"It's like this amazing guy ran for office, and his evil twin took over the WH."

[polichick]

From Bob Kuttner, calling in to Big Ed's show today.

[Democrats_win]

1. He is a basketball player. Got a big contract then sat on the bench and did nothing.

I gave him money. Where do I get a refund?

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[DevonRex]

8. Per Skinner your post is against the rules.

"If you don't want to vote for President Obama, that's your business. But if you post it on Democratic Underground it becomes my business. My advice is that you is to keep that nugget of information to yourself. Because if you post it, at very least, the moderators will delete your post."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=437x1311#1314

[DevonRex]

5. So the black guy is just a basketball player. That is stereotyping at best.

Unfuckingbelievable that this remains.

[DevonRex]

23. Oh yeah, and the black basketball player is also lazy. Check.

:wtf:

[dionysus]

35. nope, no racism to see here, just move along now....

:hi:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. O must have shaved off his Evil Twin --

goatee/soul spot. All Evin Twins have them, you know. :D I do agree with Mr. Kuttner's statement, though.

I was talking to a co-worker today about O, and he all but said the same thing. He had been a supporter and voted for him, but is pretty appalled at what has been coming out of the WH the past two years. He commented that, even if you put aside any "hope/change" hype and were looking for a just "ok" President who was doing no harm, O wouldn't be cutting that low bar.

[fatbuckel]

4. One more time...POLITICIANS LIE.

[Aramchek]

6. It's like these amazing people elected Obama and then their evil twins started bitching incessantly

[NatBurner]

13. it's amazing, ain't it?

[demwing]

20. It's like these amazing people elected Obama to counter 8 years of Bush, and then their evil twins

started ignoring all the things Obama did to CONTINUE those failed Bush policies, and even offered endless and inane excuses for Obama when he failed to keep even his most basic campaign promises.

You mean like that?

[ProSense]

9. Bob Kuttner, who

three months into the Obama Presidency, wrote this: Obama's Loyal Opposition

Progressives now find themselves in an awkward position of simultaneously wishing Barack Obama well, but feeling dismayed by his policies on some key issues, most notably the banking bailout. If this were a normal economic situation, the posture of semi-opposition would not be that big a deal. We would simply gratefully accept the decent policies and keep pressing for bolder ones. But a failure to revive the banking system would be Obama's Vietnam. It would wreck everything else.

<...>

Some of these people began the narrative of a failed Presidency even before it took off. Kuttner was pushing his book, A Presidency in Peril, even as a historic health care reform act was on the verge of being signed into law. In December 2009, he and others were pondering what a defeat of such a bill would mean for the President.

[DevonRex]

12. Thank you for that VERY pertinent reminder, ProSense.

He's nothing but a hack trying to sell books.

[great white snark]

15. At least Kuttner gave him 3 months. A lot of the DU acrimony was born during the primaries.

[w4rma]

17. Observant people who expected what we are now getting. (nt)

[bigwillq]

28. Exactly.

:thumbsup:

[OhioBlue]

32. more like people who formed their narrative and look for

ANYTHING to back it up and make themselves feel right.

[w4rma]

33. Project much? (nt)

[lamp_shade]

10. What a lovely OP. What lovely replies. :vomit:

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[Thrill]

14. No need to listen to Rush

When you can hear this bullshit on the 'librul networks'

[Phx_Dem]

18. Yeah, he's really evil. Sounds more like Bob Kuttner and Big Ed are though.

[demwing]

21. Talk about hyperbole! You KNOW "Evil Twin" is a only figure of speech.

No one here believes there is an actual twin...sheesh

[DevonRex]

22. So if there's no twin, the OP means that Obama is evil.

[dionysus]

37. he's a very, very bad man who needs to be stopped at all cost.

first DADT get repealed, what the hell is next? a treaty with the russians? he'll take my CRUSIE MISSEL!!1!! console out of my cold, dead hands!11!

[WI_DEM]

19. typical idiotic hyperbole

[earth mom]

24. Off to the greatest page....

:evilgrin:

Told ya'll so.

[Amimnoch]

25. Is there anyone out there that can see both the good and the bad???

I swear, everyone's either:

100% pro Obama, he does nothing wrong, he is wonderful, he can make no mistakes, he's the greatest thing since sliced bread.

OR

100% anti-Obama, he does everything wrong, he is horrible, all he does is make mistakes, he's weak, he's the worst thing since the

Is there no one else here that can see that he's done good things, and that he's done things that are disappointing???

[DevonRex]

26. ...

Yes there are. Problem is, if you say anything good about him you're automatically labeled as an Obama worshipper or some such thing.

Not only that, but all the negativity here 24/7 makes reasonable peope reluctant to say anything negative themselves.

[bigwillq]

30. And vice versa

If you are critical, you're automatically labeled as a troll, or worse. I was told that I am no better than Palin or Beck. Doesn't bother me, but it's amazing what people will say when they don't agree with you.

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[treestar]

29. He is simply wrong

Obama has kept 80% of his promises and advocated for everything he said during the campaign he was for.

Are they going on the idea if they repeat this stuff enough, it will become true? Just trying to prove they can get some percentage of the public to repeat their ideas, so they can feel they have influence?

Pundits are useless.

[donheld]

31. k & R

For what it's worth.

[Ozymanithrax]

34. Deleted message has a lot to say today...and Kuttner is an idiot. eom

[mkultra]

36. democratic anger at Obama is the propoganda dejour

Thing is that it wont work on us. We usually don't care what others think.