Are members of DU generally in support of a Dem President or not?

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37. many are generally supportive of policies, of principles

We support Democrats because supposedly Democrats are fighting for these policies and principles.

Democrats are supposed to be AGAINST tax cuts for the rich. When Democrats, instead, support tax cuts for the rich, are we supposed to play follow the leader. To say "well, I was against this when Bush was President, but now that Obama is President, I am all for it."

In 2002 we said "It is wrong to invade Iraq". And said the same thing in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. We expect Democrats to say the same thing NOW. If they say something different, then many of us are not gonna rush to support them.

As for people being ridiculed for supporting Obama. That comes from the same basic theme. If a person said "Bush sucks because of X" when Bush was President, and now when Obama does X they support and defend him. Well, that hardly seems intellectually honest.

Of course, often the accusation of hypocrisy is false. That is, when Bush was President, I was not all that excited about signing statements or drones or the death of Saddam's sons. I got slammed for it then too though, was called a Bush supporter. But I am being consistent. The issues I care about are not the same as what the rest of DU cares about. Some are, I guess, deeply concerned about drones. I never was.

I mean, we used to mock Bush supporters and wonder "dang, is there ANYTHING Bush can do that will make them stop supporting him?" Now some of us wonder that about Obama supporters.

Well for me, there was a line. I was an Obama supporter until he caved on the Bush tax cuts. I donated to him in 2008, trying to help defeat Hillary. I supported him right up to the betrayal of 6 December 2010, a date that, as far as I am concerned, should live in infamy.

After that betrayal, it was hard for me to trust him on anything, and I started seeing more and more betrayals everywhere I looked. Lies too, unfortunately.