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In reply to the discussion: It's hate. Period. [View all]Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)135. But it's fun!!!
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The author pointed out that Obama was slavishly following Hoover's policies, and
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2013
#70
Apparently when an author makes a prediction that later becomes true, he's not being astute.
EOTE
Jun 2013
#111
No, Hoover caused a depression and cut taxes. Quite the opposite from this President.
JaneyVee
Jun 2013
#32
It's not that One's job to blame Congress. It's here to blame President Obama.
BlueCaliDem
Jun 2013
#365
I don't see anything that tells us how many of those with health insurance can afford to use it.
dflprincess
Jun 2013
#395
That wealth has become even more insanely concentrated to the ultra wealthy under Obama is a red
EOTE
Jun 2013
#117
Honest question, please don't attack me: "enabler"? Isn't what calls itself "the Left" PUSHING him
patrice
Jun 2013
#403
Bush and Cheney are walking around free men and Cheney is even bragging about
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#120
No, He's Not LEANING Dammit! That's All It Takes for A President To Get Anything Done!
Skraxx
Jun 2013
#479
Oh, Do Tell! You Mind Reader, You! What Is At The Gooey Center Of Obama's Dark Soul?
Skraxx
Jun 2013
#481
Yes! I, Like You, I Naively Believe That He JUST Isn't TRYING Hard Enough!! It's All About The
Skraxx
Jun 2013
#483
you're supposed to be grateful for the incremental good and not notice the meat cleaver of bad
yurbud
Jun 2013
#361
How can you complain about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre when Leatherface cut you some wood too?
yurbud
Jun 2013
#362
Personally I do criticize the president and I feel that since I voted for him twice and he's
Arcanetrance
Jun 2013
#7
Elizabeth Warren's long career in the senate 100% depends on supporting Obama. You do realize that,
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#35
She can only win with Barack Obama's voters. Which is why HE won in 2008.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#48
Yes they are. When 95% of the President Obama voters support him and Hillary,
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#62
I want to see President Hillary Clinton in 2017-2018 name him to the US Supreme Court
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#90
SCOTUS in 2018 is far more important to fill the Thurgood Marshall seat that never was.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#97
If there's one think you can be absolutely sure of, Hillary Clinton will NEVER
hughee99
Jun 2013
#225
you misread. President Hillary will nominate Barack Obama to the US Supreme Court in 2017-18.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#228
The next president will be a democratic president. The smear jobs are not resonating.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#193
I know it makes it easier for people that worship the guy to think everyone hates him.
The Link
Jun 2013
#11
Can't even mention Obama's legacy without mentioning UNPRECEDENTED REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTION
JaneyVee
Jun 2013
#25
I doubt there is anyone here prepared to overlook the outrageous behavior
truebluegreen
Jun 2013
#145
American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, America's Got Talent, America's Funniest Home Videos
Major Hogwash
Jun 2013
#133
Shit, if Hillary did the exact same things, the criticism would be 10 fold harsher.
The Link
Jun 2013
#46
You are correct. Ever since she became first lady in 1989 Hillary Clinton
totodeinhere
Jun 2013
#209
this is, perhaps, the single best example of real Obama Derangement Syndrome ever posted.
xchrom
Jun 2013
#52
Its the result of worshipping a person rather than maintaining a set of ideals.
The Link
Jun 2013
#59
some of those complaining about racism also cheerlead the droning of innocent muslims
Monkie
Jun 2013
#99
Let me be sure I understand: you maintain that the drone strikes are 'legal'? If so, upon what
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#168
I, for one, am glad to see mention of international law, especially if it also relates to
patrice
Jun 2013
#410
You really think if Clinton passed the ACA he would be praised as one of the greatest...
NCTraveler
Jun 2013
#61
I always knew that electing the first african american president was proof of how racist
markiv
Jun 2013
#66
like I said....this is an extremely disappointing OP to read - I expect you to be above this.
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2013
#78
When you are forced to attack the imaginary motivations of critics you have nothing left...
Demo_Chris
Jun 2013
#68
The faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought
Monkie
Jun 2013
#107
whoa, if Obama is starting to lose Daily KOS, a site that was basically a huge fan site of his,
quinnox
Jun 2013
#81
"at least allow others to offer a counterpoint without attacking them..." - Unbelievable!
demwing
Jun 2013
#110
President Obama's consistant poll approval ratings prove the majority of Americans see beyond race.
mikekohr
Jun 2013
#123
Couldn't find the "trash thread" "trash these words" or the "ignore" button near the user's nickname
Major Hogwash
Jun 2013
#138
Well, I have to admit that when I tell someone to go take a flying leap . . .
Major Hogwash
Jun 2013
#205
I guess the republicans would have feasted on him more if he hadn'tsupported the surveillance
Rosa Luxemburg
Jun 2013
#384
Actually, Obama shows a spine when advocating Bush* policies and officials.
