quit picking on president precious?
By American Girl in Italy on March 16, 2009 at 10:30 AM in Current Affairs
Why is it that the very people who launched some of the most vicious political attacks I have ever seen, run around crying and whining about criticism of Obama?
I haven’t always disliked Obama. I used to actually like him, and when I saw him speak at the DNC in 2004 I said, “Wow, that guy will be our first African American President.” It wasn’t until I got to know him, and read about him, and SEE HIM IN ACTION that I fell out of like with him. And it was his supporters that made me nearly hate him. But, I have written about this before, so I won’t rehash it all again.
But, I would like to know, why Obama supporters and cheerleaders feel the right to criticize a politician ends with Obama? For some reason, his supporters think he is *off limits*. Why? Is he too fragile? Is he too delicate for criticism? Treating him differently makes him less than equal.
The Left goes apeshit over any criticism of Obama, most recently the comments by Rush that he hopes Obama’s socialist policies fail. But, what all those on the left, and in the media IGNORE is that people have been hoping for Bush to fail for 8 years. They have called for his impeachment, wished for failure in Iraq, and hoped that he failed. Obama was no exception. He won the election by criticizing Bush, Hillary and McCain on the war, economy, policies, basically on EVERYTHING. Obama can criticize, attack, even lie, but no one is allowed to criticize him?
I get it. People don’t like Bush, so they criticized him, hated him. Hung effigies, even. Some will say Bush deserved it, that he took us to war. Reasons can be given, but that doesn’t justify many of the attacks launched at Bush. And it doesn’t give the Left a free pass to criticize the Right, and then try to silence others.
I don’t like Obama, I didn’t like Bush. I didn’t like Bill Clinton when he got caught messing with Lewinsky. I criticize Obama, I criticized Bush, and Clinton. Obama deserved it A LOT during the primary, and he deserves it now, more so than Bush or Clinton, IMHO.
But, I have never seen such vicious attacks, as those by mainstream lefties, who went after Bush. And Hillary. And Sarah Palin. Attacks by people who have made it their duty to see that Obama wins, and succeeds. (hello, Olbermann and Tingle!)
So, perhaps the Left, and Obama cheerleaders, should do a little self reflection before they continue to be so outraged over the criticism of Obama.
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: “I certainly hope he doesn’t succeed.”…
In a poll from 2006, 51% of Democrats, and 31% of Independents wanted Bush to fail.
Did a liberal on TV ever declare they wanted Bush to fail in Iraq? Well, here’s one from the Fox News Channel. On the December 27, 2002 edition of Your World With Neil Cavuto, during a discussion with left-winger Ellen Ratner on expectations the economy would grow and the stock market would go up in 2003:
RATNER: Well, unless he messes up the war [with Iraq]. My hope.
BUTTNER: Your hope?!
RATNER: Well, I don’t want him to be reelected!
Harry Reid declared the Iraq war lost, and said the surge was not working.
So did Obama. He pushed the meme that the war and Bush were failures, in order to win the election.
“Let’s face it, people are tired of George W.,” Obama said to loud applause.
Obama criticized Bush in his inaugural address. And attacked him repeatedly on the campaign trail.
Sen. Barack Obama slammed the Bush administration for failing to respond aggressively to the economic crisis on Wall Street and for his administration’s cluelessness about the economic concerns of Americans.
He criticized Bush’s stimulus plan. He criticized his handling of Katrina. He criticized Bush’s handling of the war. A lot.
Hollywood said Bush was guilty of war crimes. The media attacked Bush, repeatedly. Keith Olbermann made a living out of it. Then added Hillary and Palin to the mix.
The media even criticized his workout, while gushing over Obama’s. Hollywood repeatedly went after Bush.
Michael Moore made 9/11. Hell, they even made a movie about the assassination of George Bush, Death of a President. (I saw this on TV, when my mom was here visiting, and for abut five minutes, we both had heart attacks, thinking it was real.)
People protested around the country, to impeach Bush. Note her monkey/bush shirt in this one.
Effigys were made of him, and burned.
People called him Bushitler. And people accused Bush of orchestrating 9/11.
CNN and left-wing blogs perpetuate Bush Snub That Wasn’t. People cheered the shoe thrower’s attack on Bush, and set up Throw the Shoe at Bush games at Obama events.
People Boo’d Bush at a baseball game. People Boo’d Bush at his second inauguration. People Boo’d Bush at Obama’s inauguration.
This doesn’t even begin to include all the vicious attacks 
FROM THE LEFT on Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.
My point is that, whether we like it or not, people have the right to speak out, and to criticize politicians. Just look at what the liberals did for the last eight years, and during the primary towards Clinton and Palin. I hated the attacks on Hillary and Palin, but that didn’t stop Obama supporters or the media. This sounds like I am saying two wrongs make a right, which I’m not. I’m just saying people have a right to speak out. They always have, but Obama supporters can’t stand it, and they want to silence people who speak out against Obama.
