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(28,017 posts)Wait a sec. He's not a liberal, but a socialist,, AND america is moving ever further to the right?
How the hell can both be true?
If Obama is a socialist, then he should have lost big time. If a white socialist would have run, he should have lost big time, too. Only because he was black did he win?
Many tea baggers are thrown out of office, and he calls that a plateau?
dotymed
(5,610 posts)would be in great shape. Look at Senator Bernie Sanders....THE voice of reason in our political system. If he were President, Americans would prosper and corporations would not be people...
Democratopia
(552 posts)The whole Obama socialist/communist/destroying America thing is rooted in racism.
Obama is less of a socialist than Reagan. Taxes were higher when Reagan left office than they are now. Obama has reduced the increase in government spending compared to Bush. He has a plan to reduce spending further. There is no evidence that Obama it a socialist intent on destroying America. Ensuring everyone has healthcare is what every single developed nation in the world does. Every single position held by Republicans is rooted in racism and is a reaction to a black president. The Republicans have moved to the right on every issue to appease the racial element.
If Obama had been white, he wouldn't have been the focus of the Republican/Fox News/Limbaugh/Tea Party hate campaign, built on a tissue of lies. He would have achieved more in his first term, as he would not have faced the same obstructionism. He would have won by an even bigger margin, because Romney was bolstered by millions of racists and haters.
efhmc
(14,730 posts)landslide president ever if he were white.
Democratopia
(552 posts)That is why they had a slate of terrible candidates to choose from. They didn't think they needed a quality candidate with wide appeal and good ideas. All they wanted was an anti-Obama campaign, a referendum on the president and no coherent policies of their own.
Romney got 47%, but how much of that was from disgruntlement of a struggling economy, misinformation about Obama and the racial element? They relied on that hatred and anger, but that was not good enough to win the election.
BlueManFan
(256 posts)why don't these asshats just put on their robes and hoods and go burn a fucking cross or something. Barack Obama has put up with more shit from these buffoons that any sane man would have. But I fear the more into oblivion the teabaggers move, the more hateful their venom will become. "Family Association" my ass......
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)If President Obama were white..........he would have won with 60%