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In reply to the discussion: I haven't seen any actual Obamabots here. [View all]Maedhros
(10,007 posts)102. It's not an "anti-Obama" movement.
It's an "anti-bullshit-policy" movement.
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Of course alleged allies have always been treated more harshly than real opponents.
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#69
Betrayal has always been treated more harshly than opposition by everyone.
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#287
I don't blame that OP for being upset. But among the recs were posters who consistently
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#52
So a rec of support for a DUer with an ailing wife is subject to Meta style
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#106
Hard to follow what this is and is not 'about' considering the passive aggressive
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#114
and it was explained thoroughly how the problem had nothing to do with PBO
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2014
#92
Totally, plus we try and make sure everyone knows about the latest GOP criminal activity.
Rex
Mar 2014
#157
I adore and worship Obama. Some people adore and worship Will Pitt. I'd like to hear Pitts
lumpy
Mar 2014
#272
No they aren't. Sorry, strange grammatical revisionism isn't going to get you guys out of this one.
DanTex
Mar 2014
#145
Plus the 100 people who recced it. And the people deluded enough to think that Obama
DanTex
Mar 2014
#193
Reccing "FU Obama you piece of shit used car salesman" is being anti-Obama, yes.
DanTex
Mar 2014
#248
Actual quote: "Fuck you, Mr. President, you piece of shit used-car salesman."
OnyxCollie
Mar 2014
#195
Yes, I replaced "Mr President" with "Obama". I recommend you make a big fuss about it.
DanTex
Mar 2014
#208
Yes. I also left out other parts of the OP. You should make a big fuss about that also.
DanTex
Mar 2014
#213
EarlG's reply there was not the last time he had to defend 'furriners' at DU:
freshwest
Mar 2014
#312
NO. I linked the SINGLE POST from the THREAD he linked, which I printed here. Bye. n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#327
I am reading this thread and wheezing with laughter at those breaking into a sweat pretending
Number23
Mar 2014
#280
In your opinion, our Democratic elected officials are acting in accord with right wing agendas.
lumpy
Mar 2014
#269
Thanks for your post and for being a 'critical thinker'. Your quotes show how times and thinking
lumpy
Mar 2014
#10
This isn't about one person. 100+ people recced "fuck you Obama you piece of shit".
DanTex
Mar 2014
#35
That's not what he said. You lose all credibilty for continuously posting false quotes.
cui bono
Mar 2014
#189
Actual quote: "Fuck you, Mr. President, you piece of shit used-car salesman."
OnyxCollie
Mar 2014
#199
There are some people here who've been angry with Obama ever since he won election.
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#57
Well when one of a Dem president's first actions is to firmy install Wall Street
cui bono
Mar 2014
#191
Thanks for so effectively proving my point. Anti-Obama sentiment here is real and longstanding.
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#244
Can't you be more specific about the corporate 'bs' Clinton will use to move us to the right or
lumpy
Mar 2014
#276
No, I don't think the post is flame bait. I think it's a even-handed attempt to discuss a problem.
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#48
"Obamabot" implies the person is robotic, brainless and automatic, which is slur.
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#241
Because none of the people here who are accused of being Obamabots fit your description.
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#304
You are making flame bait out of the truth. Do you have anything to say that is of any value?
lumpy
Mar 2014
#19
you're seeing what you want to see. there are people here who worship and adore this president
cali
Mar 2014
#15
I see demonstrably unsupportable sophistry, contradictions and fallacies here all the time.
Hissyspit
Mar 2014
#38
How clever is it to repost enough of the quote and causing people to post the correct quote
cui bono
Mar 2014
#212
Yes, I replaced "Mr President" with "Obama". You're not the first person to get outraged about that
DanTex
Mar 2014
#214
That's where you think the error is? The real error has been pointed out in this thread already
cui bono
Mar 2014
#216
I gave you a link twice. This post of yours is yet another example of your disingenuous nature.
cui bono
Mar 2014
#236
You linked to BOG, not a post. That is equivalent to linking to DU and saying "it's in there"!
