Some Defend-President-Obama-no-matter-what-folks here will do anything to divert,

[The Magistrate]

52. I Am Not From Pennsylvania, Ma'am

I must say your list of synonyms, especially those bolded to indicate their applying most aptly to me, was a most amusing item to encounter early in the morning.

"idealistic, romantic, visionary, utopian, extravagant, starry-eyed, unrealistic, unworldly"

I am trying very hard to recall the last time anyone was so foolish as to call me idealistic, and the list rises in good humor from there to the closing ascription of unworldly.

I have no objection to criticism of President Obama, having engaged in such myself on numerous occasions.

I do, however, find it amusing that anyone should expect a site named Democratic Underground, which has as part of its charter electoral support for Democratic Party candidates, ought to be free of comments which support and defend a President elected on the Democratic Party ticket.

It is also a fact that some criticism of President Obama here falls far short of any standard for constructive criticism. It does not really reflect any attempt to point out errors and push towards improvement. Rather, it reflects hostility to the Democratic Party, and a third party orientation. By its nature, it could not be satisfied by any person elected to office or running for office as a Democrat. Because of the essential powerlessness of any third party in our political system, criticism from a third party basis tends to be extremely shrill and bitter.

"I prefer the wicked to the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest."