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Maedhros

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3. To many, Obama is an empty vessel into which they pour their hopes.

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Fri Mar 28, 2014, 04:19 PM

Mar 2014

They desperately want Obama to be the President they imagine, so he indeed becomes that President to them.

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A confusing concept explained: You are Not Obama. [View all] cthulu2016 Mar 2014 OP

Obama BlackAndBeyond Mar 2014 #1

How much do you support Obama? el_bryanto Mar 2014 #2

About the same BlackAndBeyond Mar 2014 #5

I am far to the left of Obama, but I won't blame him for Gitmo. He tried to get it closed tblue37 Mar 2014 #81

I would say 55 to 60% dilby Mar 2014 #6

To many, Obama is an empty vessel into which they pour their hopes. Maedhros Mar 2014 #3

Definitely BlackAndBeyond Mar 2014 #8

And, to some extent, I sympathize. Maedhros Mar 2014 #19

Hello. bigwillq Mar 2014 #4

Hello BlackAndBeyond Mar 2014 #7

I don't think its disturbing, I think many people JaneyVee Mar 2014 #13

he was not a poor kid cali Mar 2014 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerows Mar 2014 #21

It has not been "widely reported that Obama's sufrommich Mar 2014 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerows Mar 2014 #27

Where did I deny that? You claimed it's been widely sufrommich Mar 2014 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerows Mar 2014 #32

I know it employed some CIA operatives,that doesn't sufrommich Mar 2014 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerows Mar 2014 #34

Your "facts" would fit better over at Free Republic. sufrommich Mar 2014 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerows Mar 2014 #38

You're not "criticizing a politician" you're making sufrommich Mar 2014 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerows Mar 2014 #41

Your "facts" are tinfoil nonsense. nt sufrommich Mar 2014 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerows Mar 2014 #43

+ a brazillion Number23 Mar 2014 #65

I wonder if the raccoon had worms. nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #70

! Number23 Mar 2014 #71

I'm here all week! Don't forget to tip your waiter! nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #72

has? edgineered Mar 2014 #76

Just came over from another thread pintobean Mar 2014 #82

It's pretty amazing to see that kind of sufrommich Mar 2014 #77

The orgy of self deletes tells the tale better than anything else. And as someone already noted Number23 Mar 2014 #95

Your facts are in question and your intent in stating them. lumpy Mar 2014 #58

And that poster is a GD host. Ikonoklast Mar 2014 #92

Is that bad? I know of someone who worked at the stock exchange scrubbing floors. lumpy Mar 2014 #57

Can you please show where it's been widely reported that Obama's mother worked for the CIA? Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #51

We can see the original version. MineralMan Mar 2014 #64

He grew up in a single parent house and got into JaneyVee Mar 2014 #22

Or had strings pulled Aerows Mar 2014 #28

By who? joshcryer Mar 2014 #45

Next they'll be calling him Barry Soetoro and asking JaneyVee Mar 2014 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author joshcryer Mar 2014 #79

by the same ones who planted the fake birth certicate so he can run for Pres JI7 Mar 2014 #50

Girl, did I call it or what?? Number23 Mar 2014 #68

Huh? Are you a birther? JaneyVee Mar 2014 #46

WTF ? JI7 Mar 2014 #49

Funny how this sub-thread eviscerates OPs point. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #52

and uses the most bizarre right wing attacks to do it JI7 Mar 2014 #53

Five minutes of reading GD would have eviscerated the OP's "point" Number23 Mar 2014 #69

Your reply indicates that you are SPECULATING that Obama had strings pulled to get into school. lumpy Mar 2014 #59

If he was so comfortably placed, why was he unable to afford new shoes when he got a hole in the tblue37 Mar 2014 #83

Not only that. With many people deprivation can cause resent, anger and worse. lumpy Mar 2014 #55

Where do you get the "poor kid". 840high Mar 2014 #54

Bwahaha! "Poor kid"?! Perhaps you are thinking of another B. H. Obama?? WinkyDink Mar 2014 #73

I miss the old, "Obama should fix everything. That's what I would do posts." FSogol Mar 2014 #9

I'm sure you do Aerows Mar 2014 #11

Well, since we aren't making it personal... FSogol Mar 2014 #12

So it is okay for thee Aerows Mar 2014 #17

I have no idea what you are talking about. FSogol Mar 2014 #30

One thing I have learned when reading your posts, they are toxic. lumpy Mar 2014 #60

Come to think of it, you really aren't sufficiently grateful that Rmoney isn't POTUS treestar Mar 2014 #86

I'm Spartacus! JVS Mar 2014 #10

I can kick Spartacus ass Skittles Mar 2014 #15

Can we get some links to those tit for tat exchanges? JaneyVee Mar 2014 #14

lol. seriously? they're all over GD. cali Mar 2014 #18

I work 10 to 12hrs a day. Im just asking for some links. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #24

I don't understand why folks take it all so personally. 1000words Mar 2014 #20

I'd expect as President that he has been criticized far more harshly Aerows Mar 2014 #23

We expect truthful criticism based on reason. lumpy Mar 2014 #61

I agree. bigwillq Mar 2014 #56

President Obama is a lawyer and he used a legal explanation of his position Gothmog Mar 2014 #26

This post is correct. joshcryer Mar 2014 #44

I agree. I appreciate fact more than speculation or unspecified criticism. lumpy Mar 2014 #62

Objective fact is my thing. joshcryer Mar 2014 #78

Then perhaps he ought to have responded as a man, not as a lawyer. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #74

What do you think he should have said? lovemydog Mar 2014 #91

Russia has 50,000 to 100,000 troops on the eastern border of Ukraine Gothmog Mar 2014 #94

Precisely lovemydog Mar 2014 #89

A few things. DanTex Mar 2014 #31

Hear hear lumpy Mar 2014 #63

I haven't seen any actual Obamabots here. Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #66

+1. n/t FSogol Mar 2014 #67

We are all President Obama! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #35

Lady... you ain't even Spartacus. (that is a joke, not a criticism) cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #37

The confused people are the ones who use the term "Obamabots" pnwmom Mar 2014 #39

This shouldn't be a good post, but it is. Captain Stern Mar 2014 #48

Soooo LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #75

Pretty Sophomoric ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #80

Sorry the post you *imagine* that you read displeases you. cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #87

False. treestar Mar 2014 #84

You have quite summed up the point of the OP cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #88

Maybe some of them start out insulting the President-basher treestar Mar 2014 #90

Very well put. Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #93

This is true even if Speaker #1 is Sarah Palin? Or one of her parrots? baldguy Mar 2014 #85