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129. It's a recycled Charles Krauthammer insult
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 01:54 PM
Aug 2013

that has lately found great favor among some DUers, like quite a few other right wing insults, memes, and talking points.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_George_W._Bush#Bush_Derangement_Syndrome_neologism

rec. I agree. cali Aug 2013 #1
Can't we do both? zipplewrath Aug 2013 #2
I would never say President Obama is beyond discussion Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #7
Now you're discussing it zipplewrath Aug 2013 #15
I never came close to discussing the motives of people ascribing motives to the President Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #17
LOL … 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #149
What, exactly, are you calling "lurid fantasies"? BlueStreak Aug 2013 #69
Everything can be explained by "private money in politics" Amonester Aug 2013 #74
No argument there. And that includes Obama BlueStreak Aug 2013 #84
Which makes him a tool of obxhead Aug 2013 #97
Your lurid fantasies are somebody else's discussions. caseymoz Aug 2013 #81
They are as free to do so as I am free to rebut Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #88
BOG = ? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #41
I've seen the term here on DU but I have no idea what it means Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #47
BOG is (or was) the Barack Obama Group hfojvt Aug 2013 #55
Group not a forum zipplewrath Aug 2013 #86
okay, there it is hfojvt Aug 2013 #104
Yeah, that thread got me banned zipplewrath Aug 2013 #109
It stands for: Barak Obama Group. 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #150
Barack Obama Group. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #61
Not if you want a serious discussion directly related to Syria. As any marriage counselor pnwmom Aug 2013 #107
Alot has to do with trust zipplewrath Aug 2013 #110
I agree here, z. People have lost a lot of trust due to the actual things that are being Nay Aug 2013 #125
Well to the larger point zipplewrath Aug 2013 #131
It's true that I wish all discussion of a topic would at least begin with discussion of Nay Aug 2013 #140
What are the other meta points? zipplewrath Aug 2013 #142
My post wasn't meant to be exhaustive, that's for sure---your points are good additions. Nay Aug 2013 #143
No...you are required to abide by the rules mandated by cheerleaders Supersedeas Aug 2013 #144
DU rec...nt SidDithers Aug 2013 #3
Heartily recc'd treestar Aug 2013 #4
They'll keep saying it but take heart Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #13
The ethics? I'm somehow unethical because I feel the president is not acting in my best interest? Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #38
Should he be impeached? Will you press your congress critter to file for impeachment? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #40
No, my congress-critter needs no nudging from me. Sunspots Johnson would like nothing more Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #43
So you passively accept an illegal war by soeone you claim has ill motives. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #46
No. I don't passively accept. I do what I can, and what I can do is let others know that Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #51
Your heart? treestar Aug 2013 #96
They're not going to impeach him on anything I find illegal. caseymoz Aug 2013 #85
So their inaction is your excuse? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #90
My excuse for what? I can't try him. caseymoz Aug 2013 #148
Interesting pronoun treestar Aug 2013 #94
exactly Supersedeas Aug 2013 #154
Totally agree with this post. PragmaticLiberal Aug 2013 #63
K & R. n/t FSogol Aug 2013 #5
Sounds like one BOGer has reached his/her tolerance limit Doctor_J Aug 2013 #6
+1 Scuba Aug 2013 #8
If saying "this isn't the best argument to achieve what you want" is a mark of intolerance Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #10
Oh yeah...like you're open-minded. So here are the search results for "bankers hate Obama" BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #14
Boom goes the dynamite...nt SidDithers Aug 2013 #22
Nope, a big fizzle. See downthread. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #130
Um, I'm guessing you didn't actually open any of the links you posted. progressoid Aug 2013 #48
Boom goes the dynamite, they say! nt TM99 Aug 2013 #57
I know all about them...there's a much broader range of people saying the banks hate Obama BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #62
RW libertarian to extreme LW purotopian is a narrow range? progressoid Aug 2013 #77
That has been amply demonstrated on this board BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #79
And there we go with the labels of those we don't agree with. The OP did not call anyone "hater" or pampango Aug 2013 #16
Exctly. What is even more stunning is Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #28
Name calling, how AWFUL! MNBrewer Aug 2013 #58
Nice post. And a great example of how to be passionate and convincing without name calling. pampango Aug 2013 #114
Right on! He has gone against what he promised. The candidate Obama is very different from Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #29
The TPP will prove he is not. raouldukelives Aug 2013 #30
Yeah, Syria has nothing to do with forcing TPP through...nothing to see here... pipoman Aug 2013 #9
I've been following Caretha Aug 2013 #11
I think the more world-weary among us knew soon after 1/20/2009 that something Doctor_J Aug 2013 #23
+1 zeemike Aug 2013 #36
It's a feedback effect Scootaloo Aug 2013 #12
I guess what you see … 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #151
Fair enough, my point was about how the argument deforms and escalates. Scootaloo Aug 2013 #152
Agreed ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #155
exactly. I can't help but notice that at the end of the day ucrdem Aug 2013 #18
I concur that Prez O BlueMTexpat Aug 2013 #19
Well, he is a drone-war monger. Pterodactyl Aug 2013 #20
No, he's not a murderous warmonger, but the MIC has a gun directly pointed at his head... RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #21
I'm in denial according to you... Agschmid Aug 2013 #25
that photo heaven05 Aug 2013 #27
woo Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #31
Didn't he know this before he chose to go for the job? JackRiddler Aug 2013 #34
No, since he repeatedly stated "Yes we can" over a series of promises Amonester Aug 2013 #50
That's an ironic statement, right? JackRiddler Aug 2013 #52
