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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald never passes up an opportunity to take a crack at Pres. Obama [View all]MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)206. Alrighty, let's see what we have here:
Here's an article that coincides with my own allegation:
Many of you know about Glenn Greenwald, a contributor at extreme libertarian CATO Institute, (he also publishes and sells at least one White Paper on CATO's website and bookstore), and a pretend-liberal on Salon.com, who has a vendetta he pursues ruthlessly against the Obama Administration. If you listen to Greenwald, he actually sounds a lot more like a Tea Partier than any average American.
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2011/05/bin-laden-killing-al-awlaki-targeting.html
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2011/05/bin-laden-killing-al-awlaki-targeting.html
Another article, this time exposing the way that Greenwald continues to troll the President on Gay Rights issues:
One thing you learn from following Glenn Greenwald on Twitter is a certain kind of specialized trolling. Glenn is very good at phrasing something he believes in a way that will piss off his erstwhile allies, people who voted for Obama but may be sympathetic to the more radical positions Glenn holds. This tweet is a good example. Can I argue with the underlying point Glenns making here? Not reallyObamas change on gay marriage was a political calculation, as Portmans was. It showed Obamas cautious political nature and general unwillingness to grasp progressive causes unless he sees that cause moving towards the center.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/03/16/he-likes-the-troll-life-he-loves-to-boogie/
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/03/16/he-likes-the-troll-life-he-loves-to-boogie/
Then of course, there is the way that he's condemning the President's conduct of wars, that he himself had supported when those wars were conducted by Bush:
Check out this interview:
And compare THAT to this particular article:
In an otherwise entertaining attack on Thomas Friedmans latest piece of drivel about Syria, moral crusader Glenn Greenwald goes after the NYTs columnist for covering up the fact that he supported the war in Iraq a war he supported too and barely ever talks about:
The reality is that almost everything Tom Friedman says on Iraq is designed to make people forget his actual, candidly expressed views about why he thought the war was just probably the most viscerally repellent comments anyone with a large mainstream platform has spouted in the last decade.
I dont mind Greenwald pointing this out, but when was the last time you heard Greenwald talk about his faith in the Bush Administrations wisdom after 9/11? Yep, thats right. Virtually never.
http://thedailybanter.com/2012/07/glenn-greenwald-attacks-writers-for-supporting-iraq-war-when-he-did-too/
Those are just corresponding assessments of Greenwald's campaign. A review of the subjects of his Salon column is telling indeed:
Obama hates whistleblowers: http://www.salon.com/2012/08/14/secrecy_creep/
Obama loves blowing shit up: http://www.salon.com/2012/08/04/obama_the_pioneer/ (in a war that he once supported, mind you.)
Obama is planning to attack Iran: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/27/most_likely_to_attack_iran/
Obama loves TARP: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/26/protectors_of_wall_street/
Obama love GITMO: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/23/the_obama_gitmo_myth/
Other journalists are failing at being as hard on Obama as he is: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/17/inept_stenographers/
Obama sent a right wing loving justice to the Supreme Court: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/07/kagans_medicaid_vote/
A quick break:
Here's something that I think he's right about. How NBC's reality show was a sign that this country if far too militarized: http://www.salon.com/2012/08/13/nbcs_war_for_fun_and_profit/
But let's get back to his Obama campaign
Obama hates Assange: http://www.salon.com/2012/06/19/assange_asks_ecuador_for_asylum/
The Obama led Dems and the GOP are both peas in the same pod: http://www.salon.com/2012/06/15/gopdem_rhetorical_convergence/
Obama could provoke another 9/11: http://www.salon.com/2012/06/12/what_might_cause_another_911/
Lookie here! Peter King loves Obama. Imagine that! http://www.salon.com/2012/06/10/obama_defender_rep_peter_king/
Obama loves propaganda: http://www.salon.com/2012/06/02/deliberate_media_propaganda/
Obama the extremist: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/30/how_extremism_is_normalized/
The Imperial Obama: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/26/the_imperial_mind/
The Authoritarian Obama: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/27/the_authoritarian_mind_2/
Bain loves Obama: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/21/democrats_and_bain_2/
Obama hates free speech: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/obamas_new_free_speech_threat/
An Obama Potpourriri: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/11/various_matters_17/
By the way, he did say something nice about Obama once, on Gay Issues, believe it or not:
"Thats equally true of positive acts: they dont become less commendable because they were the by-product of political pressure or self-preservation; when a politician takes the right course of action, as Obama did today, credit is merited, regardless of motive.
