I still love my President

[fadedrose]

Never thought he was perfect, but I like and respect him. Screw the polls.

[sibelian]

1. I think that's a bit strange.

I don't think it's appropriate to love politicians, really, is it?

[Puzzledtraveller]

13. That is indeed part of the problem

in doing so we fail as citizens.

[sibelian]

21. I'm not from the US, and it's very difficult for me to comment wihtout raising hackles... but...

I'm from Scotland. No politician in Scotland has ever been "loved". They work for us, not the other way round.

You mustn't ever let these people convince you that you should trust their decisions because they are the "good guys". That's just asking for trouble.

[Monkie]

46. this! who in europe loves a politician? i bet you can count them on 1 hand

this hero worship is something i dont understand at all.
its all so, well, north korean? only they are forced to wave the flag right?

[truebluegreen]

41. +100

[OnyxCollie]

28. But if you love a politician a whole bunch,

it makes their policies extra special good.

[trueblue2007]

72. WELL... I LOVE PRESIDENT OBAMA ALSO

And our 5 cats love him also

[allin99]

76. sometimes it's a bit of an expression of how much...

you like them as a pol as well as who they are as a human being. My only political sacred cow is Mario Cuomo, sometimes i say 'oh, i *love* him'. He's in my heart in a way. but then again, if he was what i've seen from the admin in the last 3 years i certainly would not feel that way about him anymore. lol.

oh, and corey booker, love that dude. lol. Love the band Tool.

[Pholus]

2. I agree overall, but I certainly "love" him a lot less now.

The lesser of two evils argument just got weaker after the surveillance stuff came out.

[BlueCaliDem]

53. Yeah, I'm not happy about that, either, but I'd be less happier if we get BOMBED again.

Whether we like it or not, 9/11 has changed this country. This is now the result.

Had those Leftists/Libertarians all understood that they're not the majority in this country and voted for Al Gore and not chant that "Gore is no different than George" bullshit, 9-11 might not have happened. In fact, considering the anti-terrorism policies of President Clinton - something Al Gore would have definitely continued - there's almost a 90% chance the attacks would have been thwarted. And those are some GOOD odds.

But too many "Independents" and Leftists, Libertarians, etc., felt too good and got cocky. The economy was booming, people were making money, and then they got lazy . . . and the elections were close enough for the GOP and their moneyed masters to steal.

This NSA shit is the result. Don't blame me. I voted for Al Gore as a Democrat should.

[Pholus]

65. Transparency vs. secrecy.

I refuse to accept the value of such an expensive program that has a "classified" track record and split support among the handful of people who are actually allowed to get some crumbs out of it. Now, I'm generally pretty agreeable if people talk to me, but finding this shit out due to whistleblowers irks the crap out of me. Fail.

Now I voted for Gore too, so don't take this wrong, but it wasn't "Libertarians and Leftists" causing the problem. If you want to point fingers why not start with the 308,000 Democrats who crossed party lines rather than the 67,000 "They're both the same so why not vote Nader" voters. They didn't vote Bush cause they were too lefty...

And the NSA shit didn't have to continue. Hence an even BIGGER disappointment with W's successor.

[BlueCaliDem]

71. Yep. Terrorists {homegrown and foreign} agree with you.

Transparency is much better than secrecy. Makes it easier on and for them. See how slippery that slope is?

Jesus. It's as if you hadn't read {or understood} a single word I wrote in my post.

As for those 308k "Democrats" who crossed over, you'll find them on this board daily spouting their hatred for President Obama and their love for Ron Paul supporter, KKK defender, Bush-lover Glenn Greenwald all the while claiming {with zero credibility} that they're Democrats but not actually proud Party Unity MY ASS people. With Democrats like those, who needs Teapublicans? Or Republicans, for that matter?

The oligarchy doesn't care about the sausage making when it comes to gaining power in this country. They just want the end-result. They don't give a fuck about purity or ideology because the result remains the same - Democrats, democracy, social welfare progams, and peace will all suffer when they have their lackeys, the Republicans, in powqer, and that's all that matters to them.

