Something I Noticed regarding the Difference Between Democrats and Republicans

[sabrina 1]

20. Well, I don't see the blaming of everything on Obama, probably everyone who is a Democrat

here voted for Obama, the first time with great enthusiasm and joy, and when he won, it is hard to express the joy people felt after the eight long years of horror under Bush.

What I see when Obama is the object of criticism is that it is often because of something he said. Eg, would you expect any Democrat NOT to be critical of a Dem President who decided to end the ban on Offshore Drilling?

Let's just take that one thing. What should a Democrat, who has fought for years against Republican attempts to end that ban put in place and fought for to keep it there by many great Democrats, when they see the President THEY supported, now taking the Republican position on such an important issue?

And he was WRONG, as we found out just 18 days after he made that announcement, criticizing Democrats who wanted it to stay in place, stating that HIS advisers had informed him that offshore was now SAFE and in effect, that those who still supported the ban, were OLD-FASHIONED AND UNINFORMED.

I personally was SHOCKED to hear a Dem President say that. And when 11 men were killed because offshore drilling is NOT safe, he should have apologized to all those who supported him and he should have publicly fired whoever those advisers were. But he did not.

And worse, he had argued against John McCain in the campaign FOR keeping the ban.

So taking that one example, what should we Democrats have done? Remained silent? I fought for YEARS with Republicans over that issue, assuming MY PARTY would continue to fight them also.

But when we did criticize the president for that issue, we were attacked, called 'Obama haters' etc etc and all the other personal attacks that have become so familiar.

As a Democrat I am not going to change my mind on Offshore Drilling even if Obama had not been proven to be so tragically wrong. It is a threat to our precious environment as we just saw and we elect Democrats precisely because we know Republicans will not protect the environment.

So am I an 'Obama hater' for standing by MY principles? No, I don't think so.