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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:33 AM Apr 2018

Remind me: Was Obama ever attacked on a "personal" level?

Andrew Puzder* was on C-SPAN this morning, saying people like Trump's policies,
and the attacks on Trump are of a 'personal nature';
..... adding "No one ever attacked President Obama on a 'personal level'.

*former chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr.;
Puzder had "come under intense fire from Democrats and liberal groups who accused him of mistreating his workers, opposing the minimum wage and supporting automation in the workplace"
as well as conservatives who criticized Puzder's "employment of an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper and his failure to pay taxes for her services."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Puzder

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Remind me: Was Obama ever attacked on a "personal" level? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 OP
Give me some time, I'll do some research... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #1
Oh, no, never... TCJ70 Apr 2018 #2
And personally attacking his wife Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2018 #6
And spooky3 Apr 2018 #7
That TelePrompTer one was totally mystifiying Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2018 #10
Exactly spooky3 Apr 2018 #11
Well,you know, he was...*looks around cautiously*... TCJ70 Apr 2018 #17
Amazing how someone like Puzder..... CatMor Apr 2018 #3
Tan suit Iliyah Apr 2018 #4
oh no, not at all NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #5
Obama faces vile insults like no other president has dalton99a Apr 2018 #8
He caught hell for smoking sarah FAILIN Apr 2018 #9
What about Rep. Joe Wilson, solara Apr 2018 #12
Historically disgusting dalton99a Apr 2018 #13
Only Three Options ProfessorGAC Apr 2018 #14
Ah! The wit and wisdom of Schmuck Pudzer! struggle4progress Apr 2018 #15
let's see, was the birther issue personal????? spanone Apr 2018 #16
I can't think of a single instance. It's not like Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2018 #18
He can't be that stupid. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #19
I thin Andrew Puzder has a Kenyan, anti-colonial worldview of Obama's presidency Johonny Apr 2018 #20

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
2. Oh, no, never...
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:36 AM
Apr 2018

...except for doubting/misrepresenting/lying about his:
- Place of birth
- Religion
- Sexual Orientation
- and on and on and on

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
6. And personally attacking his wife
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:39 AM
Apr 2018

for being "fat", showing too much (brown) skin, and even some wild far-fetched theories about Michelle possibly being Transgender (which would also have meant that their children weren't actually theirs either).

spooky3

(34,302 posts)
7. And
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:43 AM
Apr 2018

“Quota” admission at Harvard, whose grades were probably bad
Choice of spouse (add all the personal insults to her)
Weak on (whatever)
Can’t think for himself -has to use TelePrompTer
Etc etc etc

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
10. That TelePrompTer one was totally mystifiying
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:49 AM
Apr 2018

It's sort of like they took all of things that actually were true about George W. Bush and recycled them to (falsely) use against President Obama.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
8. Obama faces vile insults like no other president has
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:44 AM
Apr 2018
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-obama-lincoln-bin-laden-muslim-perspec-1212-jm-20141211-story.html
Obama faces vile insults like no other president has
No U.S. president in history has been castigated, condemned, insulted and degraded as much as Obama.

solara

(3,832 posts)
12. What about Rep. Joe Wilson,
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 11:46 AM
Apr 2018

the South Carolina Republican who shouted “you lie” at President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress in 2009? That seems extremely personal as well as disgusting.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
14. Only Three Options
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:20 PM
Apr 2018

Puzder has a really bad memory, he's lying, or he's a blithering idiot. Perhaps some combination of all three.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,481 posts)
18. I can't think of a single instance. It's not like
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:52 PM
Apr 2018

his mother was called a "dog fucker" or anything like that. I mean it's jokes people! But don't you fucking dare make fun of the weirdest looking muthafucka ever to squat on the White House....... Emphasis on "White".


https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/44/post/montana-judge-apologizes-for-sending-racist-joke-about-obama-and-his-mother/2012/03/01/gIQAZQgfkR_blog.html?utm_term=.8e095c49325e

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