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Journeyman

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18. Or the treatment of Jimmy Carter . . .

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 05:43 PM

Dec 2014

Compare the way the media and Republicans responded to the failed attempt to rescue the Iranian embassy hostages versus the "respectful criticism" of the Beirut barracks disaster during Reagan's term.

Yeah, anytime I hear someone say Obama has endured more intensive and more vicious attacks "than any other President," I like to point them to Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln to show that while what President Obama has endured is despicable, it is neither unprecedented nor particularly notable.

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My fear for a Clinton (or Warren) presidency [View all] tabbycat31 Dec 2014 OP

No brooklynite Dec 2014 #1

Sorry but sexism and racism were alive and well before Obama was president or still_one Dec 2014 #2

I'm not doubting that tabbycat31 Dec 2014 #3

It's come into the light where ohheckyeah Dec 2014 #12

That is a real fear. Obama has certainly had to deal with a great deal of hatred, bigotry, & racism think Dec 2014 #4

Ironically, the ones most likely to resort to it are the same ones who adore Sarah Palin. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #5

Revealing bigotry does not "make it worse" - quite the contrary. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #6

Plus 1 bazillion! rufus dog Dec 2014 #13

Yes, I agree. I'm a white male too. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #14

No. HappyMe Dec 2014 #7

Nope. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #8

So we should just stick with the old white guys giftedgirl77 Dec 2014 #9

Or bluestateguy Dec 2014 #10

Jeez, I hope not. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #11

So we'll elect a white male, like Bill Clinton. They certainly treated him with utmost respect . . . Journeyman Dec 2014 #15

I think many of the people implying that Obama's treatment by Republicans PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #17

Or the treatment of Jimmy Carter . . . Journeyman Dec 2014 #18

Hopefully that fear will come true Matrosov Dec 2014 #16

My fear is this mythology Dec 2014 #19

What did they do in that time? RiverLover Dec 2014 #20