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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOpposition to Obama "from the right" isnt ALL about Race, really?
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/susan-rice-defends-criticized-pow-releaseSo Democrats would oppose POW releases (you know, for you "what if democrats did it" crowd)? Republicans would have opposed it BEFORE he was for it?
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/are-conservatives-really-going-after-michelle-obama-for-promoting-water/
Are Conservatives Really Going After Michelle Obama for Promoting Water?
Republicans were always AGAINST water?
How about these ten examples
http://www.eclectablog.com/2013/08/10-ideas-republicans-loved-until-barack-obama-became-president.html
NOTHING he could do, NOTHING will they support because it is he they would be supporting.
ONE exception and it is one that they are paid to make, TPP.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)Obama is a Democrat. It's just possible that plays some role in the GOP's behavior, such as in your OP.
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)Or saying water is good?
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)They have spent at least 20 years demonizing Democrats - they have a whole media empire dedicated to telling them that Democrats are monsters who "hate America and lie for sport" as Ann Coulter put it. While Race factors into it I'm sure, I think you can't discount their hatred for Democrats.
Bryant
msongs
(67,441 posts)el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Did you even read what I wrote?
Bryant
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)and has been trained to think that lefty is the devil
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)or for promoting water as healthy.
Maybe
It will be interesting to see if righty opposes every single thing Clinton says and does, and I mean
EVERY
SINGLE
THING
she says or does, it will be fun keeping track and score
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)but they really really needed to believe that Clinton was an evil thug.
But I do think racism plays into it. Both in how they look at Obama, but also in how they are extrapolating from that to looking at black America. I don't know exactly how to articulate this, but I think they believe that Obama is evil, and are criticizing him, and that loosens them up to be more openly dismissive and even racist towards the rest of Black America.
Bryant
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)as we are citizens, etc., and it drives them INSANE to think they would not only NOT take orders but you just know they all wanna SLAP the man.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Obama should just get on TV and give a speech about how air is vital, and that everyone should breathe throughout the day.
The repubs would stop breathing out of spite.
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)anger that Obama did this, for some reason
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Oncologists would be out of work in droves and stuff...
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)but I'm sure the teabagger nonsense would have been unleashed on anyone.
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)movement JUST to oppose him!
JI7
(89,264 posts)NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)I am pretty sure but not 100%
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)They would have lashed out just as hard and just as crazy at Hillary or Joe Biden. Hell, they might have gone after McCain too.
rock
(13,218 posts)All the ideas that Democrats are for, are vehemently opposed by the repiggies. I'd hate to be for the same thing they were. I sleep well at night.