[Pholus]

77. Really. Seem to have hit a nerve there.

But as long as we're engaging in hyperbole that one extreme outcome is "enabling terrorism," let's engage the other extreme outcome. A secret system is created without open oversight against corruption and abuse containing powerful information of the sort the oligarchs desire to maintain control.

Note: I substantially changed my reply from something rather offensive to this. I believe at some level we do actually agree but the 2000 election got in there as well.

Certainly, the extreme failure cases of widespread surveillance of the population are well documented.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-transparent-state-enemy-western-surveillance-technology-in-the-hands-of-despots-a-802317.html

Here's hoping that that will never happen here.

[nadinbrzezinski]

84. Gore won, the election was decided by the radicals in the United States

Supreme Court

Sorry, that dog don't hunt no more

[BlueCaliDem]

95. It was close enough to STEAL. Just like 2004 in Ohio.

They couldn't replicate it in 2008 or 2012, why? Because Blacks, Latinos, and Asians came out en masse for Obama, and made it FAR from close, putting nearly five million votes between him and Mittney. That wasn't the case in 2000. Too many believed Nader was the second coming, the messiah {thanks, in large part, to Michael Moore who made a killing in profits after Bush was installed} and didn't bother to check that he was being funded by the same people who was funding Duhbya. They didn't bother to take into account Nader had zero political experience and has never held elected office. They just thought, wow, what a nice new shiny Liberal who'll make it all better. And then we got Bush, 9/11, deficits as far as the eye could see, high unemployment, wars of choice that nearly bankrupted this country, and the Patriot Act.

I wished I was as confident as you that that dog don't hunt no more because from where I'm sitting, he's gearing up for the big one in 2016, what with all the whining against this Democratic president that I'm seeing on so-called Democratic Party supporting sites.

Brace yourself. History is about to repeat itself, and we'll have no one else to blame than our side.

[nadinbrzezinski]

104. So who do blame for Ohio?

Yes it was stolen, twice, but that dog don't hunt any more.

And I won't brace myself, the illusion is gone. Who do blame? The people or the wizards?

[watercolors]

3. I love & respect him also!

I think he is a great President!!

[dennis4868]

4. I like him more now

Than before!

[Logical]

7. Wow, don't understand that one. n-t

[dennis4868]

60. I'm sure you

don't...haha!

[Logical]

64. Good one! :-)

[Whisp]

22. The more they throw at him, the more I admire him.

He conducts himself with grace under such enormous fire, how can you not admire that.

Compared to the squacking idiots and headline makers he seems like the only sane one in the bunch.

[madokie]

37. Spot on

After watching his interview with Charley Rose I like him even better.
screw the naysayers

[CBHagman]

94. I'm going to have to find that interview online...

...or wait for a repeat.

The thing that strikes me most about Obama, aside from his self-control, is his fine mind. People on all parts of the political continuum have been rough on him for one reason or another, and sometimes for no reason at all, but I find his decision-making process of particular interest.

[madokie]

99. President Obama is an extraordinary person

He can think on his feet, he can see the big picture, he has compassion for his fellow man. All traits that worry the piss out of the likes of those who are hounding him for first one reason or another, both on this board and in the political world. Not to mention the big moneyed man. They he really worries, hence the hate directed towards him.
We have to get big money out of our political system otherwise we're screwed. Well we're screwed anyway now so when it comes right down to it we have nothing to loose by getting in the streets and demanding change.

[uponit7771]

48. Yeap...the more the non scandals come up the more i like him

[allin99]

51. lmao!!! does it make you feel closer to him...

b/c your call history is sitting in their database. lol

[jollyreaper2112]

5. This is sick

He's not your fucking boyfriend. A good smile and an affable demeanor are fine for movie stars and other inconsequential celebrities. The man was elected to govern, not induce beatlemania.

[woo me with science]

23. +1 It's very sick

propaganda.

