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Bozita

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Thu May 31, 2012, 03:46 PM May 2012

Why they hate Obama - Jack Lessenberry

POLITICS & PREJUDICES
Why they hate Obama
By Jack Lessenberry
PUBLISHED: MAY 30, 2012


Earlier this month I received a shiny red, white and blue flyer from something called the Save America Foundation, otherwise known as "Patriots in Action!" They want to save the country, which sounds like a pretty good idea to me, owning a house and all.

And they think they know just how to do it: Get rid of President Obama in November. The flyer told me that we have a problem, and that "it is a huge, monumental, fundamental crisis, because Obama, given another four years in office, will effectively destroy the fabric of everything good that set America apart from the rest of the world."

Well, it's nice to finally know why my garage door sticks. It's the fault of that black bastard "BHO," as the flyer calls him. (You'd think they'd prefer just BO.) That quote comes from a Joseph Farah, who, I am helpfully informed, is the "editor and founder of WND."

Huh? Whazzat? Weapons of No Destruction? Turns out WND is short for "WorldNetDaily," an Internet nut-right publication, and Farah is a longtime journalist and extreme evangelical Christian with a degree in communications from a small college in New Jersey.

more...
http://metrotimes.com/columns/why-they-hate-obama-1.1322077

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Why they hate Obama - Jack Lessenberry (Original Post) Bozita May 2012 OP
Lets remember, they hated Bill Clinton too. elleng May 2012 #1
Let's remember, we hated George W Bush too. Speck Tater May 2012 #4
Yes, but WE had GOOD REASON to hate gwb, we'll be paying for A LONG TIME. elleng May 2012 #5
Thanks. Good article. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #2
Republicans always go off the deep end when a dem comes to the white house. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #3

elleng

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1. Lets remember, they hated Bill Clinton too.
Thu May 31, 2012, 03:51 PM
May 2012

While I think race is a major factor here, I think 'they' have lost the rational foundations Republicans had in the past.

elleng

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5. Yes, but WE had GOOD REASON to hate gwb, we'll be paying for A LONG TIME.
Thu May 31, 2012, 04:28 PM
May 2012

AND recall all the Government time and $$$ THEY spent trying to 'get' Big Dog, allegedly for Arkansas land deal and 'not having sexual relations with that woman.'

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