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In reply to the discussion: So is every complaint about Obama wrong? Or some people just don't like to hear them? [View all]banned from Kos
(4,017 posts)52. It is reality but so is false projection.
Which was my original point.
Opposite ends of a bell curve.
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So is every complaint about Obama wrong? Or some people just don't like to hear them? [View all]
Logical
Dec 2011
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The "Obama is for Wall St" is pure bullshit and based only on guilt by association
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#1
You ASSUME you know completely and totally EXACTLY why he chose as he did. You don't.
patrice
Dec 2011
#49
The people appointed to government were ideological kin to those in the private sector that caused
DireStrike
Dec 2011
#123
You have a point there regarding Summers. He is a free market liberal by nature.
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#127
AIG repaid the "claims" as I said -- you are not careful with words (the goldman money that really
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#155
But the payment on that claim did not rescue Goldman - it rescued the largest insurer in the world
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#195
Absolute nonsense. Gramm-Leach or Glass-Steagall did not regulate mortgages in the LEAST BIT.
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#133
Wrong. We have been securitizing the vast majority of mortgages in the USA for 50 years.
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#148
one must be really ignorant to think G-L-B caused prices to skyrocket and not DEMAND.
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#221
OMG. Do you not knw the roles Summers and Rubin played in persuading Bill Clinton
PA Democrat
Dec 2011
#154
Wrong - Gramm-Leach had nothing to do with the housing bubble and mortgage crisis.
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#169
So you start a new thread and mischaracterize what other posters have said.
PA Democrat
Dec 2011
#201
No - the new thread is more germane - Govt bureacrats vs Ayn Rand free markets?
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#206
He should be judged by his actions. He appointed conservatives like Jeff Immelt. He has prosecuted
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#215
Hey, Obama stated way back when that he should be called out. Damn, there are many things that I
teddy51
Dec 2011
#2
one cannot investigate a previous administration for things one is doing oneself. nt
msongs
Dec 2011
#5
all of which he never once gave the slightest hint he would do while campaigning.
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#8
OWS supports equal rights for all. No Rick Warren, no McClurkin they are not
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#89
DADT repeal - ending defense of marriage act enforcement by the Justice Dept (N/T)
DWilliamsamh
Dec 2011
#122
for some people, there will never be anything he could do to make up for the mcclurkin\warren thing,
dionysus
Dec 2011
#234
Picking on Obama is, like, totally gonna bum-out the pep-rally... so like STFU already... (+/-)
LooseWilly
Dec 2011
#4
You posed this psychology because you wanted to imply that Obama supporters denied his
banned from Kos
Dec 2011
#43
And to some people it's about a very needful, but inherently flawed, thing called Knowledge. nt
patrice
Dec 2011
#50
Yes Dean wrote some good stuff about this mindset within the RW, the neo-libs are similar /nt
Dragonfli
Dec 2011
#222
I love out of control military spending and the specter of indefinite detention. no complaints here
think
Dec 2011
#11
Well, I agree some are exaggerated, but even the accurate ones are 100% defended by many. n-t
Logical
Dec 2011
#19
I hope you recant your positions with regard to the NDAA when found to be incorrect!N/T
zeljko67
Dec 2011
#39
In fact,l the candidate constantly complaining about 'Sanctity' is going to create
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#96
Just remember that there are MANY different LISTS floating around on DU, they're not all the same
Tx4obama
Dec 2011
#37
Thing is, I do not believe that he holds that position, yet he continues to voice it.
comipinko
Dec 2011
#175
I agree that constructive criticism should be allowed. But calling Obama supporters 'Obama
applegrove
Dec 2011
#45
Yeah and... you think that there is not a small time revolt and dissatisfaction?
nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2011
#60
Actually, again poli sci or history... I will slighty differ from you in core values
nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2011
#65
"Defenders" is so passe'. I believe you have now been deemed to be an "apologist".
11 Bravo
Dec 2011
#90
Right on, Frenchie. Thanks for mentioning 2010. That's EXACTLY what happened. I heard plenty of call
patrice
Dec 2011
#56
You are wrong that many have complained since innauguration. It started before then.
styersc
Dec 2011
#105
You're right.A post about indefinite detention should not be met with a list of other stuff.
patrice
Dec 2011
#47
I also find my p.s. amusing b/c there are NO DUers that get paid to post lists about Obama here ;)
Tx4obama
Dec 2011
#71
It seems like both sides in this little internecine spat feel like they are the only aggrieved ones.
Pholus
Dec 2011
#82
It just seems suspicious that a few posters, whom I won't name, haven't ever found one scintilla of
totodeinhere
Dec 2011
#165
No but "Is every praise for Obama wrong? Or some people just don't like to hear them?"
pampango
Dec 2011
#83
I, for one, like Obama and really like all liberal/progressive things he has done:
indepat
Dec 2011
#185
And after the last reply has been posted, you can append "I rest my case!" nt
aka-chmeee
Dec 2011
#85
Those who demand 100% agreement do so for their own jollies as such a stance does
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#87
Damn you for belittling my adoration of the man-God Obama, may he reign for a thousand years! nt
dmallind
Dec 2011
#110
What is the effect of the relentless Obama criticisim on potentially new DU members?
JoePhilly
Dec 2011
#121
It is the reponsibility of the people in a democracy to hold public servants accountable.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2011
#130
It's amazing that binary thinkers want to force shades-of-grey thinkers on a discussion brd to STFU
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2011
#161
A while back, Sabrina1 shared some sage advice: Try to separate the action from the person.
gateley
Dec 2011
#172
Sigh. You try to make it so cut and dried and it isn't that way at all. For example,
gateley
Dec 2011
#214
But the issues that Obama gets the real heat for are exactly the 'no-wiggle-room' ones
FiveGoodMen
Dec 2011
#237
Believe me, I agree with you on all these examples but I also acknowledge that unless
gateley
Dec 2011
#252
It's because of the over the top and inaccurate info being dispelled as truth
Capn Sunshine
Dec 2011
#196
no one thinks he's perfect. maybe the "defenders" (i see this talking point has spread quickly) are
dionysus
Dec 2011
#233
This is DEMOCRATIC Underground, not BITCH ABOUT OBAMA UNDERGROUND. We are here to DEFEAT the
RBInMaine
Dec 2011
#239
Underwhelmed by our capitulating, No hope , No change, not very liberal president.
Vanje
Dec 2011
#244
The specter of submiting Americans to extraordinary rendition in a country defined
Ferret Annica
Dec 2011
#250