Because President Obama is NOT evil; that is why many of us trust and defend him...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

171. I'm only responding to the complaints that Obama is NOT like LBJ or FDR.

When people have made this comparison, I have typically responded that it is unfair and historically inaccurate to do so for many reasons. The main one for me is that the political culture of those eras is totally different from that of today. The political climates during FDR and LBJ's time were very different. And finally, never in the history of this great republic have we witnessed such an abuse of parliamentary rules and standards and we have seen with this Republican Party. Yes, FDR in particular faced some of that, but he also enjoyed overwhelming Democratic majorities in both chambers, as did LBJ (with some liberal and moderate Republicans).

So, I'm actually agreeing with me: I've never made those comparisons because I think they are intellectually, politically and historically inaccurate. I am responding to others who have and continue to do so.

Mainly you'll see DUers posting pictures of LBJ towering over his opponents, followed by some kind of verbal attack on the president, claiming that he "has no balls" because he doesn't stand up to people like LBJ does. Or, that FDR had federal works programs....why can't Obama do the same (even though the Stimulus Package was an infrastructure program AND all of the Jobs proposals put forth by the Democrats and/or Obama have been thwarted by the Republicans).