Do any other folks here get the feeling Obama is TRYING to drive progressives out of the party?

[thucythucy]

43. It went VERY easy on Reagan

for at least the first six years of his presidency. The term "the teflon president" was coined to describe how, no matter what kind of awful shit was revealed about his administration, Reagan somehow escaped--at least according to the media--smelling like a rose. Hundreds of marines killed in Lebanon, huge recession, ballooning deficits, "trees cause air pollution," Iran-Contra... no matter what the disaster or flub, the press always had his back, because he was just so gosh darn lovable!

As for Bush--if you're talking Bush II, he had it even easier. Again, for about the first six years--during the post 9-11 surge of "patriotism," even to question the president, no matter how mildly, was tantamont to siding with terrorists. Surely you must remember. It wasn't until the Katrina mega-fuck-up that people in the media finally began to ponder the possibility that Dim Son wasn't the next Winston Churchill.

Carter and Clinton had it pretty bad, I'll admit. Of course, they were both Democrats, so the media's "get out of jail free card" didn't apply.

I'll agree, though, President Obama is a brilliant man, and I wish he was about a thousand percent more progressive.