Many refuse to face such horrible reality. Amonester Aug 2013 #68
Most people imagine themselves in a given situation... JackRiddler Aug 2013 #73
You mean, the ODS obsessed here would believe BHO is, and always has been Amonester Aug 2013 #83
What's ODS? JackRiddler Aug 2013 #105
It's a recycled Charles Krauthammer insult QC Aug 2013 #129
He did. If you read his Audacity of Hope book TBF Aug 2013 #78
Are you kidding me? treestar Aug 2013 #99
Well I agree with you zeemike Aug 2013 #42
Yeah, I knew I would catch hell for it. RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #59
i don't know. the MIC is like the Mafia Doctor_J Aug 2013 #66
That's probably closer to the truth than any of us would like to think - TBF Aug 2013 #76
Oh please FFS treestar Aug 2013 #98
Oh please Free Fred Schneider? RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #115
Oh BULLSHIT nt Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #124
Ah! That explains it! RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #127
Here's an idea: HE NEVER HAD THE BELIEFS YOU THINK HE HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE. nt Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #128
Well, having read both Dreams of My Father... RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #133
I can summarize his beliefs for you in one sentence. Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #135
OK. Well, alrighty then... RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #136
Who made us the world police? L0oniX Aug 2013 #24
The failure of anyone else being the world police. (nt) jeff47 Aug 2013 #45
Yes, we were forced into building an empire truebluegreen Aug 2013 #65
Nobody else "stepped up" either. jeff47 Aug 2013 #67
Poor us. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #70
The question is, why do you think we should have "world police"? truebluegreen Aug 2013 #160
Or rather, for the one-percenter's never-ending enrichment Amonester Aug 2013 #71
Of course, truebluegreen Aug 2013 #72
That's a laugher. JackRiddler Aug 2013 #75
Yeah, it's not like there was some sort of "Union" composed of Soviets. jeff47 Aug 2013 #87
"France and the UK were supposed to handle bombing Libya." JackRiddler Aug 2013 #103
So who is forcing anyone to be the world police? L0oniX Aug 2013 #100
More likely the MIC sees profits in it. Cant afford to be world's police and save Social Security. rhett o rick Sep 2013 #161
Link? Fuddnik Aug 2013 #26
Money? JackRiddler Aug 2013 #139
Denying the influence of the banks and MIC is absurd. woo me with science Aug 2013 #32
^ Truth ^ Caretha Aug 2013 #116
What is the administration's policy on banking? JackRiddler Aug 2013 #33
O was SO good at serving Wall Street/MIC that they let him have second term. Divernan Aug 2013 #91
He sure has made a 180 since.... HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #35
Either bought, or "threatened" just enough (in subtle "ways") to toe the line Amonester Aug 2013 #64
Why discuss motives at all? OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #37
"Men are not judged by their words......but by their actions." Frederick II Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #56
Because policies are justified and excused by supposedly superior motives and character. TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #134
By their fruits ye shall know them. jsr Aug 2013 #39
Anyone who lives on the grid is a tool of the banks and feels the heel when it is applied. gordianot Aug 2013 #44
Hi, Larry Summers here, and I agree completely...except war in Syria is ok. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #49
LOL! bvar22 Aug 2013 #138
Can't we just run in circles screaming ... ?? JoePhilly Aug 2013 #53
It's funny because it's true! Just Saying Aug 2013 #95
K&R stonecutter357 Aug 2013 #54
I don't think he has some nefarious intent. I think he's blinded by good intentions. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #60
"President Obama is NOT a tool of the banks/MIC" ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #80
Bob Boudelang lives! Divernan Aug 2013 #92
did he? his fort worth speech that morning was a wet kiss to mic markiv Aug 2013 #117
Amen to that! Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2013 #82
"The situations are not identical (or remotely close)" Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #93
It would be nice if more discussions here followed that same principle. Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2013 #108
Accountability SHRED Aug 2013 #89
Bullshit. From failing to prosecute Bush war crimes & banksters, to mandatory crapsurance, attacking grahamhgreen Aug 2013 #101
Will you be voting for any candidate he endorses? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #102
Yes, I'm a Democrat:) hopefully it won't be yet another neo-con tool of the war machine. grahamhgreen Aug 2013 #106
Well, if it is, it will be your neo-con war machine Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #112
No, because his job is to REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, not make crap grahamhgreen Aug 2013 #119
But you have been saying the whole time that it doesn't matter what evils are perpetrated Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #122
Let me clarify. If he endorses satan, I will not vote for satan. grahamhgreen Aug 2013 #123
How convenient. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #126
In primaries? zipplewrath Aug 2013 #111
Presidents don't normally endorse in primaries. grahamhgreen Aug 2013 #120
This one does zipplewrath Aug 2013 #121
"they were pushing for Iran, before that, North Korea" geek tragedy Aug 2013 #141
He's just been pushing for war, Iran, N Korea, Syria, Afghanistan, whatever. And if you grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #162
Obama is NOT a tool of the banks! markiv Aug 2013 #113
Sorry, but no. Hell Hath No Fury Aug 2013 #118
I do agree it's unfair that he is subject AtomicKitten Aug 2013 #132
the attacks on him on DU are very much like the ones i see from right wingers JI7 Aug 2013 #147
Well, he is a tool of the banks. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #137
K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #145
Because some get off on the conspiracy Theories, it's exciting to them, they love to be outraged JI7 Aug 2013 #146
Agree!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2013 #153
It depends how you define a tool. ozone_man Aug 2013 #156
I agree with the OP, but rushing to war would change many DEMS view... RiverStone Aug 2013 #157
I've personally found CthulhusEvilCousin Aug 2013 #158
He's a big tool for both. donheld Aug 2013 #159
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