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former9thward

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25. Yes, the thread is rhetorical.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #22)

Thu Nov 27, 2014, 03:28 PM

Nov 2014

No one in the "they", that is Congress, is saying this.

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The level of opposition and disrespect and hate toward this President is epic!! [View all] kelliekat44 Nov 2014 OP

Yes shenmue Nov 2014 #1

k&R.. spanone Nov 2014 #2

Eh, it would only result in the Republicans looking petty . . . Journeyman Nov 2014 #3

Just post it online. former9thward Nov 2014 #13

No more so than towards Bush, and not much more than towards Clinton. You just notice it more. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #4

They're threatening to ban a sitting President from giving the SOTU... BklnDem75 Nov 2014 #7

DUers want Bush impeached for war crimes, if it comes to that. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #11

The "justifications" is the issue. To ban Obama from a STOTU address for Presidenting while black? Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #14

I think it's "while liberal" - that's the issue - remember the impeachment of Clinton. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #21

The fuck it is, it is racial prejudice mixed in with the liberal, did you just wake up? Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #24

From Jefferson to Wilson, the annual address was presented in written form. . . Journeyman Nov 2014 #27

Again, this is Congress we are talking about quit distracting with the DU narrative. Rex Nov 2014 #17

Posters on an Internet forum vs elected officials. NYC Liberal Nov 2014 #29

You're wrong. The manifestations ARE materially different. Martin Eden Nov 2014 #34

No one is threatening to ban him from the SOTU. former9thward Nov 2014 #16

The National Review is not DU, it actually has some influence over the GOP. Rex Nov 2014 #20

Who in Congress is saying this? former9thward Nov 2014 #23

Here you go: Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #26

The link did not name one person. former9thward Nov 2014 #28

way more than clinton...and bush noiretextatique Nov 2014 #35

They wouldn't treat a white POTUS that way. Rex Nov 2014 #5

right here on DU GW Bush was routinely reviled as being a chimpanzee, chimperor etc along with msongs Nov 2014 #6

I'm talking about Congress. Rex Nov 2014 #8

Congress is now depicting Obama that way, see the difference? Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #15

Congress is? former9thward Nov 2014 #19

For fucks sake, it was rhetorical, regarding why they many not allow his SOTU...clear now? Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #22

Yes, the thread is rhetorical. former9thward Nov 2014 #25

thats because is his a chimp olddots Nov 2014 #30

Obama didn't start two wars for the purpose of obscene profits. Initech Nov 2014 #31

Except Bill Clinton AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #10

He was stabbed in the back by his own party. Rex Nov 2014 #12

Had they thought of it, they would have done it AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #36

there is no surprise there samsingh Nov 2014 #9

Controlled for about 3 weeks...that control? And remember Liebermann? I remember. Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #18

good point. But Obama had a mandate for change samsingh Nov 2014 #32

I think there hasn't been this much hatred for a president since Lincoln. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #33