Obama 6(...66)

[geezer]

As for the wiretapping, etc. etc. I'm not convinced BHO is an improvement there either.

 

[mookie1995]

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comes in. lifts leg. pees. marks territory. turns and goes.

 

[rufus]

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Why must it be more than policy disagreements, you were and are livid about Bush, you hate him, why can't others hate Obama based on what they've seen and heard. I don't doubt people hate cause he's black, its not all their is to this though.

Because if it were about policy disagreements, you would think they'd have at least some inkling of the content of the policy with which they disagree.


But they don't. They just know he's a fascist, or a communist, or a socialist, who's destroying the Constitution and the country. And they just want their country back.

http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/09/14/saturdays-protest-fed-up-with-deficits-or-with-democrats/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker

In comments on this site, jconservative raises good points. He says,

The public sat by & watched Bush 43 double the deficit & did not raise a peep. Now they are up in arms, & rightly so. It is everything coming to a head in the past year. It started in Oct 2008 with the bailing out of Wall Street – and Wall Street as always been a “them”.
Billions of taxpayer money to bail out people getting millions in bonuses. The financial crash & the 401K’s becoming 101K’s, & dreams of retirement out the door. The real estate market in total collapse & millions of people upside down on their home mortgages. People now feel that they were lied to on Iraq and a bad idea became a worse plan in the execution. Now Afghanistan has fallen apart & people are thinking maybe we should have stayed out in the first place.

But I doubt that the tens of thousands who marched on Washington on Saturday would have been there if John McCain had been elected and the deficit was the same. I can’t believe those conservatives/libertarians would have mounted the same demonstration against a Republican president.

Are they aware that the largest two-year tax cut in U.S. history — $282 billion — was enacted as part of Obama’s stimulus package.

 

[mookie1995]

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ATLANTA – Former President Jimmy Carter says Congressman Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama last week was an act "based on racism." Carter called Wilson's comment "dastardly" and part of an "inherent feeling" held by some in this country who feel that a black man should not be president.

The South Carolina Republican lawmaker was formally rebuked Tuesday in a House vote divided by party lines. Wilson shouted "You lie!" during Obama's speech to Congress last Wednesday.

Carter spoke Tuesday night at a town hall held at his presidential center in Atlanta.

A spokesman for Wilson was not immediately available for comment.

But a former leader of the South Carolina Democratic party disagreed with Carter. Dick Harpootlian says Wilson's comment was asinine, but not racist.


(i find it sad that fat teddy dies and this clown is still wasting oxygen)

 

[rufus]

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As for the wiretapping, etc. etc. I'm not convinced BHO is an improvement there either.

I'm not necessarily thrilled with this news either, but at least all three of those provisions are enacted within the framework of our laws, requiring court orders and warrants, and not outside them as Bush's wiretapping program has been shown to have been.

 

[Bill]

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Because if it were about policy disagreements, you would think they'd have at least some inkling of the content of the policy with which they disagree.


But they don't. They just know he's a fascist, or a communist, or a socialist, who's destroying the Constitution and the country. And they just want their country back.

You mean that video clip wasn't cherry picked to pick out the least intelligent sounding teabaggers they could find? And it wasn't produced by a left leaning blogger?

Regardless of how well or how poorly they express it, most of them just think the government is intruding too much into their lives and has lost all fiscal responsibility. And I don't think they're too happy with the Reps either. But since Obama and the Dems are in charge, they're obviously going to take most of the heat.

 

[Jon]

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I think the Joe Wilson is a Racist brigade is embarassing themselves almost as bad as the **** bag and his idiot "liar" comment ever did. At least he apologized.

And anyone who thinks that the left wing main stream medium is entirely responsible for any of the idiotic behavior of the Tea Party is a ****ing loon. Want to see stupid people? Go to places where people gather in large groups. Any one dressing up as minuteman had better be a historical re-enactor.

Anyone else I can irritate this evening?

 

[state of hockey]

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And anyone who thinks that the left wing main stream medium is entirely responsible for any of the idiotic behavior of the Tea Party is a ****ing loon. Want to see stupid people? Go to places where people gather in large groups. Any one dressing up as minuteman had better be a historical re-enactor.

Sweet! Those dudes that fire the guns at the Patriot games are stupid people!

 

[omahasioux1]

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I think the Joe Wilson is a Racist brigade is embarassing themselves almost as bad as the **** bag and his idiot "liar" comment ever did. At least he apologized.

And anyone who thinks that the left wing main stream medium is entirely responsible for any of the idiotic behavior of the Tea Party is a ****ing loon. Want to see stupid people? Go to places where people gather in large groups. Any one dressing up as minuteman had better be a historical re-enactor.

Anyone else I can irritate this evening?

Were good.

 

[Rover]

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Anyone else I can irritate this evening?

PC fans. Tell them of your "hopes" for the upcoming hockey season.

Regarding anti-Obama protesters and racism:

Obviously not everybody protesting Obama is a racist. My feeling is that a lot of frustration on the right would be directed at *any* Dem President, even if he followed the exact same policies of a Republican predecessor. IMHO, this is because the backbone of GOP support, those in their 50s to 70
s never expected to be this far out of power in their lifetimes, having gone through the now deified "Reagan era". This accounted for the anti-Clinton vitriol, and accounts for a lot of the anti-Obama stuff. Really, what normal person has time to leave work, travel to DC for a vague protest against.....what exactly, all because a talk show host told them too? A BIG difference between now and the early 90's is the state of the Republican party. To put it simply, they desperately need supporters. Back in the 90's Yankee Republicans still existed and guys like Dole, Rudman, Hatfield, etc were the party veterans in positions of leadership. All that's gone, and there's few people left to put the brakes on the party's coddling of the more extreme elements of the base.

I'd say about 1 in 4 of anti-Obama people (which would equate to 10% of the country) doesn't like the guy mostly because he's black.

 

[ScottM]

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It's always nice to see Jimmy "Captain Malaise" Carter offering his views that racisim drives "most" Obama opponents, which were more extensive in the Brian Williams interview on NBC. I'm sure the White House is jumping for joy too. Maybe Jimmy should go pound a few nails at the local Habitat build ...

 

[The Sicatoka]

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As for the wiretapping, etc. etc. I'm not convinced BHO is an improvement there either.

Power is awful and will be abused in the other guy's hands. You of course, if you have it, will be most benevolent and magnificent with it.

And it doesn't matter which side is which in that tale.

 

[Rover]

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For those interested in polls (mookie) a very interesting one out of Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTFObXUOJj1c

(cue right wing anger about Bloomberg being a flaming liberal news organization.... )

 

[Sloe Gin]

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I'm not racist at all and I can't stand Obama. Every second he breathes he's destroying our country a little more. But it has nothing to do with the fact that he's black. I could care less. He could be Kelly Green and Pink and I would still not like him. Before you jump on me and ask me how many black friends I have, I'll tell you. Not many. In fact, I can count them on one hand. But I could count my white friends on the other hand.

 

[mookie1995]

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Survey: 40% of employers to raise cost of medical benefits

With or without an overhaul of the U.S. health care system, many businesses plan to raise the cost of employees' medical benefits, according to a survey. The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust found that 40% of employers expect to increase the amount workers pay out of pocket to visit a doctor. Increases to employee payment for prescription medication also are in the works, many businesses said. The Washington Post (16 Sep.)

 

[mookie1995]

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US adults.

Why do you keep harping on this?!?!?!?

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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Survey: 40% of employers to raise cost of medical benefits

With or without an overhaul of the U.S. health care system, many businesses plan to raise the cost of employees' medical benefits, according to a survey. The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust found that 40% of employers expect to increase the amount workers pay out of pocket to visit a doctor. Increases to employee payment for prescription medication also are in the works, many businesses said. The Washington Post (16 Sep.)

LOL,

Shocking. No raises this year to speak of for most Americans and an increase in expenses. The trend continues.

 

[moe24]

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I love the thread title.

And Jimmy Carter is an idiot for joining "Race Carders." These people are about as ridiculous as the "Deathers" and the "Birthers."

 

[Rover]

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I love the thread title.

And Jimmy Carter is an idiot for joining "Race Carders." These people are about as ridiculous as the "Deathers" and the "Birthers."

Don't agree with Carter's comments but the connection doesn't hold. Obama wasn't born outside of the US (sorry Patman) nor is he setting up death panels for health care. There are a signficant amount (but IMHO a minority) of people opposed to Obama because of his race. That does actually exist, just how much of it is tough to guage.

 

[moe24]

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Don't agree with Carter's comments but the connection doesn't hold. Obama wasn't born outside of the US (sorry Patman) nor is he setting up death panels for health care. There are a signficant amount (but IMHO a minority) of people opposed to Obama because of his race. That does actually exist, just how much of it is tough to guage.

I think the connection holds up just fine (the connection being ridiculousness) as those that oppose Obama based on race is minuscule, and Carter was trying to claim them to be a majority.