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cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
33. Why are we bashing Obama here?
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 02:50 PM
Dec 2012

A moderate republican in the 80's was not a severely bad thing. Many of them could have been seen as democrats. They were pro-choice, for gun control, supported unions, were for equality and social justice. Many republicans voted for Medicare and Affirmative Action as well as the Civil Rights Act. On the other hand, we had democrats in the 80's who would be considered hard right by today's test.

Give Obama a break!



Obama channels Cornel West Enrique Dec 2012 #1
Yes sir, he did indeed vindicate Dr West me b zola Dec 2012 #2
Exactly! Wind Dancer Dec 2012 #18
I hear you. Phlem Mar 2013 #115
Does this mean he should be banned from DU? dogman Dec 2012 #3
"DU needs to work together to elect more Democrats and fewer Republicans..." - DU TOS grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #7
More like Grayson, Warren, and Sherod Brown etc etc etc think Dec 2012 #13
And his civil liberties stances would be adieu Dec 2012 #4
That's about right Flatpicker Dec 2012 #23
Pro-gay marriage, repealing DADT, equal pay for women, pro-choice all the way... phleshdef Dec 2012 #59
Not exactly JonLP24 Dec 2012 #62
FDR did worse. phleshdef Dec 2012 #63
Pro off shore drilling and drilling in Alaska. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #79
Wolves no longer protected. NCarolinawoman Dec 2012 #95
Oh yeah. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #96
Which has fuck all to do with civil liberties. You are attempting to argue like a Republican now... phleshdef Dec 2012 #99
You're the one who changed the subject. enlightenment Dec 2012 #101
Um no I didn't. Learn how to read a thread. phleshdef Dec 2012 #108
You don't remember Republicans chanting UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #102
Yes, and the problem is we voted for a progressive Democrat! Government is the people, and grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #5
yes! Ed Suspicious Dec 2012 #26
... some of us see him as a Moderate Republican NOW. Myrina Dec 2012 #6
S'wot I said TalkingDog Dec 2012 #47
BINGO! truebluegreen Dec 2012 #66
Yep. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #80
Jeez, are there any left? Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #83
Thank you, Mr. President. JHB Dec 2012 #8
Well, I voted For and took his fredamae Dec 2012 #9
Sure, but his comparison isn't really inconsistant with that. Bucky Dec 2012 #14
yes it was demwing Dec 2012 #37
Those remarks were directed at the Cuban American Community WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2015 #118
I recall when all those Rockefeller Republicans came out for gay marriage & legalized pot Bucky Dec 2012 #10
I appreciate Obama's honesty is these regards. /nt think Dec 2012 #11
President Obama ProSense Dec 2012 #12
Come on, now ProSense. You know that they won't read the entire passage for context. Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #25
It's a good statement, it's heartfelt, it's honest. Tom Rinaldo Dec 2012 #28
Obama's policies are actually very far to the right of Eisenhower MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #38
I think President Obama's ProSense Dec 2012 #42
He "gave" us health care reform? truebluegreen Dec 2012 #67
Here's the ProSense Dec 2012 #94
I remember that, too. kurtzapril4 Dec 2012 #51
Refreshing, too PurityOfEssence Dec 2012 #57
Yeah, the Republicans are the far right brentspeak Dec 2012 #31
Why don't John2 Dec 2012 #49
Sounds like he's announcing that Doctor_J Dec 2012 #15
The Third Way zipplewrath Dec 2012 #16
He's right about that FiveGoodMen Dec 2012 #17
I'm glad that even the Prez acknowledges the fact that CheapShotArtist Dec 2012 #19
1980's! Hell, I see him as a moderate Republican today. He's sure no Democrat. LoisB Dec 2012 #20
How About A Reagan Democrat? wellst0nev0ter Dec 2012 #29
He's the most liberal President ever!!! progressoid Dec 2012 #21
LOL! n/t kurtzapril4 Dec 2012 #52
lol ballaratocker Dec 2012 #77
You can take that to the bank. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #81
Don't blame Obama that a moderate GOPer in the 80s might be considered a leftwing liberal today andym Dec 2012 #22
And He Let The Reichwing Freaks Pull Him To The Right wellst0nev0ter Dec 2012 #30
No, he was there before he left college. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #85
Bookmarking Solly Mack Dec 2012 #24
James Carville said it in 2011 rcmooney Dec 2012 #27
