Are the Obamas hated by the right more than the Clintons were in the 90s?

[East Coast Pirate]

I remember a pretty intense loathing off Hillary.

[Nye Bevan]

1. They did loathe Hillary. And they destroyed her health care proposal.

And they loathed Bill to the point of impeaching him over a blowjob.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Yes

Because there are not just folks on the right that hate them.

There are bigots on the left too -and they tolerate them and hold their noses at them being black.


There ARE bigots who don't like us black folk on the left -they just hide it the best they can.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Just a shade darker. nt

[madokie]

7. Thats it in a nutshell

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. The first metaphorically "black" president was bad enough for them.

But when the first actual black president took office, the shit really hit the fan.

[madokie]

22. I presume you are referring to the big dog

what else can it be but that they can't be having someone out side of the old white mans club be successful. I mean it might encourage some of else of the non white male club to make a run for the Presidency.
I hope our next President is a woman. That'll really have their shorts all wadded up. Hillary or Elizebeth would be fine with me. Hill for Pres with Lizzy as vice. Now that would be a ticket I could get all excited about.

[JaneyVee]

4. Way way more.

[Puzzledtraveller]

5. Si

[alsame]

6. Same hatred and misogyny, but now racism too. nt

[Whiskeytide]

10. That's spot on...

... Republicans hate the Obamas for every reason they hated the Clintons, plus, he's black. Hate on performance enhancing drugs, I tell ya'.

(edited for a typo)

[The Magistrate]

8. They Have Turned It Up To Eleven, Sir...

[The Link]

9. No.

Its pretty intense hatred though.

[Enrique]

11. less, I think

the right doesn't personally hate Obama, they have built up an imaginary Obama with extreme views whose policies they fear and loathe. The actual Obama, they don't seem to know much about or care much about.

[cali]

12. for whatever reasons, the hatred of Hillary was far more intense than the hate of Michelle

I think it has as much to do with personal styles as anything else. Michelle seems to project warmth and support and Hillary was never able to do that.

[sofa king]

14. Agree.

The mere mention of the name "Hillary" would evoke a Pavlovian response from regular Rush Limbaugh listeners. It probably still does, if you can find any of them left.

[onehandle]

13. Yes. Black President. Don't get me wrong, a trailer park kid becoming President...

...is against the rules of silver spoons. They reallllllly hated that.

But one of 'the help' becoming President?

There's a reason that the teahadists didn't organize until Obama was in office.

[L0oniX]

15. It wasn't just repukes that hated the Clintons. n/t

[JoePhilly]

16. The Obama family destroys many sterotypes that the right clings to dearly.

Many of the right wing attacks on President Obama, his wife, and his family, are tied to specific negative stereotypes of African Americans.

The right has been using negative stereotypes of African Americans forever to maintain their base.

If those stereotypes can be refuted by this President and his family, the impact of that has powerful repercussions going forward. And the far right does not want this to happen.

[Cali_Democrat]

17. Yes...they're black. That will lead to more intense hatred from the right wing. n/t

[LeftInTX]

18. Hillary gave them more to talk about

It started with the Gennifer Flowers stuff.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

20. Actually I see more hatred from on the left that was not directed at the Clintons.

The left likes to believe that there can't be any racists in its ranks, but there sure is. Boy did I wake up in 2007-2008. The racism was unbelievable.

[Initech]

21. I have never seen the hate for a leader in my entire life than what the Republicans...

Are directing at Obama. And the violent threats get worse every single week. I can't log onto a news site without reading about some asshole getting arrested or detained by the Secret Service for a violent outburst or threat directed at Obama. I don't remember seeing this kind of violent vitriol under Clinton but then again I was a teenager during those years.

Bill Maher was right - being the president after George Bush is like being the maid after Led Zeppelin has been in the room.

[Celldweller]

23. absolutely

If you remember... the economy was beautiful under WJC... it was a good time to be an American. They disliked WJC but NOWHERE near PBO.