[Whisp]

26. here's something that will curl your toes:

[trueblue2007]

74. Lolololol.... right on sister.

[rhett o rick]

30. Have you noticed that more and more of these purely adoration posts are showing up in GD?

I wonder if they are getting the reaction they want from the BOG.

[Skittles]

98. I think some of them HAVE to be trolls

I mean, they are increasingly over-the-top RIDICULOUS

[markiv]

33. whenever I hear the expression 'rock star' about anyone but a rock star

i feel a sense of alarm

the stereotype of 'rock fans' is the furthest thing from objective sensible judge as you can get, taking drugs because their idol takes drugs, banging their heads to show their worship and sheer joy of just being in their presence

frankly, my ideal of a president would be a dry accountant like figure, with a focus on specific accountability, because the things that really make a difference require an attention span longer than a drugged out rock fan (note, i said stereotype, i didnt mean ALL rock fans)

[datasuspect]

55. rock stars smash hotel rooms

commit rape on chartered jets and shove every imaginable substance into every imaginable orifice and vein.

[frylock]

34. word

[madokie]

39. You do whatever you please that pleases you

but don't be talking shit to someone else who conveys their own personal thoughts

[sibelian]

62. What utter balderdash.

"Don't you disagree with people, now"

Feh. "I love my president" - what is he, a plushie?

Wow. Plushie Obama. I THOUGHT OF IT FIRST.

[treestar]

57. How is it different in quality from people saying he betrayed them?

That sounds like the same thing to me.

[allin99]

73. that's what his 2008 campaign was all about...

makes sense that it's how people feel about him.

[Gravitycollapse]

79. Thank you.

[Skittles]

97. I agree

the swoon factor seems to be reaching the Tiger Beat phase now

[Logical]

6. Overall, a disappointment. But I had high expectations. n-t

[reformist2]

15. That's where I am - I really thought he might be different.

[MynameisBlarney]

20. Yeah, me too.

He needs to reign in the NSA (if he can) if he wants to be remembered positively.

This is really really bad.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. I love my friends and family, not politicians who slander them for sport

I will never, ever forget that as long as I live, whose ardent supporters cheered for Rick Warren and Donnie McClurkin and who spewed bullshit against gay people.
I think people should love their neighbors, not hate their neighbors on cue from Rick Warren's political press agent.

[Puglover]

11. Absolutely

And those posters are the same posters that screamed the loudest when Flotus was heckled a few weeks ago. Yeah, no hypocrisy around here.

I get that people use words differently but like you, I reserve the word "love" for my husband and family. And okay, my pets. Not for a politician.

[boilerbabe]

9. I never loved anybody i never met before, ESPECIALLY a politician.nt

[Apophis]

10. Love him?

That's a bit odd, dontcha think?

[femmocrat]

12. For pete's sake....

if fadedrose loves him, that is her business. She is entitled to her feelings without people jumping all over her.

I love ice cream. So there.

[bike man]

29. It IS her business, which she shared with an anonymous forum. Surely someone who

posts such a statement (a declaration of love) about a stranger should expect some negative feedback.

[marions ghost]

14. He's better than the Booshcheney monstrosity

that's for sure. And he has been compromised and hamstrung in a lot of ways. He lives between a rock and a hard place.

But now I want him to come out and DO something about this egregious over-stepping of government authority re. massive US and world surveillance by the NSA, sanctioned by him.

He has time. But will he?

I look at the fridge magnet with his face on it and I think, please do something Mr. Obama or I'm sorry but I'll have to take this magnet off my fridge...and when I do that...that's it! He becomes just another political smilie face. A fond relationship that hit the skids. LOL, as if anybody cares. But you can't take this kind of betrayal by the US government and have any trust whatsoever. No trust, no Luv. Sorry.

I'm going with those who are on my side of this 'line in the sand.'

But thank you for posting what's in your heart. I respect that.

[otohara]

16. He Loves You Back

http://obamalovesyouback.com/

[Fearless]

17. Makes you wonder what he has to do to lose your respect

[Whisp]

18. I'm with you.

I saw the Charlie Rose interview and Obama pretty well cleared up all the nonsense we have been hearing from the likes of HuffPo and all those sensationalistic morons that just want to sell headlines and no matter if they are true or not.

