Political discussion in a vibrant, healthy democracy will include anger at politicians,

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109. Many of the so called worshipers . . .

have long known the President Obama is not the progressive we had hoped for. He is in fact a centrist dem who has been obstructed at every turn by repugs and blue dogs but still has gotten some things done.

Even his haters have to acknowledge that the ACA although not everything we wanted is, and I quote VP Joe Biden: ". . . a big fuckin' deal."

Throw in the Lily Ledbettor Act and saving the auto industry and the stimulus which probably saved the whole economy from tanking completely, ended "don't ask don't tell" and . . .

Anyway, I personally am disappointed that he didn't push to the bitter end for single payer, or that he was too nice and tried too long to get along with the repugs in his first term, or get a jobs bill through, or get immigration reform done, but hey, we know who he is now — a centrist. He's not Bernie or Elizabeth Warren or Kucinich unfortunately, and we don't worship him like the serial ranter sychophants love to spout.

We support dem politicians however over repugs — even centrists (one of the raison d'etra of this site, btw. I myself draw the line at blue dogs though), and calling a sitting Democratic president a "piece of shit" on a progressive democratic site is nasty, insulting, unnecessary, agenda-driven and designed to disrupt under the guise of "frustration", and I for one can't understand those that defend the name calling. That is not criticism, it is childish attention seeking that needlessly create a shitstorm when help for his wife was what was needed.