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cyberswede

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58. I don't get it.

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 04:12 PM

Aug 2013

I don't think real life is all or nothing, as you suggest. People can agree with some things, and disagree with other things (even about FDR) without being hypocrites.

And why do you think FDR would bomb Syria?

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Now that Obama is finally imitating FDR, the Far Left is STILL complaining about him. [View all] Dr Fate Aug 2013 OP

Lol avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #1

I know...it's so ludicrous! joeybee12 Aug 2013 #84

This is one hell of a stretch The_Casual_Observer Aug 2013 #2

Thats for sure! LOLOLOLZ! /nt workinclasszero Aug 2013 #105

I think you mean "Syria" not "Egypt". CJCRANE Aug 2013 #3

FDR/Obama would not have gotten hung up on semantics. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #7

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? CJCRANE Aug 2013 #10

Forget it, the OP's rolling... n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #33

Semantics...I love it. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #61

Yeah, it's all the fault of those dirty rotten Semantics! Fozzledick Aug 2013 #72

It took me a few posts to understand that Doctor F was just having fun with us, TWM-style DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #73

I don't think anti-Semantic posts are allowed here FiveGoodMen Aug 2013 #81

Are you telling me you're anti-semantic? I thought that violated DU's ToS :) - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #89

Wow, openly anti-semantic. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #96

I had constipation for 5 days. No more! Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #118

This message was self-deleted by its author JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2013 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Aug 2013 #4

Umm. enlightenment Aug 2013 #5

I am happy to ride off a cliff as long as FDR and Obama are in the car with me. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #11

You can't see me, enlightenment Aug 2013 #16

I'm glad to embarass myself it means that Freedom will ring. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #26

Damn. enlightenment Aug 2013 #39

Freedom wil reign! R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2013 #49

The "Far Left" (EEK!) believes that public servants should be held accountable. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #6

Um...what? cyberswede Aug 2013 #8

Those assholes. SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #9

STOP IT SOMETHINGFISHY Skittles Aug 2013 #45

And if the Germans bombed it. n/t n2doc Aug 2013 #101

Hehe.. Forget it he's rolling... SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #104

You will of course expound on this premise...? LanternWaste Aug 2013 #12

No problem, The point is that FDR and Obama both knew a just war when they saw it. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #15

Egypt attacked Pearl Harbor MNBrewer Aug 2013 #19

Fine. People with funny hats then. That should cover it all.You wont fools me with semantics tricks. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #24

I don't think the far left has lost the "Obama should be more like FDR" argument at all. cyberswede Aug 2013 #50

Well, he is in fact imitating FDR on this. Will you support his FDR style stance? Dr Fate Aug 2013 #52

I don't get it. cyberswede Aug 2013 #58

I accept your concession. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #59

Stop, you're killing me dreamnightwind Aug 2013 #78

Plus there is also the problem that I am sure the writer of the OP truedelphi Sep 2013 #117

So much Fail WilliamPitt Aug 2013 #13

To be honest I think Obama made a reasonable and measured statement CJCRANE Aug 2013 #14

And when he does not bomb Syria, the far left will look like fools for saying he was gonna do it. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #21

you forgot something MNBrewer Aug 2013 #17

This somehow got recs whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #18

From 0 to Godwin in 1 post! reformist2 Aug 2013 #20

The first thing Hitler did when he was elected LearningCurve Aug 2013 #62

Beat Garlits & Muldowney both in the quarter mile! Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #119

Manny does it better tkmorris Aug 2013 #22

Ah...I get it now. CJCRANE Aug 2013 #27

Manny disagrees with me in the very thread. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #29

no, Dr Fate is way better at it than Manny. dionysus Aug 2013 #44

LOL Hissyspit Aug 2013 #55

I had to scroll up and check Mnpaul Aug 2013 #106

One of us needs to read more history MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #23

So get reading then. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #28

OK, let's take those one at a time: speeches "tinged by racism" MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #34

You read and posted on all the old FDR vs. Obama posts that were on DU. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #37

Perhaps I'm getting old and senile MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #71

