Reply #19: God, when people say "one man (Obama) is responsible for the split in the Dem party"

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they may as well be standing outside of a liquor store on a soapbox with a sign heralding the end of days screaming and spitting on unfortunate passersby.

Every single criticism hurled at Obama from the "left" has been hurled at every single Dem president. Clinton (to his immense credit) gave back as good as he got. Carter was "redeemed" by his great works after he left office. Even FDR, the Dem president so many here seem to have pornographic dreams about, was criticized and hounded by the "left." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_critics_of_the_New_Deal#From_the_Left

"In fact, it's pretty remarkable how closely the attacks Roosevelt experienced from his left echo the attacks that liberals make against Obama today. There was criticism of Roosevelt for being too close to Wall Street, criticism of the New Deal's pragmatism and non-ideological approach, criticism of the New Deal for not going nearly far enough, criticism of the New Deal and Roosevelt as preferring conservatism to liberalism, and so on." http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/08/11/891631/-UPDATED:-Liberal-Criticism-of-Franklin-Roosevelt-and-The-New-Deal

Ain't nothing new here.