It should go without saying that none of this mitigates the many horrendous things Obama has done in other areas, nor does it mean he deserves re-election. But just as its intellectually corrupted to refuse to criticize him when he deserves it, the same is true of refusing to credit him when he deserves it. Today, he deserves credit. LGBT equality is one area and its an important area for millions of Americans where he has conducted himself commendably and deserves praise. That was true before today, but even more so now."
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/09/e_3/
I guess you might think that his 50-1 "Oh SHIT, Obama!" vs "Attaboy, Obama!" ratio might be considered fair tasking of the Prez Everyone has an opinion.
But any look at his columns, if anything, denotes his singular devotion of finding ways to make Obama look bad "Horrendously" bad, in HIS opinion.
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Glenn Greenwald never passes up an opportunity to take a crack at Pres. Obama [View all]
MrScorpio
May 2013
OP
I'm so old I remember when he would regularly criticize the Bush Admins policies.
Luminous Animal
May 2013
#18
To Bill Maher's credit, he has gone after the president, but he also defends the president when the
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#228
Maybe Obama shouldn't keep giving GG the ammunition with which to do so, then.
MotherPetrie
May 2013
#2
And damned right I'll call it bullshit. I don't like Greenwald. I think he's a slimy poser.
DevonRex
May 2013
#19
they try so hard don't they? waching the tiny fists flail in impotent rage is quite entertaining.
dionysus
May 2013
#224
He's a bit player, up for bidding by whomever for whatever. - AND - He's messianic.
patrice
May 2013
#159
Exactly!! I can understand liberals being upset with Obama for not being liberal enough...
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#230
Notice how GG never has anything to say about the Senate PROTECTING PRIVATE ARMS MARKETS all
patrice
May 2013
#162
Excellent point… I'd LOVE to hear his opinion on that little nugget, my damn self nt
MrScorpio
May 2013
#188
iirc, isn't he an ex-pat? i give him less cred for not staying to fight the fight . eom
ellenfl
May 2013
#271
He's possibly amongst those who think they are going to step into the wreckage and do
patrice
May 2013
#272
I wish that Joy would've been more forceful than she was last night on the show.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#232
His libertarian leanings should be enough to drive even the most rabid DUer away from him
davidpdx
May 2013
#122
The only sickening thing is you affection for his specious right-wing benghazi claims-Nt
Anansi1171
May 2013
#86
What are the charges? And do you agree with them? GG couldn't explain what the controversy is.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#229
I mean, basically, you've stated that you trust a muckraker more than ANYONE in the current admin
MrScorpio
May 2013
#14
Did you think Greenwald was a "muckraker" when he was criticizing Dubya and Cheney?
Fumesucker
May 2013
#21
He lost me during that time when he was daily accusing Obama of running an anti-gay administration
MrScorpio
May 2013
#24
You do know Glenn was living in Brazil at that time because his partner was not allowed in the US?
Fumesucker
May 2013
#33
Well, if anything, that leaves GG open to an accusation of losing his objectivity about the Prez
MrScorpio
May 2013
#35
He equated Obama's equivocal mindset with what he depicted what his policy would be
MrScorpio
May 2013
#53
Some of us still do not and will not ever trust this administration on that score.
Occulus
May 2013
#99
Note to Mr and Mrs Scorpio: DOMA is still the law of the land. Nothing has 'turned out
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#170
But you have no compunction about using language that suggests resolution. You say the 'outcome'
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#214
I have to say on the Obama administration's performance on gay issues my take is closer to greenwald
dsc
May 2013
#174
It was. Would it still be if not for every last person who called him out on it? Yes. Yes.
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#160
That does not even make sense. When a person appoints a surrogate that is what it is.
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#172
So hate speech against good people you excuse with a thousand words, criticism of a politician who
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#213
Why on Earth would we assume a person can't be one way in one situation and different in another?
patrice
May 2013
#36
And therein, lies the rub. They MAY be "similar" situations, but they are NOT the SAME situation.
patrice
May 2013
#156
I agree with you. Greenwald has never given me any reason to distrust him, not so for this Admin.
