NOBODY HERE HATES OBAMA

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421. I never loved him,

and I've never pretended any differently, even when I was the lone wolf opposing him.

I just paid attention to what he said in the '08 primaries, and didn't get caught up in the emotional storm of saying goodbye to GWB, ushering in a black man as president, and all that stuff about "hope," because I didn't have any. I listened.

I've certainly never claimed that "he's a tyrannical warmongering tool of the plutocratic class."

War monger? Yes. Tool of the plutocratic class? He's a neo-liberal. That's a yes by definition.

That doesn't mean I hate him. I do my best not to hate. I didn't hate GWB. If I were allow myself to hate, that hate would not be directed at politicians, but at the people who elect them, thus giving them the power to harm.

I make an effort, though, to understand people's limitations, and NOT to hate.

I never much liked Clinton, either. For me, that started on that infamous 60 minutes segment before he was elected the first time; the one where HRC showed up to stand by her man while explaining that she wasn't standing by her man. I neither like nor respect cheaters. So, from that moment forward, I didn't trust Clinton. I was proved correct, of course. His cigar/blue dress/definition of is legacy certainly affected the outcome of 2000, along with election fraud. That, and his crowning legacy, which has had disastrous consequences: NAFTA.

I don't hate Clinton, either though.

Dislike is not hate. Political opposition is not hate. Putting issues before personality or party is not hate.

It takes someone who doesn't have a vested interest in hate, though, to see the difference.