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DU rec. ucrdem Dec 2013 #1
The K and R.... dhill926 Dec 2013 #2
Schaeffer has put my feelings into words. politichew Dec 2013 #3
+1 jazzimov Dec 2013 #17
+1 more nt Progressive dog Dec 2013 #23
+1000. Thank you. eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2013 #31
Thank you politichew!!! liberal from boston Dec 2013 #42
No Enthusiast Dec 2013 #56
Welcome to DU, politichew! calimary Dec 2013 #81
Welcome to DU ploitichw!!!! blue14u Dec 2013 #102
Are you saying people who vote communist criticized him? Because that is the extreme left not merrily Dec 2013 #123
A year ago I started going to a coffee shop in the morning and for sometime Vietnameravet Dec 2013 #4
Obama sure blew the whole Right Wing argument into dust.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #36
I would have simply said, Control-Z Dec 2013 #46
+1!!!!!!! I usually say Cha Dec 2013 #117
I'm sure you were sympathetic, but the complaints about his relationships were one sided, no doubt. freshwest Dec 2013 #112
African Americans who were lynched in real life had ZERO POWER KeepItReal Dec 2013 #5
True to your forum name Martin Eden Dec 2013 #9
And how many actual days did the Ds control the Senate & House? stopbush Dec 2013 #27
Only a few days as I recall rickford66 Dec 2013 #47
If I remember correctly, I read blue14u Dec 2013 #106
Not true. merrily Dec 2013 #125
Hi merrily.. Do you know blue14u Dec 2013 #126
Didn't the link in my post work? merrily Dec 2013 #127
P.S. Thank you for all the kind words. merrily Dec 2013 #128
Thank you for the thoughtful response merrily. blue14u Dec 2013 #141
Enough. merrily Dec 2013 #124
Actually it was 72 days: stopbush Dec 2013 #139
The Presidency's power treestar Dec 2013 #38
Obama had a super majority for only 24 working days. SunSeeker Dec 2013 #48
"... the blue dogs wouldn't budge--they were in fear of their red districts back home ... Scuba Dec 2013 #57
+1 Phlem Dec 2013 #63
I agree Scuba... blue14u Dec 2013 #107
"Wonder how those blue dogs would have fared had they embraced some true progressive issues..." SunSeeker Dec 2013 #118
What was Halter's "decidedly progressive" platform? Did it include .... Scuba Dec 2013 #130
Halter was well to the left of Lincoln, had labor support, yet he lost in the Dem primary. SunSeeker Dec 2013 #142
Sounds progressive, but only a tiny bit so. Certainly nothing to excite the disaffected. Scuba Dec 2013 #143
The GOP will win if we insist on your criteria--Elizabeth Warren doesn't even meet them SunSeeker Dec 2013 #144
They aren't my criteria. They're all very popular positions across the electorate. Scuba Dec 2013 #146
Don't blame the electorate for your purity test. nt SunSeeker Dec 2013 #147
I agree. Also the blue dogs forced him to accept a stimulus package which was politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2013 #72
Yes, and THIS is what has upset liberals - who absolutely have his back... polichick Dec 2013 #131
. libodem Dec 2013 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author tblue Dec 2013 #7
Bravo! K&R nt MrScorpio Dec 2013 #8
I second your "Bravo" and add a "Holy Shit, Schaeffer TOOK IT THERE" Number23 Dec 2013 #75
Yup... SidDithers Dec 2013 #101
Yeah, the "left" is always to blame.... BULLSHIT!!!!! MNBrewer Dec 2013 #10
+1 Phlem Dec 2013 #93
Show me where Frank Schaeffer said that, please. nt Hekate Dec 2013 #115
rec demgrrrll Dec 2013 #11
... 2naSalit Dec 2013 #12
wow, what a whiny pile of crap. Vattel Dec 2013 #13
+1 MNBrewer Dec 2013 #108
Wow just WOW Autumn Dec 2013 #14
Obama Failures Front And Center - Coddles Banks - Panders To Wall Street - Supports Drones - Blesses NSA - Driving TPP cantbeserious Dec 2013 #15
I don't view Obama as a victim, he's the President and it comes with the job, furthermore Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #16
This deserves emphasis Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #45
If you hold his feet to the fire then Phlem Dec 2013 #66
If he wants the left to admire him, he should move to the left. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #18
The left does admire him. great white snark Dec 2013 #37
I'm a Democrat and a leftist. I don't. And, as you can see on DU there are a lot of us. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #39
yep. Phlem Dec 2013 #68
I don't always agree with this President, jazzimov Dec 2013 #19
This AgingAmerican Dec 2013 #20
Give 'em enough rope.... grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #21
Ugly truths DonCoquixote Dec 2013 #22
+1 Phlem Dec 2013 #69
recommended nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #24
this article is so on-point, I want to cry. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #25
Hope somebody sends this to Chris Matthews. madamesilverspurs Dec 2013 #26
I agree this is their method, but I don't think it is racism Chrom Dec 2013 #28
I'm convinced it's all based on racism. They hate whites who aren't racists. Zen Democrat Dec 2013 #30
Now that is an interesting perspective. Number23 Dec 2013 #76
What they ARE is classic "Control Freaks" lashing out because their authority is under assault. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #34
They attacked Clinton the same way. AlbertCat Dec 2013 #104
I agree, but they were relentless against Clinton. pacalo Dec 2013 #113
