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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:34 PM Original message |
Poll question: In your opinion, is DU too critical of Obama, not critical enough of Obama, or just right ... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. not critical enough. nt |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks for your vote. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. ... |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
71. Obama should not be blamed. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Someone's been posting in my forum! |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Since it is a population of the most partisan democrats possible, it's probably about right. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The beatings will continue until morale improves. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. There is a difference between |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That's an important consideration. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. This is what I see also. There is a difference between constructive criticism and |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
81. Also being critical doesn't always mean you don't support the person. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Rationale, logical, informed, practical, knowledgeable, justified are what I would like to see |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Hunh. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Then you're on the wrong board. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. No possible way to measure that... |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. If you'd asked me a couple of weeks ago, I'd have said not enough.. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Who got tossed for voicing what the "majority were secretly thinking/feeling"? |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I do have examples, yes. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Well then. |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. The only people gone are the ones disgusted with the way the site has turned. True blue dems |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I really hope those who were kicked out have been invited back... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. It is what it is - people post what they're thinking and feeling, as it should be. nt |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think Obama is a bad man!!1! |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think too critical. But I dont begrudge anyone voicing theirs. |
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LonePirate (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not enough. I don't think he's the President he portrayed himself as during the 2008 campaign |
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DFLforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Lots of bad faith criticism of the President on DU |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Too critical IMHO |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. It is too disgusting to even visit anymore. Sometimes I do out of habit but that is ending quickly. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Same here. Been here since March 2004 and |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. yes, i might not post much, but I was reading since it started |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I hear you, Pirate Smile. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. I'm getting to the point where I don't want to be here anymore |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Not unlinke hate radio in terms of persistent, half-baked criticisms and smears of Obama. |
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mgcgulfcoast (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. just about right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. Deleted message |
sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. AMEN! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. +1. I can't imagine what this place looks like without "Ignore". |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. Deleted message |
OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. Today alone Obama was called a Reaganite and evil on DU and we have to even ask this question? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. In the past few hours, I've seen Obama called a "whore" and "NOBAMA". |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. So click alert |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I did. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I told you, I have. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I didn't insinuate shit. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Sounds about right. Again, do we even have to ask this question? Seems pretty obvious. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. That's not criticism. That's just inane bullshit. |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. This place sometimes resembles Free Republic in the type of posts about our President. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Sometimes? |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I was being generous. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. I agree. The way some on here defend Obama's policy without applying .............. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. Is that you, goldilocks? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. I don't think it is possible to be 'too critical', what is possible and happens |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
47. Criticism is fine. It's not a fan club. But some can be over the top at times. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Agreed. But the Obama is evil, Obama is a bad man, Obama is worse that Bush, threads tend to get |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
82. This |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
51. I was not aware that DU had taken an editorial stand on Obama |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Why have a mission, standards, rules, a recognizable community culture...? |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
52. All of the above. Depending on the issue involved. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. Deleted message |
krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
57. Way to too critical, to the point they are driving members away |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. You're not kidding. Lots of long time members |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
77. This. You cannot call yourself one thing, but in truth be the complete opposite. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Odd isn't it. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
86. Been here since 2001. Watched a lot of good people walk away. |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
59. I think we get overly critical of Obama sometimes. His flaw is that he's bad at selling his |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
61. There should be an option for "way too goddamned fucking critical." n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
62. ... |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
63. Overall I would say too critical, but some of the criticism is warranted. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
64. A solid majority says "too critical". |
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BlueGirlRedState (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
65. So this is where y'all are... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Excellent post, BlueGirlRedState! |
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BlueGirlRedState (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Instead, it's keep Waco Wacko |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
66. Like the tilt of local newspaper comments... |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
69. I note that |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Wha? |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Calculator must be in the shop |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Sorry; I shd stay away from math. |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
73. Too critical to the point of blatantly disrespecting Mr. Obama as a person. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
74. From my observation... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
75. Who cares? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I do. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. Those who are told by the critical "base" that that are the majority view here. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
78. Not even close to critical enough of the President and the corporate owned Congress |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
80. People got some extra freedom to post thier views and a few may be abusing it. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
84. The manner of criticism is everything. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
87. Depends on the forum you ask this in. |
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