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In reply to the discussion: Hey Unsensible Emo Prog Firebaggers: This Time I'm *Sure* I Got It Right!!! [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)not "sufficiently a Democrat" because I don't fall in line or tear my hair out over this issue or that, or if I dare to support the POTUS and take exception when people start trashing the guy and acting like he's a king who out of pique refuses to issue a decree to solve a matter of importance to one group or another.
I think teachers aren't paid enough, I would like to see more states get involved with MONEY to plus up school districts across counties/parishes/what-have-you and make them less dependent on a particular community's tax base, and I like senior safety nets, myself. I do think Congress -- where the laws are initiated-- need to take some heat about these issues, instead of getting a free ride, pretty much. So that last paragraph I cited--and the one that followed it--did resonate with me, as I catch a lot of this kind of crap here on this board:
Emoprogs have a strong affinity for third party politics as a way to punish Democratic presidents. They are especially hostile to President Barack Obama and deem anyone who expresses a lack of ill will toward him to be Obamabots and enemies of liberalism.