I especially liked how he cleared up the Syria issue from these nonsense headlines and rumours. Bill Clinton and his bud McCain can surely STFU now, because according to the President the situation room analyses all possibilities in the Syria situation and are not going to rush in unprepared like doofus Bush and unless you are there in that room, you don't know wtf you are talking about.

For those itching for a no fly zone, he said that he is not convinced that will work as Syria hasn't got that much of an airforce. It's a ground war and no fly may not be the answer. That was just one point.

Clinton is unsettled becasue he doesn't have Hillary on the inside any more to fill him in on what's going on and use to his advantage.

Touché, Mr. President. I am glad you are in charge and not the slew of idiots that think they know better than you.

[steve2470]

19. I think he's a good man with a good heart and so very intelligent

I'm sure I would like him if I met him in person. I'm so glad he's President instead of ugh Rmoney.

[datasuspect]

24. HE'S EVEN DREAMIER THAN TAB HUNTER!!!!!1111

sighhhhhhhhhhh!!!! i have obama posters on my bedroom wall and an obama doll that i sleep with every night.

my dream journals are filled with obama fan fiction where obama always saves me in the end.

[markiv]

25. awwwwwww

he's like



and



all rolled into one!

just makes me feel good about myself

[markiv]

27. all good and obedient party members are with you

if that's what you want to be

[loyalsister]

31. I don't get all the cynical criticism

I understand where the OP is coming from. I've read his books and paid close attention to his presidency. My view is that he is an intelligent self aware man who truly cares about people and has a remarkable sense of empathy with people whose participation in the American life is limited in contrast to the majority.

The OPs idea of love is not like love of a boyfriend or something. It is this:

"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." Martin Luther King Jr.

[otohara]

36. Some Horns Are Showing

by exaggerating this OP as something unseemly.

How many times did we hear people shout "we love you" and Sen.Obama/POUTS would offer "I love you back"

[loyalsister]

45. Exactly

I guess some people have narrower definitions than others.

[Number23]

90. Exactly. People routinely post "I love Warren/Grayson/FDR" etc. and that's all fine and dandy

They get the obligatory pats on the back from the raving hounds.... er, I mean the "cool kids" here.

But someone says I love President Obama and oh Lord, the SCREAMS. The wailing. The INSULTS to that person's intelligence/integrity. Funny thing though, is that I find the vast majority of the people who exhibit this type of behavior about as credible as Sarah Palin after a drunken shoe sale so it all works out pretty well.

[treestar]

58. Yeah, I too wondered why they had to jump on that

You can love your grandmother, for example, and it might be more like that.

Some people are just more generous with their feelings and words.

[bigwillq]

32. Well, good for you.

I don't love any politician.
They're not elected to receive my love but to do a job.

I guess my love is only for certain people.

[Morning Dew]

35. I would have rec'd this but you failed to add a Chris Crocker "Leave Obama Alone" image.

Seriously, don't love politicians unless you're related to them.

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. And then you guys scream what we use the proper words

Cult of personality.

It was wrong with the bushies, it is just as wrong with the obama bots.

Can't wait for the very good photos from the WH photographer to appear here...

Make sure to include Bo, cute dog. Now he is adorable.

[truebluegreen]

42. Ugh.

Or did you forget this:

[Floyd_Gondolli]

44. No.

[truebluegreen]

61. Eew.

[treestar]

59. Does it necessarily have to involve such a cult?

People loved JFK too. When he was killed, I am told, some people cried.

[nadinbrzezinski]

83. You are seriously comparing this to the murder of a US president?

Okie dokie.

[treestar]

85. No just saying that a President could be loved without it being a cult nt

You could compare love for Obama and Kennedy but obviously not assassinations.

[nadinbrzezinski]

86. And liking somebody without being critical

Ever, crosses into cult...sorry.

Some of us will not take the blue pill, sorry.