And I get the whole *well that was the point of change* thing. Obama supporters voted for him because they wanted things to change. They were tired of the ugliness that came from their party for the last eight years…? Now that the guy they want is in charge, they want people to just lay down, and just do what Obama wants?
There hasn’t been any change. Obama is practicing the same politics as usual, including media coordinated attacks from the WH on Rush, and any opponent to Obama. Obama’s strategy is to blame Bush for everything. Every presidential candidate runs on *change*. Unfortunately, people really thought this candidate meant it.
My biggest beef was the huge bias coming from the left, in their coverage of Obama over Clinton and Palin. It was so pro-Obama is was ridiculous. And, the media is certainly feeling the pain of the bias now. Ratings and subscriptions are suffering, and newspapers are closing their doors. They made their mess….
So, to the Obama lovers out there, you can continue to rant and rave at those who speak out against, or poke fun at, Obama, but it’s not going to deter me. I CARE about what is happening. And I worry about our relationships around the world, and the future of our economy. And if I don’t like what the President is doing, I am going to write about it. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read it. You can disagree. You can debate. But, you aren’t going to get anywhere by attacking. That has been going on for two years, and it hasn’t stopped me yet.
I used to be a Democrat, but am now repulsed by the party of jackasses. I am not a Republican either, but I do have the memory of an Elephant.
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Yes, you are right. Obama thinks he is perfect and the masses suck it up. He isnt GOD. Now, let the masses think long and hard about voting that dip back in November. Why can’t people figure this out , that this guy can’t be trusted. Sure is a lot of stupid people out there.
Obamabots are so sensitive and so very mean (and nasty!).
Kool-Aid side-effects?
No doubt it’s too much sugar.
High fructose corn syrup. That stuff will make you mean and stupid.
How then to explain Bill Maher? He avoids HFCS like the plague, yet there’s no one bigger woman hater, meaner or more rigid (thinking, that is) leftist than Billie boy.
Agreed Annie. I hate Bill Maher he is such a jackass. What a pity he can be so progressiveon everything except women.
Stopped watching him a long time ago.
Chuck Todd was on NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” radio show Saturday. The host, hardly a right winger, asked Todd about the general opinion out there that NBC is totally in the tank of Obama.
Todd laughed and merely said something like — yes, isn’t he cute and Michelle’s arms are so buff!
I know he meant it as a joke, but he never attempted to answer the question in any other way, so we’ll just let his only explanation stand since it’s real close to the truth anyways.
Great article, and please keep up the criticism of
this farce of a president. I am so angry at what has
been jammed down our throats and the absolute hypocrisy
of the left. I am an independent and intend to stay that way although I probably agree more with the
republicans at this point. the democrats are complete
sleazeballs. I wish someone would play the clips of
barney frank and maxine waters over and over when
they said there were no problems with fannie mae and
freddie mac. now barney frank is expressing outrage
at AIG yet he refuses to recognize his part in this
whole economic mess.
are these what your looking for Linda…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63siCHvuGFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Mazjm_A5k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGgToLH2lko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxMInSfanqg&feature=related
Agree overall but I’d change “recognize” to admit or confess.
And now there’s another “racist” accusation of comedian Jackie Mason, I think, it is…saw a blurb on my AOL home screen but didn’t read it yet. Whaaaa! RACIST! Whaaaaaa!
http://www.popeater.com/movies/article/jackie-mason-racism-charges/383621
Mason called Obama a “schwartza”.
Isn’t that just “black” in Jewish?
Leave Barack Alone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O4IfqKTzOM
What obots can’t stand is criticism of themselves of course. Their Barry love has always been all about them and thier self identification with this fantasy Barry’s puppet master concocted.
That’s why Obama’s actual record has never been of interest to them and why they are impervious to his sad sack reality.
For them, it was never about the actual person, Barry H. Obama, and it still isn’t
As stated in an English newspaper - “americans voted for Obama so they could feel good about themselves.”
Except for all of us, of course, but I guess we’re not self-loathing enough.
Hey AGiL,
Forgot about the Bush assassination movie. Do you remember the press saying HRC “dog whistled” that BO should be killed because she mentioned RFK?
Movie? No problem.
Statement about an event nearly exactly 40 years before in context about a long campaign? Whoaaaaaa. THAT’S WRONG!
i KNOW! that movie was BAD!
Great piece, BTW!
Ditto ditto ditto American Girl.
I believe the POTUS cynically and successfully milks the racism meme to the hilt.