Ah. Got me! MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #74

Is this an "Onion" post?......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2013 #25

Go back and read the old Obama vs. FDR posts on DU. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #31

I......er.......what is this? Skittles Aug 2013 #30

We need a LiberalAndProud Aug 2013 #32

FDR gave us social security -- Obama is NO FDR nt daa Aug 2013 #35

He is on the issue of bombing the Hilters of the world. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #42

Spending social security and Medicare on missles is stupid daa Aug 2013 #51

I think that if FDR were alive today, he would agree with me & Obama, not you. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #56

Nice try daa Aug 2013 #68

Go read up on the Social Security that FDR gave "us". Social Security as you know it was bluestate10 Aug 2013 #88

The Far left? mick063 Aug 2013 #36

Another contender... Fozzledick Aug 2013 #76

Some wit (Mark Twain or Ambrose Bierce) quipped that war is HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #38

Moderates dont care if it is Egypt or Syria. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #47

A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #87

Damn, you had me. Union Scribe Sep 2013 #111

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." Ambrose Bierce Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #67

Great post! dennis4868 Aug 2013 #40

Fixed it for you ... blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #41

I am drunk too! n-t Logical Aug 2013 #43

At least we dont have to boy-cott French wine this time around. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #48

Ermehgerd!!! bobclark86 Aug 2013 #91

It's never too early to start drinking on a Friday, I guess. Vashta Nerada Aug 2013 #46

'far left'? there goes your credibility....take a hike. bowens43 Aug 2013 #53

I'll glady take a "Freedom Hike"- with FDR and Obama as my guides. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #54

I is confused. Hissyspit Aug 2013 #57

get back to me when Obama gets rid of Race to the Top and actually starts funding schools. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #60

I think he will fund schools in Syria. Dr Fate Aug 2013 #63

Whose law is that again? woo me with science Aug 2013 #64

Poe's Law. This thread is satire--but it has Colberted a lot of DUers! nt tblue37 Aug 2013 #86

Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2013 #109

Oh dear god... progressoid Aug 2013 #65

That poor man must have ingested chemical weapons! Dr Fate Aug 2013 #66

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #69

Too subtle for some. bvar22 Aug 2013 #70

LOL RainDog Aug 2013 #75

That's some funny shit! Rex Aug 2013 #77

FREEDOM KICK!!!!! Dr Fate Aug 2013 #80

What's with the hippie punching today? nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #82

Of course, if Obama were like FDR and bombed a city like Dresden ProSense Aug 2013 #83

And with that you get the Margaret DuMont Award. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #98

FDR was a WAR CRIMINAL! (But I hope Obama does not imitate that part) Dr Fate Sep 2013 #114

The real thing will never measure up to a fantasy. FDR, by no means was perfect, not even bluestate10 Aug 2013 #85

Well the REAL "far left" now AND in the 30s..... socialist_n_TN Aug 2013 #92

This is what they are complaining nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #94

+1 Which means Obama really is a lot like FDR leftstreet Aug 2013 #95

That's quite true. The thing is that MineralMan Sep 2013 #112

Lets just keep our fingers crossed RobertEarl Aug 2013 #90

. LWolf Aug 2013 #93

This is a joke, right? polichick Aug 2013 #97

What is really is is parody. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #99

Yes, that's the word for it. polichick Aug 2013 #100

Going to war with Syria would be ultra-leftist and Bolshevist. David__77 Aug 2013 #102

I'm on the far left and I don't think I have ever attacked Obama. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #103

"Far Left" AgingAmerican Aug 2013 #107

FREEDOM KICK!!!!! Dr Fate Sep 2013 #108

This message was self-deleted by its author Union Scribe Sep 2013 #110

Shove that far left shit where the sun don't shine. mick063 Sep 2013 #113

You are just mad that centrism is working. nt Dr Fate Sep 2013 #115

FDR was really a far right austerian corporatist fascist who hated the idea of a social Zorra Sep 2013 #116

It's a good thing Obama does not imitate him on anything else. Dr Fate Sep 2013 #120

WTF did I just read? nt Demo_Chris Sep 2013 #121