Really...enough already!

[PK Disney Dork]

For the past three plus months every time I've wandered onto the community board I've seen countless new threads demonizing President Barak Obama.

Multiple times during the day I have found new threads digging incredibly deep to find any sort of minutia to twist and lambast...attempting to take any small tidbit of information and manipulating into a lengthy diatribe how within a mere two months in office this one man has cursed our nation.

Really...? Two months...?

You know I don't care what each and every one of the DIS members political leanings are...nor do I care to know the details of your personal politics...but I do know it's incredibly insane...yes insane...to believe that any sort of policy...package...etc...that's been enacted in the brief time President Obama has been in office has had any opportunity to be deemed a success or a failure yet!

I know the GOP and all its followers are still upset they lost the election...and who can blame them? Still the level of petty threads I have found here by President Obama's detractors is just...well it's just sad...

He's teleprompter dependent?

He's snubbed the Prime Minister of England?

He's compared himself to Lincoln?

I've read the source articles on these three subjects...and I'm sorry the threads that have derived from them are really reachy!

And these were just a few examples...I could go on...but honestly...it kind of turns my stomach.

Now I know what will be said...'what about the years of Bush Jr bashing?'...and I can't argue with there being years of it...but honestly...the man was in office for eight years...he earned the complaints he garned here during his presidency!

Oh yes...and I did my homework and went back in the DIS forums as much as possible...I found virtually NOTHING back when Bush Jr was orignally elected! Sure there were a few "Bush stole the election" threads and the like...but really...that's about it. Then...as Bush Jr's terms in office mounted...and after 9/11 and things in Washington and abroad began to crumble...the anti-Bush Jr rants mounted...but only then!

In closing...really my biggest upset is just how devisive the Community board has become. All the political nagging...for lack of a better term...makes me sad. Especially when as far as I can see...the majority of it is incredibly pre-mature.

 

[nuttylawprofessor]

I agree, PK. And thank you for providing the thread that encourages the use of the following smilie:

 

[imabrat]

I agree. He is OUR president now. You don't have to like him, but supporting him wouldn't hurt. Complaining about it isn't going to do anything.

 

[redlight]

Thank you.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

I agree. He is OUR president now. You don't have to like him, but supporting him wouldn't hurt. Complaining about it isn't going to do anything.

I was thinkin similarly the other day. My aunt is very Anti-Obama and still sends ridiculous bashing emails on a regular basis. I think, yanno what, get over it.
He won, he's our president.
Give him a bit of time to try to fix the mess that we've accumulated over the years, and try a bit of support. Being pessimistic and *itchy isn't gonna make it better, so try being a part of the solution instead of contributing to the problem...

 

[JimmyPicker]

I don't know what the future holds for the Obama presidency, but I'm willing to bet the future of this thread turns into quite the trainwreck!

This is just another oppurtunity for the Obama supporters to sing his praises, and at the same time, another oppurtunity for Obama haters to tell you everything he's ever done wrong.

By starting this thread, you've just created yet another thread that you hate.

 

[PK Disney Dork]

I don't know what the future holds for the Obama presidency, but I'm willing to bet the future of this thread turns into quite the trainwreck!

This is just another oppurtunity for the Obama supporters to sing his praises, and at the same time, another oppurtunity for Obama haters to tell you everything he's ever done wrong.

By starting this thread, you've just created yet another thread that you hate.

I voted for the Green Party candidate...McKinney...just a little FYI...

And I started the thread to get something that's been brewing off my chest. I figured it would dissolve quickly into what I hate...but I said what I wanted to say and I'm feel better for saying it.

 

[JimmyPicker]

I voted for the Green Party candidate...McKinney...just a little FYI...

And I started the thread to get something that's been brewing off my chest. I figured it would dissolve quickly into what I hate...but I said what I wanted to say and I'm feel better for saying it.

As long as you're prepared for it, that's all I'm sayin. I don't get into the political discussions myself. Too much frothing at the mouth from both sides. They're never going to make the other side see it the way they do, so the argument never ends.

 

[PK Disney Dork]

As long as you're prepared for it, that's all I'm sayin. I don't get into the political discussions myself. Too much frothing at the mouth from both sides. They're never going to make the other side see it the way they do, so the argument never ends.

All I see I'm going is pointing out a drastic lack of logic.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I didn't vote for Obama; unless he performs some (relative) miracles, I won't be voting for him in 2012, either... but as pointed out above, he IS the President of the United States.

Even if you don't support his ideas, as Chief Executive of this country, he deserves respect.

 

[Tigger Woods]

For the past three plus months every time I've wandered onto the community board I've seen countless new threads demonizing President Barak Obama.

Multiple times during the day I have found new threads digging incredibly deep to find any sort of minutia to twist and lambast...attempting to take any small tidbit of information and manipulating into a lengthy diatribe how within a mere two months in office this one man has cursed our nation.