which is one reason I vote Green in the 2000s.... mike_c Dec 2012 #32
Why are we bashing Obama here? cosmicone Dec 2012 #33
And yet. I didn't vote for any of them because, as moderate as they were, Dems were better. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #39
For what I can remember a 1980's republican could Third Doctor Dec 2012 #56
I feel the same way you do. Liberalynn Dec 2012 #65
Excuse me, quoting is now bashing? JackRiddler Dec 2012 #89
Because he admitted he's a Republican Doctor_J Dec 2012 #90
well no shit frylock Dec 2012 #34
I'd like to know which "moderate" Republican he thinks he's like. forestpath Dec 2012 #35
"I don't think government can solve every problem". So if it's very wealthy people that you jtuck004 Dec 2012 #36
You don't care about context? demwing Dec 2012 #40
So when a kid leaves school on Friday, and EVERYONE around them knows they won't have jtuck004 Dec 2012 #48
This thread is a great study in sociology/psychology MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #41
Yeah, ProSense Dec 2012 #43
Yeah, the hatred for anyone perceived as being to the left of Obama is palpable Fumesucker Dec 2012 #61
The site of you in this thread UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #82
Nice Phlem Mar 2013 #116
Really? Holy cow, I had no idea. I mean that is an amazing observation. Safetykitten Dec 2012 #44
wtf he admits it??!! limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #45
Pretty well-known before he ran in '08... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #87
He says that like he thinks its a good thing tularetom Dec 2012 #46
It IS a good thing WestCoastLib Dec 2012 #58
No it's not it's a BAD thing. The country needs more than an 1980s Republican to face down byeya Dec 2012 #105
Disagree. The country hasn't shifted, but......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #107
What we have gotten 'til now is not even moderate. It is right-wing. woo me with science Dec 2012 #50
^^^This^^^ UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #84
More of this ! Phlem Mar 2013 #117
Well isn't that just fucking swell. Fearless Dec 2012 #53
I think more than a few people view him as trying to impose socialism NewJeffCT Dec 2012 #54
and the only way 1/3 of the people believe that shite newspeak Dec 2012 #69
I imagine he's trying to defuse the GOP rhetoric defacto7 Dec 2012 #55
Then he should have run as one. Octafish Dec 2012 #60
In some ways Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #64
uh, if he would have said like an eisenhower republican, I might have been more impressed newspeak Dec 2012 #68
So, wouldn't that position him as generally against the Social Safety Net? NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #70
They wanted me PPR'd for saying he was a Republican UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #86
And anti-union and anti-public school Doctor_J Dec 2012 #91
dam..i`ve been saying that for a few years now. madrchsod Dec 2012 #71
As Bill Maher said.... lbrtbell Dec 2012 #72
Everyone on this thread is missing the saddest part ... dawg Dec 2012 #73
don't really need to go back to the 80's Skittles Dec 2012 #74
That's kind a funny! Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2012 #75
So, since the election is over, can we criticize him now? /nt Ash_F Dec 2012 #76
''The truth of the matter is.....'' DeSwiss Dec 2012 #78
He said this to marginalize wacko republicans and attract independents but pampango Dec 2012 #88
He is not a Liberal democrat Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #92
So I guess you're not a fan of FDR. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #97
A big fan. I believe Obama would govern differently pampango Dec 2012 #111
Yeah well that sucks workinclasszero Dec 2012 #93
I see him as a moderate Republican now. ozone_man Dec 2012 #110
Do something about that, Mr. President! tabasco Dec 2012 #98
Well then Steerpike Dec 2012 #100
Uh--oh. bvar22 Dec 2012 #103
Not as I remember rock Dec 2012 #104
Where's the action behind the campaign promise that he'd walk the picket lines with strikers byeya Dec 2012 #106
I was blocked from the Barack Obama Group for posting this article there. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #109
To be fair DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #112
The Repubs just got their asses handed to them by listening to their fringe Number23 Dec 2012 #113
Obama is closer to the policies of Reagan than the current Republicans Joe the Progressive Dec 2012 #114
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