Wow. Drunken Irishman Dec 2013 #29
This malaise Dec 2013 #32
Covered here... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #33
Calling Obama's experience a "lynching" is disrespectful to the memory of victims of real lynchings. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #35
What do you think was behind the uproar over his selfie with the blonde Danish PM? SunSeeker Dec 2013 #50
If it had been Bill and Hillary Clinton, or Joe and Jill Biden, Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #51
the reaction would have been the same. AlbertCat Dec 2013 #105
You ignore the tone of the attacks, not to mention the exponential increase in death threats. SunSeeker Dec 2013 #119
A hated airhead compares debt to slavery, and a favored journalist compares criticism to lynching... cherokeeprogressive Dec 2013 #86
I do agree with that. AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #133
The morons went after Clinton with equal hate and vigor 1000words Dec 2013 #40
And they actually impeached him (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #53
I don't remember anyone criticizing Clinton from the left Enthusiast Dec 2013 #54
I wasn't referring to the left 1000words Dec 2013 #58
I apologize. I misunderstood. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #65
It's all good. I didn't communicate it very well. 1000words Dec 2013 #67
What I've been basically saying for 6 years. VPStoltz Dec 2013 #41
Yep: How dare he return to his home state? It's so, you know, full of intermarried brown people. Hekate Dec 2013 #116
Thank you for posting that. It needs to be said. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #43
"Obama will be revered by Democrats" I've said that same thing so many times Number23 Dec 2013 #80
I'm not buying it. Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #44
Plus one. Thank you. Finally a post I agree with. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #49
+1 (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #52
“The Obama administration is dedicated to increasing terrorism” ucrdem Dec 2013 #55
You didn't make a rational argument against Chomsky's then, either. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #61
No, that's not lynching at all Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #96
Yes it's hyperbole, but it wouldn't be the first time someone used hyperbole to make a point politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2013 #77
Yeah, I remembered that. Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #97
+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #92
OP is trying to have it both ways with disgusting pretzel logic BrotherIvan Dec 2013 #59
+1 1000words Dec 2013 #60
I agree madville Dec 2013 #62
I see it here all the time BrotherIvan Dec 2013 #64
A huge plus one! nt Enthusiast Dec 2013 #85
Or this, response # 66 Phlem Dec 2013 #70
I recall the "left" trying to warn that the Republicans would try to block everything... JHB Dec 2013 #82
One can only stand being called a "hair on fire alarmist" so many times. Phlem Dec 2013 #87
PLUS! this one... Enthusiast Dec 2013 #84
But come election time, you better get your leftist ass out there and vote! BrotherIvan Dec 2013 #88
Yup. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #89
Exactly! Phlem Dec 2013 #90
2 words BrotherIvan Dec 2013 #94
Heresy! Phlem Dec 2013 #95
+1 octoberlib Dec 2013 #98
I noticed that too Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #99
Thank you. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #122
K&R Mira Dec 2013 #71
I cry when I read this madokie Dec 2013 #73
k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Dec 2013 #74
I'm sorry GladRagDahl Dec 2013 #78
Exactly what I think. Nt DevonRex Dec 2013 #79
Brilliant, just Brilliant; Mr. Schaeffer BrainMann1 Dec 2013 #83
HUGE K&R BumRushDaShow Dec 2013 #91
"And did the “enlightened” Left have President Obama’s back? No."... SidDithers Dec 2013 #100
Did the president have the backs of the Left? No..... Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #120
the disgusting southern right wing rubes from the former slave states that have tried to belittle... AlbertCat Dec 2013 #103
The abusive treatment of President Obama is a national shame and disgrace. NBachers Dec 2013 #109
And It's Time To Start Naming Names DallasNE Dec 2013 #110
You lost me at lynching. It's absolutely no different than McCain playing the Hitler card. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #111
That makes for such painful reading. The Sunday morning gasbags were at it again... Hekate Dec 2013 #114
Sorry, criticizing a POTUS does not = lynching him merrily Dec 2013 #121
The GOP has ZERO solutions, so they have to resort to this sh!t slinging. In reality, the righties blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #129
Good article. It's a tad more complex, also, though. AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #132
Wow! gollygee Dec 2013 #134
The Truth CaptCaribbean Dec 2013 #135
Hyperbolic angsty bullshit much? Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #136
K&R sheshe2 Dec 2013 #137
More like a lynching of liberalism! raindaddy Dec 2013 #138
K&R Bobbie Jo Dec 2013 #140
Add my late K&R to the list. n/t FSogol Dec 2013 #145
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