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[dedqgirl]

I feel a little hypocritical getting pissed at people putting a Hilter-stache on Obama's picture (I laughed when people did it to Bush), but I feel like it's completely disrespectful to boycott Obama's speech to schoolchildren because they're convinced he's going to try to push his "liberal agenda" on... schoolchildrenI wouldn't act that way

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[nevershagagreek]

I agree with this whole thing. How sad tht he wanted to give our schoolchildren a pep talk and people FREAKED OUT and are still pissed off about it, saying now he's a socialist.... He just told the kids to study hard and stay in school. Calm the fuck down people.

[dedqgirl]

What kills me is that EVERY president does things like that. Bush made speeches to kids (hell he READ BOOKS to kids in their classrooms! what do you think would happen if Obama did that?), every president talks to kids in some way. They were all able to do it without preaching or propangandizing to them. Why did they think Obama would do any different? Argh!

[nevershagagreek]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Regan even did the same damn televised speech and everyone thought it was wonderful!

[dedqgirl]

I'm starting to think it's just that the Republicans are really.... LOUD. Listening to the general "public opinion" you'd think that Democrats are the heathen representatives of the devil, determined to destroy all the good holy Republicans...

[tediousandbrief]

There have been some grumblings that it may be, in part, racism as to why the ultra-right is so batshit crazy at Obama. I cannot get over people calling him or liberals communists and fascists in the same sentence.

Granted, the Republicans started blaming the current economy on Clinton, who had been out of office for 8 years and credited Reaganomics/trickle-down for the "boom economy" under Bush II.

[dedqgirl]

On NPR the other day I heard someone blame the collapse of the Soviet Union... his logic was sound, but I was like "wtf??"

I cannot get over people calling him or liberals communists and fascists in the same sentence.

LOL!!

There have been some grumblings that it may be, in part, racism as to why the ultra-right is so batshit crazy at Obama.

Ya think?! LOL! (j/k) I'm pretty sure with these conservative pricks the words "communist" and "fascist" and "socialist" are really code for "ni**er".

[tediousandbrief]

Wait...someone blamed the collapse of the Soviet Union on Obama? or Clinton? Or who?

You'd be surprised...I was called a communist/socialist by a number of friends (usually in joking terms) when I was in law school.

[dedqgirl]

No, no, they blamed the economic recession on the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[elandae]

I have a friend on my flist who is very anti-Obama and I just try and ignore the comments that are made on her journal from time to time because I completely disagree with it all. She supported all the parents who were opting to keep their children home on the day of Obama's speech, which I find ludicrous. You don't have to agree with his politics, of course, but that to me is completely unwarranted.

It annoys me too that he gets to much disrespect because he's stepped into an absolutely massive disaster that he then has to correct. I don't even see how anyone can still have any respect for Bush with the way he handled everything.

[ttubssa]

Here is an article by my favourite columnist on this topic:

http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/story/1192888.html

I might point out, as Mr. Pitts does breifly, that liberals and conservatives are both very, very guilty of that sort of disrespect. That is because in America, reasoned political debate is second fiddle to being a dick.

[dedqgirl]

Ah yes, that's pretty much why I feel hypocritical for getting pissed about the Hitler-stache. I know that liberals are just as guilty of that particularly offense. And plenty others.

But nobody pulled their kids out of school to keep them from hearing any of Bush's speeches... And I don't remember hearing about anyone heckling Bush during a joint session speech... Meh, I've already made all my points.

And I agree with your last statement. Great column, by the way.

[dedqgirl]

PS This is a good one, too: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/story/1235636.html

I can see why he's your favorite!