COMMENTARY | According to the National Journal, Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., has decided to boycott the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. According to his statement, he doesn't support the policies of President Barack Obama and he "believes the president is in full campaign mode and will use the address as an opportunity to bash his political opponents." Lamborn's statement goes on to say he respects the president personally and the office of the president, but he is protesting the president's recess appointments, rejection of the Keystone pipeline and his "draconian" cuts to defense.
As a resident of Colorado who is also very disappointed in many of Obama's recent decisions, I find Rep. Lamborn's decision to boycott the State of the Union disrespectful to the president personally and the office he holds.
By all means, Lamborn, can and should express the disagreements he has with this administration's policies. But stomping his foot and staying home is not an adult, professional or valid way to express those disagreements. One would hope an elected official from my state would have much better ways to show that he is against policies than hiding.
In addition, in spite of disagreements and the rather extreme division in political ideologies that this country faces, it saddens me to think that instead of taking opportunity to interact with his colleagues -- both those who agree with his viewpoints and those who don't -- he is standing back.
How many thousands of times in his life has Mr. Lamborn said the words, "One nation, under God, indivisible?" I would urge the congressman from Colorado go out and prove those words are more than just something we say because we're trained to. Go show us an indivisible country, Mr. Lamborn. Go to the State of the Union address.
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