1-Old-Man
May 2013
#180
He actively is trying to burn down America's two parties and have a 3rd party
graham4anything
May 2013
#28
I agree with Glenn that a two party system is not the healthiest form of democracy.
Luminous Animal
May 2013
#155
Thanks for the quote. It led me to relisten to one of my favorite Greenwald speeches.
Luminous Animal
May 2013
#190
What was the US doing in Bengazi to begin with? Libya was none of our business. We were
sabrina 1
May 2013
#129
This is why the old saying is that the love of money is the root of all evil. He has some pretty
freshwest
May 2013
#67
Did you even watch? All y'all really missed the point, which was very simple!
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
May 2013
#89
Yes! I'm calling those who shout "F%#$ (insert name here)! because...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
May 2013
#211
PHEW! I found a thread and people who've restored my faith in DU!!
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
May 2013
#247
If GG had said that the Admin's message was inconsistent because of situational fluency
MrScorpio
May 2013
#22
No, he's hiding something that doesn't exist in any reality but that of RW fucksticks.
freshwest
May 2013
#73
And expect the Loud high post count DU'ers to adopt the Repug Benghazi talking points
emulatorloo
May 2013
#254
If parroting Fox/GOP talking points against Obama is a sign of being "Objective"
MrScorpio
May 2013
#26
Libertarian Objectivism? Ayn Randism? Puke Paulism? Fuck me, I'm still dying over 'Wurgle-Blurgle!'
freshwest
May 2013
#52
Rachel and Ed hate Barack Obama. They both lost me forever. Only listen to Al Sharpton
graham4anything
May 2013
#29
To me, Greenwald is a proto-citizen-of-the-archipelagos (thank you Matt Taibbi). He'll be amongst
patrice
May 2013
#38
I almost got that. It will take a while to sink in while I try to stop giggling. 'Wurgle-Blurgle!'
freshwest
May 2013
#42
Ow! '...assigned to provide token-progressive cache for rich parasites' Yup, a lackey.
freshwest
May 2013
#100
Sompe people think they're media-prostitutes, i.e. clicks on the internet. Selling ADVERTISING, i.e.
patrice
May 2013
#165
Which is why you don't see GG in many mainstream forums. I'm just sorry Joy....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#64
LOL! So does this give him a pass to spew BS RW talking points on Benghazi? n/t
ProSense
May 2013
#76
GG sat up there and asserted that the GOP/FOX witch hunt "investigation" was valid
MrScorpio
May 2013
#103
And here I always thought Hitler & John Birch Society were Christian. Silly me.
graham4anything
May 2013
#117
Greenwald is not thinking for himself. No thinking person would say what he did about Benghazi
stevenleser
May 2013
#154
Exactly. I said the same of folks who agreed with GOP persecution of Clinton over a Blowjob
stevenleser
May 2013
#239
You have no proof of that. Name someone here who has never criticized the President. You can't.
stevenleser
May 2013
#151
That doesnt mean they have never criticized them. You are making that part up. nt
stevenleser
May 2013
#176
That is exactly my point. You can't do it and thus shouldn't claim it is so. nt
stevenleser
May 2013
#226
Oh dear is right. At DU if you are going to make an assertion be prepared to be asked for proof
stevenleser
May 2013
#237
Greenwald sat there last night and defended a FOX/GOP witch hunt investigation
MrScorpio
May 2013
#185
Thank you very much for posting the links to all those Greenwald pieces,
woo me with science
May 2013
#219
Who knows? Maybe he thinks that Issa would conduct an honest investigation of Benghazi
MrScorpio
May 2013
#199
If he's wrong, argue that. Tell us how. Just accusing him of being disloyal is worthless. (nt)
DirkGently
May 2013
#183
People like Greenwald make it clear that many Democrats only ever paid lip service to
Marr
May 2013
#189
But you refuse to give credit to the activists who spent years pressuring him while he claimed God
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#256
I had to remind myself who he was. Thought I was listening to some Teabagger asshole!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#227
Time will tell. Fully expect the "Loud DU'ers" to jump on the Repug Benghazi Bandwagon
emulatorloo
May 2013
#259