I just have to give this a thread of its own. I am flabbergasted. hate for the President is

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74. Oh please,

"So what caused the 'hatred' for Bush? I didn't hate him either, but his policies, which are mostly still in effect, are what I hated."

...that's just lame and inaccurate. Look around at how the good things that Obama does largely goes ignored, if not dismissed outright. Yet if something hasn't been accomplished yet or didn't turn out as one hoped (see the Farm bill), especially due to Republican obstruction, it's used to bash the President over the head.

One of the silliest statements I've seen in response to Republican obstruction is basically: Yeah, we know Republicans are bad, that's to be expected, but Obama isn't even making the case.

That's so absurd on the face of it. The President has traveled all over the country many times pushing his case for years in high-profile speeches.

To acknowledge Republican obstruction, and then expect the President to magically overcome it, without compromise, is absurd.

I mentioned the Farm bill as a good example because despite the knowledge that Republicans were pushing big cuts and that Democrats in the Senate had already voted for cuts, the outrage didn't reach critical mass until the bill was sent to Obama. Then it, a bill negotiated by Senate Democrats, was used to bash him over the head.