HooptieWagon
Jun 2013
#317
Wish I could K&R more than once.. you've said what I could not express.. thank you!!!!!!!!
secondwind
Jun 2013
#201
And some wonder why quality people are not running for office. No support from their own.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#475
Well THAT makes it easier for me to explain. From now on, I'll just tell people I'm a racist.
Throd
Jun 2013
#227
You conveniently forget that many of these same nice DU non-black folks you are calling racist
Zorra
Jun 2013
#231
Please, don't be deliberately obtuse. We've already seen that movie several times. nt
Zorra
Jun 2013
#240
"...unless I accept your straw man claims about my motivation, I'm being disingenuous."
Marr
Jun 2013
#255
*yawn* Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Just another propaganda technique among the many you use
Zorra
Jun 2013
#276
Thanks for this. Between the childish vitriol and the free pass for anti-feminist garbage,
redqueen
Jun 2013
#236
Yeah. 'Cause an OP titled "It's Hate. Period." totally means something else
LondonReign2
Jun 2013
#258
I agree with this, except you should throw Libertarians into that mix, because there is synergy
patrice
Jun 2013
#404
I worked with them in a union job. They didn't like the EEOC shaking things up with Carter.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#472
I guess after a while the fallen cars tend to support rather than pull down the remaining cars...
Junkdrawer
Jun 2013
#273
Frankly, I've conflated you with some of the more extreme of Obama's defenders....
Junkdrawer
Jun 2013
#285
What you have described in your OP, my friend, is called The Black Tax.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#284
So when I say Obama should stop letting Holder arrest cancer patients for smoking pot, and that
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2013
#295
Not my fault that you have the thankless job of defending an undercover Republican. nt
limpyhobbler
Jun 2013
#325
quit whining. Obama is a Republican. nominate somebody better next time. nt
limpyhobbler
Jun 2013
#328
Thank you. That states my functional foundation perfectly. Prioritizing political damage to Obama
patrice
Jun 2013
#399
K&R What is almost humorous about all of this is the people who for some reason feel compelled to
Number23
Jun 2013
#326
Yep. I know alot of black people were thoroughly disgusted with his Sister Souljah comments
Number23
Jun 2013
#340
The attackers "on the left" at DU are Republican trolls acting like leftists..eom
Kolesar
Jun 2013
#352
Really, some trolls who complain about Obama have been here 8 years? Wow, it was a long term plan?
Logical
Jun 2013
#363
It amazes me that some DU members are so enchanted with Obama that any complainer.....
Logical
Jun 2013
#371
Wow, taking advice from you would not be a good idea. I have read many of your posts. n-t
Logical
Jun 2013
#373
eyeswideshut got 'stoned today. That asshole probably has another account to use.
Kolesar
Jun 2013
#368
I sure hope so. Or libertarians acting like Democrats. They're not hiding it anymore which is good.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#470
It is for me. 'Smells like team spirit!' Except the song is great. This team, not so much.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#469
There was some crossover vote in '08. I started worrying about it from the first that
patrice
Jun 2013
#416
Completely agree, but there is a point about a centrist of the type that Obama apparently is:
patrice
Jun 2013
#460
Lately the Dems act like their job is to drag the Republicans out of the ditch on the Right....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#464
I feel certain there is more support for the authentic Left than most people know. I often make
patrice
Jun 2013
#465
In Kansas the Democrats think they need to learn about tractor pulls to win.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#466
If we could get just one safe but good ASS-KICKING Dem in here to embarass ALL of them!!!
patrice
Jun 2013
#467
Indeed we can, so let's ALL of us just be straight up about that to BEGIN with. nt
patrice
Jun 2013
#485
I don't give a shit what you call it. Call it anything you want. I want liberal democrats in office.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#354
If Obama had been president in the 90s, his accomplishments would be more impressive but...
yurbud
Jun 2013
#360
" are comfortably ensconced in nice, middle class professional jobs." I am???
Lady Freedom Returns
Jun 2013
#385
and continuespattern of beating up instead of listening to progressives who put him in office
yurbud
Jun 2013
#401
Attention hound. That is all. Always bumping her own posts. Posting the same links over and over. n-
Logical
Jun 2013
#428
Sometimes I wonder if I was living in a different country in the 1990s than some other people
Blasphemer
Jun 2013
#409
You've got one HELL of a lot of nerve trying to tell me my dissapointment and disapproval
abq e streeter
Jun 2013
#414
No because what we are seeing is some rather breathtaking revisionist history, where
myrna minx
Jun 2013
#424
I don't know who dreamed up this new strategy tactic it's so insulting, offensive and despicable.
myrna minx
Jun 2013
#423
it lets them both hail the "vital center" (though they're more Pelerin/Herman Kahn Dems:
MisterP
Jun 2013
#440