An assassination is a traumatic event for a country.

[treestar]

92. Really

That's a low bar for "cult."

I like a lot of people without being critical. I don't think criticism does much good.

[Scurrilous]

43. Good for you!

[whatchamacallit]

47. Guess this why we have liberals accepting surveillance, kill lists, entitlement "reform"... nt

[dog_lovin_dem]

49. I love him, too.

Screw the naysayers whose only mission here on DU seems to be cutting down the man and anyone who supports him. Been here since 2003 and I've never seen anything like it. As I said, screw 'em!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. I do not love him; I (mostly) respect him. n/t

[Jamastiene]

52. Maybe you should write him a letter or email and tell him.

You could spritz a little perfume on the letter and put a lipstick kiss on the envelope. I'm sure his wife won't mind.

[LibAsHell]

54. Well, I never loved him

And now I'm not even sure how much I like him. I'm still really glad he won the past two elections, but only because of the alternative.

Sending aid to Syrian rebels has been one of the biggest missteps so far. What the fuck is he thinking?

[BlueCaliDem]

56. Anyone who demands a president should be perfect isn't look for a president.

They're looking for a messiah.

President Obama isn't perfect, but he's as good of a president we'll get with this shitty Congress. Too many Americans believe that the president is the most powerful position in this country, thanks to incorporated media {a.k.a. GOP bullhorns}, when it's Congress that is the most powerful branch of our government.

And President Obama highlighted that painful, eye-opening fact as none other.

[cherokeeprogressive]

63. Oh De Doo Dah Day...

[Ter]

66. I can't stand him anymore

But you are entitled to love him, differing opinions are what makes America what it is.

[boston bean]

67. I feel like I'm in the

http://vimeo.com/41584934

[Egalitarian Thug]

68. It's just too bad that he's not that into you. n/t

[Whisp]

88. that's a Jane Hamsher line, isn't it? Wasn't Greenwald and her buddies or something a while back?

The Hamsher that couldn't stop herself from tearing democrats down before the 2010 elections?

yeh, that asshole.

[Egalitarian Thug]

89. No idea. I know the name, but lack much interest in pundits of any stripe.

But trying to blame or credit any of them for mass effects like elections, barring active criminality such as took place in 2000 & 2004, is merely an attempt to evade responsibility.

President Obama and the Democratic party created 2010 by failing to act as their constituents demanded.

[MrSlayer]

69. You must be a 1%er. Lucky you.

Because he and his party haven't done shit for the rest of us.

[bravenak]

70. Whenever I get upset, I remember bush.

I'll never forget. I think it's love? Or maybe deep like.

[Rex]

75. I understand, it is a love/hate relationship.

Screw the polls? Erkay.

[madamesilverspurs]

78. K & R

from under the bus, where those of us who express positive opinions about Obama are routinely tossed. Good buncha folks under here, too!

[Marrah_G]

80. Congrats?

[Gravitycollapse]

81. When's the wedding?

[Dreamer Tatum]

82. I love this song:

[JDPriestly]

87. I don't love some of the things going on in his administration,

but I love Obama as a president.

He needs to back away from this surveillance program. It is going to lead to disaster.

[mwrguy]

91. I love and trust Obama.

Ignore the naysayers and right-wing trolls.

[rug]

93. Is he a lasting treasure?

[Fire Walk With Me]

96. So did Winston Smith.

We're not quite there, but they're working on it as I type.

[Puzzledtraveller]

101. Yes, many are already there

and those who aren't will be along in due time.

[Demo_Chris]

100. Me too! I love his spying and droning and insurance mandates! He's just dreamy. nt

[riqster]

102. I never loved him. Not sure I even like him.

But I am sick and tired of seeing so many on the Left carrying water for the Right.

If people can't support him, they should at least have the wit to not join the Reeps in trashing the man.

[DrewFlorida]

103. I support Obama 100%, no President can possibly do everything everyone wants.

The thought of what would be happening if any republican were president is in sharp contrast to any complaints I have against Obama.