My goodness what a bad_bad week for the bigots, racists and haters.
How Key Republicans Helped Obama To Biggest Week Of His Second TermWith his eulogy Friday for the slain pastor and parishioners of "Mother Emanuel" AME Church in Charleston, S.C., President Obama concluded the most shining week of his second term.
The president praised the leadership of South Carolina for its response to the Charleston killings, especially their decision to take down the Confederate battle flag that has long flown either on or next to the state Capitol in Columbia.
"By taking down that flag, we expressed God's grace," the president said. "For too long, we've been blind to past injustices."
Just hours earlier, the president had spoken in the Rose Garden, welcoming a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
"This morning, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that all Americans are entitled to the equal protection of the law," Obama said, "that all people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love."
It was the second day in a row the president had made unscheduled White House remarks praising a major Supreme Court decision. On Thursday, by a 6-3 vote, the court upheld the tax subsidies critical to Obamacare.
Had the court gone the other way, the president's signature health care law might well have unraveled. Instead, it now seems certain to be around for at least the next two years, with an excellent chance of surviving much longer.
That same day, the president got still more good news: the House approved a key piece of the president's trade agenda, one it had rejected just two weeks earlier. That means Obama is well positioned to negotiate a landmark trade deal with 11 other Pacific Rim nations, putting his stamp on Asia's economic future as well as America'
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