I have a theory and will go so far as to categorize some whites (pure partisans aside) who cannot countenance criticism of the POTUS as victims of his brainwashing. They hope to be absolved of their “sin” by their allegiance, no matter how hypocritical. It eludes them that by adhering to this double standard, they confer upon him an implicit inferiority. War is okay if he advocates it. Faith-based initiatives are okay if he favors them. Being anti-gay is okay if he’s anti-gay. Being sexist is okay if he’s sexist. Being corrupt is okay if he’s corrupt. Being incompetant is okay if he’s incompetant, etc., etc. I’ll cut some slack for now, but if this persists beyond the honeymoon period I’ll feel my theory has been proven.
So far, only a very few Democrats have bravely dared to differ with or criticize the POTUS. By doing so, they exhibit their principles and color blindness.
pretty much.
I think Bush deserved most of the criticism he got. The exception being the WTC towers stuff. Right or wrong its part and parcel of politics. Remember the Purple heart bandaids?
As to the O-bots heads exploding every time the Obush is criticized, don’t expect it to change any time soon. Bloggers predicting an end to the honeymoon are wrong, the true Obama cultists will hang on to the very end just as the Bush twenty percenters.
The only question is, why did the media go down on Obama after being in the tank for Bush? What was promised to their corporate masters to make them change allegiance?
excellent article!
i had signs on my lawn: he lied, 1000’s died, etc. countdown clocks, etc. i fit RIGHT in with my liberal college town crowd…
then I had the nerve to support HRC! over BO!
the verbal abuse i got, over supporting HRC, from former fiends, fellow dems, was shocking.
it opened my eyes.
i lost friends. i lost my dem affiliation.
Good article American Girl.
I repeatedly hear appeals from BO’s supporters asking for unity and support…NOW that the sh*t is hitting the fan!
Where was the promise of unity if Hillary had won the nomination?
They are welcome to their misgivings about the success of their chosen one, and I don’t owe him anything!
Ya know what they say in the south….
If he can’t run with the Big Dawg, he shoulda stayed on the porch.
Pffftttt…..
LOL! How appropriate!
Good article American Girl.
Let’s face it his followers had a good teacher to just follow the leader….
Excellent post! What’s really changed when the person who has the audacity to run on the theme of “change” points his finger at former President George W. Bush and the Republicans instead of refraining from the politics as usual message he ran against(guess it’s much easier to talk, talk, talk–of course, no one will ever deny that President Barack Obama is a good talker).
One of the hardest things to do is look at yourself in the mirror and realize you were wrong and did damage.
When the obots have to face themselves and realize that they sold the country down the river it will be overwhelming for some.
I do not know how long it will take for that to happen and how much damage will be done to the country before it happens.
I had to face myself and realize that over 45 years as a democrat was lost and I could no longer support a party that I used to believe in. It was hard to face but in becoming and Independent I can face myself in the mirror.
WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
Same here, helenk. I’d say that’s the change you can really believe in…It took a lot of guts to stand up to the koolaid drinkers; family who refused to listen…and lost friends. I would have preferred to keep a dialog going but I was vilified by the old friends from the 60’s left. Family just went mute and let it go in one ear and out the other.
I am in agreement again here.
Thanks American Girl for posting this.
It’s something that’s bothered me for some time. The way the far left/netroot types respond to and level criticism vs the way everyone else does. It’s not just Obama, they’ve operated like this long before.
When levelling criticism, nothing is off limits to them. But when on the receiving end, comparatively mild attacks are declared off-limits; they try to find hidden bigotry in innocent remarks. All the while whining about how harsh and unfair the tactics of the other side are.
Online they also tend to overwhelm many comment sites, making you feel outnumbered (even though ‘rabid O fans’ are in the minority)– it’s like they can’t let a bit of ‘wrong-thinking’ go unchallenged, anywhere!
I don’t know if it’s because these people tend to be younger, and therefore more immature, and more prone to a black and white worldview, or if there is something narcisisstic about these type of people as other’s have suggested.
It is like you have to be ” politically correct” but I do not.
It has worked before , but I think people are starting to wake up and it will not work anymore.
There is an underground swell of anger that started under bush and will explode under backtrack.
People are losing everything they worked for and as the song says ” freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose”.
WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE, MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
Obama’s poll numbers are fading fast.
I would say good… but I just expect this will mean another “crisis”… or at least a revisit of an existing crisis. WWAD? What would Alinsky do?
“WWAD? What would Alinsky do?”
Good one - I’m going to remember that line to use when my Obot friends make excuses.
I used to be a Democrat, but am now repulsed by the party of jackasses. I am not a Republican either, but I do have the memory of an Elephant.
How would that look on a Tshirt?
It would look alright, just maybe a little wordy. I think I like this… more I think about it. Palin and the “Bull Moose” party. The democrats and media have already done the heavy lifting to paint Palin as a “moose hunter”. “Bull Moose” party in the style of T.R. is perfect.