DanTex
Mar 2014
#246
The BOG doesn't not allow the least bit of criticism of Obama in there and discriminates
cui bono
Mar 2014
#285
Yes, that would be relevant if I had fabricated a quote. Fortunately, I didn't.
DanTex
Mar 2014
#224
Based on the absurd lengths you will go to defend that quote, it's the only explanation.
DanTex
Mar 2014
#228
You know I was referring to the BOG itself. That whole group is just a lovefest.
cui bono
Mar 2014
#378
Ridiculous. Time to use a little reason. What is your reason for continuing this smut?
lumpy
Mar 2014
#30
I was responding to Cali's senseless smutty post and now I'm responding to yours.
lumpy
Mar 2014
#254
All I know is that some people love stirring the pot without reason by claiming that people here
lumpy
Mar 2014
#267
I don't get the impression he "knows the whole scene down there in DC" at all.
WorseBeforeBetter
Mar 2014
#298
K & R. Especially hilarious are the stalwart 4th Amendment defenders who are FDR Democrats!
FSogol
Mar 2014
#25
You think Obama has just been pretty good, not great, and then use Lincoln and FDR as examples, two
quinnox
Mar 2014
#44
Ok, but trying to impose modern understanding and standards on these past presidents is kind of
quinnox
Mar 2014
#54
Umm, there were plenty of people at the time that saw that these two things were wrong.
DanTex
Mar 2014
#60
Well, I think Obama has been fairly mediocre as a president. And it has nothing to do with him not
quinnox
Mar 2014
#63
As I said, whatever - no "problem" but don't claim there are no "Obamabots" here.
polichick
Mar 2014
#62
The difference being that "Obama is a piece of shit" was actually posted and highly recced
DanTex
Mar 2014
#90
You need to master quotations before skipping to the next chapter. Baby steps. You'll get there!
DanTex
Mar 2014
#136
Actual quote: "Fuck you, Mr. President, you piece of shit used-car salesman."
OnyxCollie
Mar 2014
#166
Oh yeah, the ol corporate mediawhores' stand by.. "both sides do".. just ain't happening.
Cha
Mar 2014
#309
If Obama can pull off another Game-Changer like the ACA, then he might well
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2014
#99
It doesn't surprise me that you and others like you here don't see the hypocrisy of your statement
berni_mccoy
Mar 2014
#140
Let me know when you subtract from your donation so I can be sure increase mine to offset it
corkhead
Mar 2014
#122
There has always been a right/left divide on DU. Establishment vs Anti-establishment.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2014
#127
If the most, and only, important thing about Snowden's revelation of NSA overreach is that
djean111
Mar 2014
#154
Bullseye. That is one way to tell, if everything is personalized to Obama, whatever the issue
quinnox
Mar 2014
#159
Funny, with all the sound and fury about these Obamabots, no links to support any of it.
DanTex
Mar 2014
#206
The posters who were trying to help him also let it be known that they didn't condone
Cha
Mar 2014
#334
There is no doubt there are Republicans posing as DUers in here. Keep your eyes open
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#252
DU is currently riddled with GOPers and Naderites pretending to be libs.
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#255
IF there is any confusion (and I'm not entirely sure when and where) it is because
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#266
Apparently now Obama swerves to the right on positions? Do you have any idea what it takes to
lumpy
Mar 2014
#275
Yes he is to the right on alot of issues that have been important for a long time on here
Marrah_G
Mar 2014
#278
Classic GOP technique since the CREEP - campaign to re-elect the president - Nixon. They have never
freshwest
Mar 2014
#337
I read it. Republicans are the sickest assholes that ever lived. Seriously. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#377
Obamabot reporting for duty! Been called one since 2008 online. (Warning: Obama pictures!)
freshwest
Mar 2014
#317