Really...? Two months...?

You know I don't care what each and every one of the DIS members political leanings are...nor do I care to know the details of your personal politics...but I do know it's incredibly insane...yes insane...to believe that any sort of policy...package...etc...that's been enacted in the brief time President Obama has been in office has had any opportunity to be deemed a success or a failure yet!

I know the GOP and all its followers are still upset they lost the election...and who can blame them? Still the level of petty threads I have found here by President Obama's detractors is just...well it's just sad...

He's teleprompter dependent?

He's snubbed the Prime Minister of England?

He's compared himself to Lincoln?

I've read the source articles on these three subjects...and I'm sorry the threads that have derived from them are really reachy!

And these were just a few examples...I could go on...but honestly...it kind of turns my stomach.

Now I know what will be said...'what about the years of Bush Jr bashing?'...and I can't argue with there being years of it...but honestly...the man was in office for eight years...he earned the complaints he garned here during his presidency!

Oh yes...and I did my homework and went back in the DIS forums as much as possible...I found virtually NOTHING back when Bush Jr was orignally elected! Sure there were a few "Bush stole the election" threads and the like...but really...that's about it. Then...as Bush Jr's terms in office mounted...and after 9/11 and things in Washington and abroad began to crumble...the anti-Bush Jr rants mounted...but only then!

In closing...really my biggest upset is just how devisive the Community board has become. All the political nagging...for lack of a better term...makes me sad. Especially when as far as I can see...the majority of it is incredibly pre-mature.

Wow, Obama's only been the President for two months and you're already tired of the Obama threads? You may want to stay away from the CB for the next four years. Obama is no neophyte. He was a U.S. senator and was involved in Chicago politics for a long time. He's been campaigning for the Presidency the last two years. He's got a track record. Many of us don't care for the policies Obama would like to push through, and are vocal about it. The fact is, he's a public figure and he's fair game. I've been a member of the DISboards for ten years and would never ask anyone to stop posting about any subject. May I suggest you not click on any thread you find offensive ..

 

[PK Disney Dork]

Wow, Obama's only been the President for two months and you're already tired of the Obama threads? You may want to stay away from the CB for the next four years. Obama is no neophyte. He was a U.S. senator and was involved in Chicago politics for a long time. He's been campaigning for the Presidency the last two years. He's got a track record. Many of us don't care for the policies Obama would like to push through, and are vocal about it. The fact is, he's a public figure and he's fair game. I've been a member of the DISboards for ten years and would never ask anyone to stop posting about any subject. May I suggest you not click on any thread you find offensive ..

I find devisive politics offensive period...and it saddens me in a community like the DIS boards it has to exist. We have to deal with this rhetoric everywhere else in our lives...I just feel these boards could be...and should be a safe haven from it all.

I'm idealistic...I know and I make no apologise for it.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

For the past three plus months every time I've wandered onto the community board I've seen countless new threads demonizing President Barak Obama.

Multiple times during the day I have found new threads digging incredibly deep to find any sort of minutia to twist and lambast...attempting to take any small tidbit of information and manipulating into a lengthy diatribe how within a mere two months in office this one man has cursed our nation.

Really...? Two months...?

You know I don't care what each and every one of the DIS members political leanings are...nor do I care to know the details of your personal politics...but I do know it's incredibly insane...yes insane...to believe that any sort of policy...package...etc...that's been enacted in the brief time President Obama has been in office has had any opportunity to be deemed a success or a failure yet!

I know the GOP and all its followers are still upset they lost the election...and who can blame them? Still the level of petty threads I have found here by President Obama's detractors is just...well it's just sad...

He's teleprompter dependent?

He's snubbed the Prime Minister of England?

He's compared himself to Lincoln?

I've read the source articles on these three subjects...and I'm sorry the threads that have derived from them are really reachy!

And these were just a few examples...I could go on...but honestly...it kind of turns my stomach.

Now I know what will be said...'what about the years of Bush Jr bashing?'...and I can't argue with there being years of it...but honestly...the man was in office for eight years...he earned the complaints he garned here during his presidency!

Oh yes...and I did my homework and went back in the DIS forums as much as possible...I found virtually NOTHING back when Bush Jr was orignally elected! Sure there were a few "Bush stole the election" threads and the like...but really...that's about it. Then...as Bush Jr's terms in office mounted...and after 9/11 and things in Washington and abroad began to crumble...the anti-Bush Jr rants mounted...but only then!

In closing...really my biggest upset is just how devisive the Community board has become. All the political nagging...for lack of a better term...makes me sad. Especially when as far as I can see...the majority of it is incredibly pre-mature.

