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In reply to the discussion: Tired of Malignant Amnesia Anti-Obama Syndrome [View all]Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)We expect our politicians to be 100% perfect. We expect them to be supermen (women). We expect them to be purists. They have to be right on every single issue! I mean, every fucking issue is a liberal litmus test, and if there is ONE issue to which we are at odds, the leaders are thrown under the bus and shitted on. We tend to focus on that one issue or a set of issues where that politician fails us. You have Bernie in your avatar, but he has voted with the president on 99% of his agenda. Does that make him a traitor to liberalism? No! But we dumb liberals allow it to be.
So we will demonize, castigate, and turn our backs on this president because on some issues, he disappoints us. But on many more issues, he has never let us down.
And honestly, I think his skin color adds to that willingness to throw him under the bus quicker. Bill Clinton backed many fucked up policies and I do not recall the hate, vitriol, or demonization of that man.
I do believe that Melissa Harris Perry made an excellent point. I agree with her 100 percent!