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In reply to the discussion: Tired of Malignant Amnesia Anti-Obama Syndrome [View all]democrank
(11,112 posts)57. Remember what we said about all the George W. Bush followers who
marched in lockstep and never questioned anything he did or said? DU had a field day with those people....."sheeple"" as I recall.
I twice voted for , campaigned for and donated to President Obama, but since I still care more about issues than personalities, I`ll state my disagreement with President Obama whenever I believe it is important to do so.....like in the case of his support for the TPP.
The current state of the Democratic Party is the result of too many people yes-sirring this party rightward, so that now basic old-fashioned Democratic Party values and positions are considered "leftist" or "far left"....just ask party bosses like Al From, or party golden boys like Rahm Emanuel.
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There it is. Not sure why Skinner and the other mods allow it. Never seen anything like it. NEVER!
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#287
"Pimp"...more loaded, personally demonizing language about people you disagree with.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#102
people on the left are "Alex Jones-style paranoid Libertarian types" & "anti-Obama hate cultism"
progressoid
May 2015
#160
He did not call the frunge fucking stupid. He called liberals fucking retards.
morningfog
May 2015
#214
I think many of us are because we are too emotional and illogical. Many of us don't do nuance.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#278
The evidence says you're wrong. Corpo-Dems got creamed while minimum wage laws soared.
Scuba
May 2015
#163
Everyone other than the person throwing around "corpo-dem" accusations is a corpo-dem.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#202
Yes they can. There's a lot more in the middle than on the left fringe in the real world.
Lil Missy
May 2015
#142
I have been trying to tell radical leftists for years that they only marginalize themselves
Cary
May 2015
#189
I don't think it is flame sit. It is just calling attention to the fact when's person does
still_one
May 2015
#10
Noting that she has her own interests is not insulting, it's a rational observation.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#141
Those are valid points for arguing against TPP, but TPP isn't the subject of this.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#200
Again, this is what's stupid about the liberal mindset. One issue erases an entire record of amazing
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#279
One major point I agree with: Democrats ran away from their president's successful record...
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#298
I actually agree with you, but again, my points are not directed at people like you and I who are
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#329
It's Orwellian, the way they treat demonizing Obama as an end in itself.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#55
Excellent, succinct OP with it all in one piece. Thanks for writing it and the reply.
freshwest
May 2015
#108
And that's the truth, I voted for him twice, but not a third time even
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#35
What the hell is "BOG"? Did Infowars get tired of their conspiracy theories about "ZOG"
True Blue Door
May 2015
#204
That laundry list of grievances is utterly delusional, if not outright lying.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#56
add not prosecuting war criminals and the illegal nsa activity to your list pls
questionseverything
May 2015
#308
You will not agree with Bernie or Liz Warren on ALL issues. And both have voted with Obama's
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#280
I don't know about the rest of the country, but it started here during the first campaign...
Hekate
May 2015
#40
I disagree with you wholeheartedly. The hatred started in 2007 when I saw many white Democrats...
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#288
Yes, sadly. There's a lot of crypto-racist psychology in some people's attitudes toward Obama.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#59
about the same time that du started exhibiting posts in favor of republican policies
Doctor_J
May 2015
#105
Yes! Yes! Yes! PREACH!! This president wasn't afforded a honeymoon. He couldn't even vacation with
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#281
Absolutely. We are all responsible for everything that happens, one way or another.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#317
actually the only thing we know about turn out is what the spreadsheets tell us
questionseverything
May 2015
#321
Attacking Obama is the objective. Issues are just the means or the obstacles.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#67
But here's the problem, True Blue: Each and every time the president does something great...
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#285
I agree. Some part of the ODS phenomenon is either knowing or unconscious racism.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#300
What part of "The Trojan Horse Presidency" is a legitimate issue complaint?
True Blue Door
May 2015
#69
do you really think if Obama WANTED to cut Social Security he and the Republicans wouldn't have
geek tragedy
May 2015
#33
No, not really since Bush's privatization scam failed and he had a majority.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#52
That foolish tactic is on him then according to your rationalization as it was worthless to
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#293
It's quite simple: if the president really wanted austerity and social security cuts, they would
geek tragedy
May 2015
#294
No, it's not Presidents have wanted all kinds of shit and failed to get it.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#339
I was there through the whole chain of events. You may want a more charitable interpretation of even
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#343
I am not calling you a liar, disagreeing with your interpretation of events
geek tragedy
May 2015
#344
I can respect that but the OP is calling liars and that sentiment is being endorsed without
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#345
Notice how the poster praised the Republicans and gave them credit for stopping the big, bad Obama!
