an epic response to the divisiveness pushed by Obama. Marco Rubio ✔ @marcorubio Pres. Obama is right. It is wrong for a President to use divisive language such as: 1. Call all opponents of same-sex marriage bigots 2. Call the Pro-Life movement a War on Women 3. Call all immigration enforcement advocates racists 4. Call the GOP the enemy of Hispanics 7:36 AM - Sep 8 2018 38.5K 17.3K people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Rubio followed that up by reminding his followers that Obama once joked about former First Lady Nancy Reagan conducting seances." Marco Rubio ✔ @marcorubio · Sep 8 2018 Pres. Obama is right. It is wrong for a President to use divisive language such as: 1. Call all opponents of same-sex marriage bigots 2. Call the Pro-Life movement a War on Women 3. Call all immigration enforcement advocates racists 4. Call the GOP the enemy of Hispanics Marco Rubio ✔ @marcorubio How about when he made a joke about former First Lady Nancy Reagan conducting seances? 7:56 AM - Sep 8 2018 YouTube ‎@YouTube 3473 1432 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Rubio then put out a quote from Obama where he claimed people who werent doing well get bitter they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who arent like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."