Andrew Sprung: A lover of fairy tales casts Obama as villain-in-chief

[dennis4868]

http://xpostfactoid.blogspot.com/2011/08/lover-of-fairy...

This article does a great job responding to today's NY Times article attacking Obama!

[jaxx]

1. Very good article.

K&R It does a good job setting Westen straight.

[CakeGrrl]

2. Bookmarking.

"Scathing" assessment full of boilerplate red meat complaints: Meet a reality check.

Good rebuttal.

[BlueCaliDem]

3. K&R! Excellent rebuttal! Bookmarking, too. eom

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. Ditto. (nt)

[FrenchieCat]

4. I didn't read the original article......and I'm glad I didn't......

I'm tired of the cowards who don't do anything but criticize this man like he was their daddy dictator.

[Logical]

8. Yes, burying head in sand is better!

[Skittles]

5. no, not an excellent job

just another apologist asking us not to look behind the curtain. WAKE THE FUCK UP.

[dennis4868]

6. I was wondering...

how long it would take for an IOH to chime in on the article...

[Logical]

9. No different than you do!

[dennis4868]

10. no...

I take into account the realities of congress and facts...the IOHs do not!

[Logical]

12. Yes we do but.....

obama seemed like a fighter and a guy who would call them out weekly if needed. He ended up not being a fighter but gullible as hell!
Shit, everyone knew the GOP congress would be a pain in the ass! I thought Obama would deal with it tougher!
His "change Washington" shit changed nothing!

[CakeGrrl]

20. "Deal with it tougher?" Like HOW?

Don't bother saying he should have played chicken a little longer and they would have backed down, such as holding UI benefit extensions hostage over letting the Bush tax cuts expire near the end of 2010.

If you think they wouldn't have let that happen had he just stared 'em down a LITTLE more, than you're naive. This GOP/Tea Party DOES NOT CARE if it crashes this country into the ground. Why people would think they'd blink about leaving the poor and elderly out in the cold FOR REAL is bizarre.

So those who play into that selectively decide to overlook the REASON that deal was made to protect those receiving those UI benefits and say "Boo hoo, he CAAAAVED! He was WEAK!"

The armchair quarterbacking based on selective memory of the details is silly.

[dennis4868]

22. Great post...

I have been saying the same thing for a long time now...people on the left say things like Obama should act angry (like Bill Maher); okay, then what? Nothing changes! Obama will face the same fillubster in the senate and the repubs in the House who are VERY willing to run the country off a cliff.

[Armstead]

25. The new campaign slogan: "No We Can't"

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[autorank]

7. +1

[flamingdem]

11. Excellent. Recommend. A truly smart person vs. the sleazoid who trashed Obama in the NYT nt

[boxman15]

13. Very smart and well-written rebuttal. nt

[MouseFitzgerald]

14. Terrible article

It doesn't even try to dispute the main points the other article was making.

[Skittles]

18. that is prime "DON'T LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN" stuff

yes INDEED

[Number23]

16. After reading some of the replies to Weston's piece in GD

It seemed like half of the people loving it to death barely understood what the hell he was even trying to say.

[CakeGrrl]

19. Psychological button-pushing. He was preaching to the chorus who's been saying the same stuff

over and over while ignoring some key realities of the job.

[Armstead]

24. Democrat Defeatism

"It won't work. Whatever it is it won't work. So don't try."

massively inspiring, and guaranteed to ensure defeat next year.

[great white snark]

21. K&R. Thanks dennis4868.

Great find and a definite bookmark.

[Armstead]

23. The Defeatist Democrat machine is in full force. "Whine, we can't do anything so why try?"

What a fricking change from "Yes We Can" to "No We Cant Because We are Impotent -- So Support Our President Because He Can't Do It Better."