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#289
Yup. Obama is simultaneously omnipotent and impotent to the Anti-Everything Brigade.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#236
Yeah, you show it with your "ugly malignant ODS". Too effin' bad we support President Obama.
Cha
May 2015
#256
Certain people can start by admitting they've never been right about this President once.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#109
clickbait left-trolls have learned from their rightwing counterparts as to which kinds of anti-Obama
geek tragedy
May 2015
#29
It's advocating for TPP. An opinion is not corrupt just because you don't share it.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#210
Yes! Tired of yet another version of "The Boy Who Cried Trojan Horse" -- stupid and boring. nt
betsuni
May 2015
#38
You have been brilliant throughout this entire thread, beginning with your amazing, insightful OP!
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#290
How is it a lie when chained CPI was his own proposal? We're we lying when we said Bush was trying
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#44
Because all evidence points to it having been a mere negotiating tactic.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#85
You have the theory and are trying to supercede the documented facts in favor of it.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#91
Bush was really protecting Social Security then and wanted to prevent privatization, huh?
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#292
What Bush proposed and Obama "put on the table" are not the same thing.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#299
I didn't ever say it was the same proposal. Never not once. If you are so prescient you wouldn't
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#340
We both know the difference between criticism and psychotic conspiracy theories.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#212
"The fable is used to illustrate...that no change can be made in the behaviour of the fundamentally
Number23
May 2015
#93
"..that no change can be made in the behaviour of the fundamentally vicious." yes, well said from T!
Cha
May 2015
#126
ODS.. at it's most malignant.. "Trojan Horse".. 200 whatevers think that's alright just like
Cha
May 2015
#123
Hell yeah. Barack Obama is the most progressive President in generations.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#130
I love it that he's standing up to those who are so ugly and disrespectful to him.. little CT
Cha
May 2015
#157
Yep, nicely captured. Flares up with a vengeance every time there's a new Benghazi
ucrdem
May 2015
#128
Thank you, because I just can't. Are we living in an Orwellian universe? Obama is the one who went
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#291
His infamy goes way further back than that. He started capitalism in the 1700s.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#216
I see a few issues and a few different groups with different agendas.
Sen. Walter Sobchak
May 2015
#151
Some of it is puritanism, but a lot of it is just ordinary paranoid psychosis.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#219
No, that he "put it on the table" (oh, that magical table!) is not a secret or a lie.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#220
And when did he DEMAND it? I dont recall that. Hey, it was a huge error on his part
NoJusticeNoPeace
May 2015
#227
Anything put on the table could happen. I don't appreciate being a pawn sacrifice--
eridani
May 2015
#273
Selling Out The 99% To Appease Corporations, Oligarchs And Banks Overrides A Thousand Good Deeds
cantbeserious
May 2015
#176
The President's 2008 election was historic; apparently that's enough for some people. nt
MadDAsHell
May 2015
#205
I see almost noone on DU that flat out rejects the contributions that this President has made...
MadDAsHell
May 2015
#229
Who is "adoring a guy for his skin hue?" That's a rather irresponsible accusation
geek tragedy
May 2015
#270
One thing is for certain: Whatever happens, the people who demonize Obama
True Blue Door
May 2015
#223
I think many of them are truly racist. They continue to move the goal post. No matter what this man
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#277
Hear hear. Moving goal posts, imaginary goal posts, mutually exclusive demands...etc.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#305
Barack Obama put Social Security on the agenda by talking about a "chained CPI"
guillaumeb
May 2015
#304
Moving goalposts, rewritten history, inverse logic, impossible standards, scapegoating.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#307
internet frenzie/media has got really good at 'playing the masses'. It seems worse when people
Sunlei
May 2015
#306
it's not all or nothing. We can applaud what we agree with, criticize what we don't, and try to
yurbud
May 2015
#322