NEW RULE

I agree, some of the threads are strange. but after skimming a large number of them, I am of the belief that they are pinging on him because they are simply prejudice against a black President, but since it is NOT P.C. to use racist terms, they find the minutiae of his life and take it to the maximum level of ridicule they can manufacture out of it.

A level headed person would agree that a few months in ANY job making high level decisions will not immediately fix problems, let alone the magnitude of the one the President of the United States has to accomplish.

Let me sum up, they are racist, and are hiding it behind other issues. in my opinion.

RUM?

 

[redlight]

Wow, Obama's only been the President for two months and you're already tired of the Obama threads? You may want to stay away from the CB for the next four years. Obama is no neophyte. He was a U.S. senator and was involved in Chicago politics for a long time. He's been campaigning for the Presidency the last two years. He's got a track record. Many of us don't care for the policies Obama would like to push through, and are vocal about it. The fact is, he's a public figure and he's fair game. I've been a member of the DISboards for ten years and would never ask anyone to stop posting about any subject. May I suggest you not click on any thread you find offensive ..

Funny, before he was elected, the rap on Obama by those who didn't like him was that he was just a community organizer.

 

[Tigger Woods]

NEW RULE

I agree, some of the threads are strange. but after skimming a large number of them, I am of the belief that they are pinging on him because they are simply prejudice against a black President, but since it is NOT P.C. to use racist terms, they find the minutiae of his life and take it to the maximum level of ridicule they can manufacture out of it.

A level headed person would agree that a few months in ANY job making high level decisions will not immediately fix problems, let alone the magnitude of the one the President of the United States has to accomplish.

Let me sum up, they are racist, and are hiding it behind other issues. in my opinion.

RUM?

I believe your sentiments are misguided, but I respect your right to post them. (P.S. - A lot of people have been getting points for calling people racists .. You may want to ease up on that.)

 

[TLSnell1981]

For the past three plus months every time I've wandered onto the community board I've seen countless new threads demonizing President Barak Obama.

I'm sorry you don't like some of the discussions on Obama. There is a growing number that doesn't approve of his policies and agenda. Not, just the ones who didn't vote for him.

Starting a sympathy thread for Obama's only going to be appreciated by one side. Especially, since you take a swipe at the other side. For many of us, this isn't "tit-for-tat". We don't like his marxist ideas. We have a right to voice our concerns. I don't believe what he says. I believe his record and his actions. He is not a moderate. I also do not believe he has the experience needed to be POTUS. He has made a string of stupid mistakes. And, the teleprompter issue IS real. He can't speak without it.

 

[Tigger Woods]

Funny, before he was elected, the rap on Obama by those who didn't like him was that he was just a community organizer.

He gave a lot of speeches during his two year campaign ..

 

[PK Disney Dork]

I'm sorry you don't like some of the discussions on Obama. There is a growing number that doesn't approve of his policies and agenda. Not, just the ones who didn't vote for him.

Starting a sympathy thread for Obama's only going to be appreciated by one side. Especially, since you take a swipe at the other side. For many of us, this isn't "tit-for-tat". We don't like his marxist ideas. We have a right to voice our concerns. I don't believe what he says. I believe his record and his actions. He is not a moderate. I also do not believe he has the experience needed to be POTUS. He has made a string of stupid mistakes. And, the teleprompter issue IS real. He can't speak without it.

What's killing me here is that people are neglecting too see this isn't
a sympathy thread for Obama...it's a thread concerning how illogical I found the conclusions already leapt to concerning his policies when there hasn't even been enough time to allow the ink to dry on them.

I would say this no matter what party was in office experiencing this. Like I said I looked back to the beginning of Bush Jr's time in office and I didn't find this level of rhetoric.

 

[redlight]

I'm sorry you don't like some of the discussions on Obama. There is a growing number that doesn't approve of his policies and agenda. Not, just the ones who didn't vote for him.

Starting a sympathy thread for Obama's only going to be appreciated by one side. Especially, since you take a swipe at the other side. For many of us, this isn't "tit-for-tat". We don't like his marxist ideas. We have a right to voice our concerns. I don't believe what he says. I believe his record and his actions. He is not a moderate. I also do not believe he has the experience needed to be POTUS. He has made a string of stupid mistakes. And, the teleprompter issue IS real. He can't speak without it.

Marxist? Give me a break. He's proposing going back to the tax rates under Clinton (I guess Clinton was a commie too), which were lower than those when Nixon was President (I guess Nixon was a commie too).

 

[TLSnell1981]

NEW RULE


Let me sum up, they are racist, and are hiding it behind other issues. in my opinion.

RUM?

Grumpy...I really think you're off base on this one. Maybe, a wittle to much rum...eh? I believe, most of us wouldn't care if he were pink, green or purple....he's put himself up to a lot of criticism. It has to do with his radical, far-left agenda. PERIOD.

Now, I'll take that RUM.