Respectfully disagree (Reply #34) - Democratic Underground

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:04 PM

oberliner (58,724 posts)

34. Respectfully disagree

The media rode the Lewinsky scandal full bore, relentlessly portraying Clinton as a smarmy womanizer and focusing so much of the efforts and attention on that nonsense and less to his actual accomplishments as president.

The mainstream media (taking Fox News out of the equation) generally portray Obama as smart and certainly as a generally good, upstanding, moral sort of guy whom they respect in a way that they never did for Clinton who was alternately portrayed as a hick/hillbilly or as a duplicitous shady womanizer (i.e. Slick Willy).

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78 replies	Author	Time	Post
Have you ever felt unfairly judged by another person? [View all]	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	OP
every day, i'm married.	unblock	Dec 2014	#1
^^^This One^^^	Tom_Foolery	Dec 2014	#12
you want I should kick your henpecked ass, unblock?	Skittles	Dec 2014	#66
no fair piling on!	unblock	Dec 2014	#67
Powerfully put.	ScreamingMeemie	Dec 2014	#2
We do ourselves also..human nature	KinMd	Dec 2014	#3
when I was younger	BubbaFett	Dec 2014	#4
I do not think that was his point. His point, IMO, is that being put down constantly, in a way that	djean111	Dec 2014	#5
Exactly. nt	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	#6
I have a bad habit of scanning text	BubbaFett	Dec 2014	#9
Do you care what ..	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#19
You assume way too much	BubbaFett	Dec 2014	#21
I wasn't trying to be a spokesperson for African Americans.	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	#22
Interesting ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#35
Let's see ... before I tell you to enjoy your ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#33
Not at all. I found this post to express extraordinary empathy.	Dream Girl	Feb 2017	#76
Well said.	Rhiannon12866	Dec 2014	#39
you really need look no further than president obama.	unblock	Dec 2014	#7
Creating more alcohol out of our precious water resources? How irresponsible!	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	#8
LOL ... Good one! n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#36
Hey, it was a party!	Brigid	Dec 2014	#40
They did the same thing with Clinton	oberliner	Dec 2014	#26
with clinton it was different	unblock	Dec 2014	#32
Respectfully disagree	oberliner	Dec 2014	#34
fair points, but i see clinton as the start of a trend with obama getting it many times worse.	unblock	Dec 2014	#42
You make some good points as well	oberliner	Dec 2014	#44
agreed. we've gone from 3 tv channels to 300 channels or more, and they're more balkanized.	unblock	Dec 2014	#45
Agree. The Repubs obstruct and tear down all Dems anyway	Alice11111	Feb 2017	#78
Turning water into wine? Without consulting Congress?	tclambert	Dec 2014	#27
Maybe workers need to wear always-on cameras	rock	Dec 2014	#10
I know their burden is much, much heavier than mine, so I have to believe	Baitball Blogger	Dec 2014	#11
google Jane Elliott, and "a Class Divided"	yodermon	Dec 2014	#13
I remember my 2nd grade teacher doing that experiment with us.	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	#14
Happens to me all the time on the DU	Omaha Steve	Dec 2014	#15
Exactly, Steve	cpamomfromtexas	Dec 2014	#16
I get judged all the time or pre judged	olddots	Dec 2014	#17
Yes...	yuiyoshida	Dec 2014	#18
Sigh ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#38
:)	yuiyoshida	Dec 2014	#41
Oy. You have the patience of a saint.	hifiguy	Dec 2014	#54
Oh dear, that sounds like something out of a sitcom!!!	Odin2005	Dec 2014	#64
Really? In SF? I doubt that would happen in Madison.	Elmer S. E. Dump	Mar 2015	#74
This story is hilarious, though	MrPurple	Feb 2017	#75
Bingo. I've worked in the corporate world for 27+ years, and have	bullwinkle428	Dec 2014	#20
K & R and no, I can't even imagine having to deal with that on a regular basis either.	mountain grammy	Dec 2014	#23
Many times	bigwillq	Dec 2014	#24
Sorry, but this OP seems extremely condescending to me.	Flatulo	Dec 2014	#25
Go to any open internet message board and read the comments on any story regarding race.	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	#30
Do you let nasty comments by anonymous assholes on the Internet define who you are?	Flatulo	Dec 2014	#31
It's more than just a couple of internet trolls, though.	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	#48
I agree with this post 100%, which I think much more accurately portrays the way the racist mentality	Flatulo	Dec 2014	#55
Not a problem.	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	#56
Because TC listened when Black Folks have told him ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#43
I don't imagine they are any less grinding...	Flatulo	Dec 2014	#46
Quite correct ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#47
Thank you. Yes, we definitely need more empathy in this cruel world.	Flatulo	Dec 2014	#57
i've had people yell the "n" word from passing cars	noiretextatique	Dec 2014	#58
It sucks that such nasty people are so abundant in our society. Many of them are too chickenshit	Flatulo	Dec 2014	#69
When I was 19	Aerows	Dec 2014	#28
Happens a lot on forums.	jambo101	Dec 2014	#29
Many times.	Manifestor_of_Light	Dec 2014	#37
Yes.	WinkyDink	Dec 2014	#49
It comes with the territory - I am Asperger's.	hifiguy	Dec 2014	#50
Yes, write a book ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#51
Will do. Just finishing up a piece for the audio website	hifiguy	Dec 2014	#52
HifiGuy, this sounds like me.	Manifestor_of_Light	Dec 2014	#60
I get along with musicians effortlessly	hifiguy	Dec 2014	#71
I've been told I'm a moron many times for going into Psych because "autistics have no empathy".	Odin2005	Dec 2014	#62
Indeed I was. She and I were in the same section -	hifiguy	Dec 2014	#70
You really need to jump on the "autistics who write memoirs" bandwagon!	Odin2005	Dec 2014	#73
Been there, live it.	Aerows	Dec 2014	#72
!!!!!	Quayblue	Dec 2014	#53
A lot, actually.	Inkfreak	Dec 2014	#59
Years and years ago by this dickhead supervisor at work	Populist_Prole	Dec 2014	#61
I have Asperger's Syndrome. I am been wrongly accused of...	Odin2005	Dec 2014	#63
For being gay and Jewish.	Behind the Aegis	Dec 2014	#65
Not since I retired.	B Calm	Dec 2014	#68
Yup, most of my life.	2naSalit	Feb 2017	#77

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