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President Obama + Iran deal = a distraction from Obamacare according to John Cornyn

Following the Obama administration's historic deal with Iran this past weekend, Texas Senator and Congressperson voted most likely to have failed Kindergarten - John Cornyn - tweeted this message: "Amazing what WH will do to distract attention from O-care" Sadly, this kind of thinking is far from an aberration for the Republican Party. Remember when the president tried convincing Congress to make a deal on student loan interest rates, because the lower rates were about to expire and students are paying too much money for tuition as it is? Some members of the GOP declared that the president was only trying to talk about such matters as a distraction from headlines pertaining to the IRS and NSA. I have a crazy message for Senator Cornyn and those like him, whom feel the president only tries accomplishing things when there are negative headlines swirling, to try and distract the public from those headlines. Barack Obama was elected twice to lead this country as our pre...