Sadly, there are some people here who, no matter what Obama does,

[cali]

will still attack him. On his first day in office, he's drafted an order to shut down Gitmo within a year, he's placed GLBT rights front and center under the civil rights tag at the White House website, he's rescinded the executive order shielding presidential papers from the public, he's put a hold on all midnight executive orders issued by bush, he's halted the prosecutions of Gitmo inmates and more.

And there are still people whining about how he's this center right guy whose policies really aren't that different from what came before.

[Whalestoe]

1. Who gives a FUCK about them!

Obama is already making me proud!

[babylonsister]

I'm astounded at what he's done the first day! One happy

camper here.

[Mike 03]

2. Thank you for you sanity. I agree. NT

[tekisui]

3. He also won't allow people who work in his administration to

ever be lobbyists of his administration. And, put a halt to chimpy's regulation orders he signed near the end of his occupation.

Busy and impressive.

[devilgrrl]

4. I heard he was going make kids go to school and learn to read and stuff...

why is he such an elitist?

[lamp_shade]

5. Keep in mind that most of them never supported him from day one.

[Auggie]

6. I'm not one of them

I'll sit back and watch for 100-200 days.

[leftstreet]

7. K&R if you're sick and tired of Obama Loyalty Oath Threadz

[B o d i]

8. You've seen a lot of posts like that today, have you?

Maybe I've just been reading different threads than you...

[jobycom]

There are also some who will praise him no matter what he does.

And a whole lot of people who watch what he does and decide on each action whether they approve or disapprove, without making a decision as to Obama's overall success or failure yet.

Diversity. That's what makes DU cool.

[wryter2000]

9. I'm glad I've missed those posts

And please, don't supply links.

[elocs]

10. There are some who seem to live to find fault with anybody and everything.

Nothing is ever good enough for them.

[wryter2000]

12. No kidding

Someone managed to say something negative when Beverly Sills died.

[sandnsea]

11. I actually got whoozy for a minute

My head was honestly spinning from everything that he accomplished today. He called the Palestinian President -- FIRST. If that doesn't thaw some of these malcontents hearts - nothing will.

[Deja Q]

13. Everything I've read; President Obama has been FANTASTIC.

The whiners just want to whine their petty little petuties...

[asdjrocky]

14. DU is certainly a place for dissenters-

And there seems to be a good share of those around. It would be nice to see people try to strike a balance between a watchful eye, which is needed no matter who is in office, and the attack mode posture I see many Duers display.

The things I've seen so far from the Obama era are very encouraging and I'm looking forward to the next 4 years like I haven't look forward in a long time.

[Donnachaidh]

15. and sadly there are people who will post things like this

to garner favor and stir up shit while putting down dissent.

Real big tent of you.

[pecwae]

17. You got that right! nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. And sometimes they're the same people.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[bigtree]

27. surprised?

hypocrisy is the hallmark of this kind of complaint

[Obamarama]

16. To borrow a quote from my dad: "They'd bitch if they were hung with a new rope"

He also would say "If they went to tea with Queen Elizabeth, they'd bitch about the lumps in the sugar."

[RC]

18. Supply links to your displeasure

Otherwise it is wishful thinking your your part.

[NeedleCast]

19. Already Exceeding my expectations

President Obama has been in office less than 36 hours already he's doing good work.

I know at times I will disagree with Obama - he is, after all, not me - but so far, so good!

[bigtree]

20. how foolish to suppose everyone has the same priorities as you

. . . and that all of the disparate needs and concerns from the myriads of regions in America were suddenly met and resolved by noon Jan. 20.

This is yet another disgusting attempt to stifle or devalue dissent to the policies or intentions of the new president. I can't believe you're not getting paid for this.

[Pastiche423]

28. Excellent post!

DU has way too many anti-free speech posters.

[EFerrari]

21. Right. Free speech sux.

[book_worm]

23. There are a few like that who have never gottten over the primaries, but overall I think

most people here will give him a fair shot. Some will have legit reasons to not like what he's doing on some issues, but will like other things he does. I think most everybody here thinks that he's a big improvement over what we had or could have had.

[Lawyer From Dallas]

24. It's incredibly annoying, but they're sad petty people anyways

They'll never be happy

[bigtree]

25. sure, if you have a loved one deployed abroad in Iraq or Afghanistan

. . . or you have a health concern you can't afford; or if you lost your job; or if you are still struggling for your constitutional rights . . . and you want to hold this administration's feet to the fire . . . according to you, you're 'sad and petty.'

[Duer 157099]

26. LOL

[Two Americas]

29. the "logic" here

Critics say "Obama should do such and such."

Cali says "STFU you whiny pouting complaining mentally defective idiots, and support Obama!"

Obama does such and such, as the critics called for.

Cali now switches her position to get into alignment with Obama, and expresses support for that which she previously opposed, and says "see! I was right and you were wrong!"

Uh, no, Cali, that would mean we were right and you were wrong.

Do you think any elected officials would do anything if there were no pressure to do so? Do you think there could ever be any public pressure if none of us spoke out? You have attacked everyone (not much of an exaggeration) when they spoke out.

For all we know, Obama staffers watched the discussion and said "Cali doesn't know what she is talking about, and the people she is attacking make a lot more sense than she does. We should listen to them and not to her."

[Stinky The Clown]

30. How do you manage to drag that heavy cross around ......?

By the way ...... the sack cloth and ashes ..... nice touch.