Remember the outrage when 1 debate they had the nerve to actually ask Barky a couple of real questions? Even the MSM flipped out about how unfair ABC was and Barky pouted for days flipping off Hillary because she didn’t protect him (he said she twisted the knife ) it didn’t matter that the dozen or so debates before that one, Hillary was ganged up on by all the other candidates AND the “moderators’ but ask Obama about things he didn’t want the truth out about and all hell broke loose.
he is the only one carrying the knife around it comes out most days!
A twist here and a twist there…
What I learned in the 2008 election is that leftists can be just as hateful and bigoted as the worst on the far right.
Here’s the difference between the rabid leftist hatred of Bush vs. my dislike of Obama -
Leftists hate Bush because he’s a Republican. They hate him because he disagrees with them on national security, religion, and politics.
They are against Iraq for no other reason than they are rabidly anti-war. These people would have protested America going to war against Nazi Germany.
But those of us who dislike Obama do not dislike him because of his political party. We do not dislike him because of his race. We dislike him because he has shown himself to be corrupt and opportunistic.
I judge Obama by the content of his character, not his political affiliation. But anti-Bushies are that way only because Bush is a Republican. Given that Obama’s policies so far aren’t that unlike Bushes, this proves that the left’s hatred of Bush was more about political bigotry than common sense.
Ahhh, poor Bambi. How dare anyone criticize him?
Hello? Comes with the job, suckers!
Look, I don’t miss GW or Dick Cheney. Thought both were a disaster. But you know what? They took the heat.
This group of Democrats are so-o-o-o incredibly thin-skinned. The idea that any voter is to fall on their knees, strike a prostrate pose for every utterance of any president is absurd. It’s particularly absurd with a man who is clearly [and predictably] flailing around and in over his head.
So, excuse me if I feel no sympathy for the Obamatrons who were beyond vile during the primary and the GE.
What did they expect? A benediction??
nothing makes me hate “progressive” leftists more than pictures like that delinquent loser wearing the “cunt” T-shirt.
i guess a lot of “progressive” women think that that’s what they deserve; kind of like a beating by their favorite rap star.
Another excellent post, AGII!
I had the same response when I saw Obama in 2004 - I said to my partner that he would be president someday after he had more experience. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect the DNC to so blatantly support this newcomer with a paper thin resume over a far, far more qualified field (Hillary way at the top, of course). Like you, as I learned more abt him, the more I began to dislike him…
I was one of those far left liberals - have been all my life. Belonged to Move-On.org, the whole thing. I hated that we invaded Iraq since they had NOTHING to do with 9/11 - there was so much hypocrisy in that entire decision making process (I remember the Bush Admin. trying to get General Clark, for whom I have a lot of respect, say that the Iraqis were responsible for 9/11 so they could wage war). Afghanistan was one thing, Iraq a whole other matter.
But when I started to see how these people were acting, how the DNC, my only party affiliation my entire life, was acting, the raging sexism, misogyny, homophobia, thuggery, cheating, and just downright lack of fair play by the Obama camp and the DNC, my ethics compelled me to leave the Party on 5/31. That was the day the DNC made it clear it did not care abt our fundamental right to cast a vote and have it count. That is, it ceased being democratic. I knew I couldn’t stay.
That they are now acting even more like that 25% of rabid Bush supporters (the ones who claimed everyone was un-American and Un-Patriotic if we didn’t support Bush) does not surprise me one little bit. I expected it.
And I think it is all abt them. They will NEVER admit that they were had. They just can’t take that blow to their ego, as my friend, Nunly, said today. It is all abt them, and not the woefully inadequate, unprepared Obama.
Hadn’t checked in here for awhile; not surprised you PUMA types are still as batshit crazy as ever… especially love the “now I’ll be a Republican (or one in all but name) since I couldn’t have Hillary.” Great stuff; once couldn’t make it up if one tried. (Over to you now for the obligatory comments on the psychological makeup of Obama supporters. Ciao)
Well it’s a doggone shame you checked in here maybe next time check in to the head guy at the local hospital…
You lot make me sick, piss off to your own place and take your sarcasm with u.. one day you will trip over your own comments.
you would not know common sense if it hit u on that thick head of yours! Your psychological meme is dam scary you need to get it checked. Auntie
Here we have it. No debate but name-calling. What other group used to do that? I remember now. Bush supporters.
The reply is for Auntie Meme.
The reason why the troll checked in is because 0ver-his-head knows he is and that the people get it. Forget the party unity. Now that you Soros paid for dorks are getting yours we will finally be able to take our party back. The dirty little secret is 0bama and his progressive goons from Goldman-Sachs suck and America knows it. We bailed out AIG because 0bama`s progressive goons at Goldman would have gone down too. Soros needed their progressive money to fund the rest of his shadow party garbage. Go tell 0ver-his head the cat`s out of the bag.