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Originally Posted by powerclown
I don't feel threatened or marginalized at all, dc_dux. I am enjoying the spectacle of this once in a lifetime event. Don't get me wrong, the politics are very important. If I had to narrow it down to a word it would be "astonishment". I think the fact that he is our first black president is compelling on many levels. Not the least of which is the befuddlement of foreign nations both ally and enemy - fantastic! - and serves to embellish my opinion that this country - this Place - is the most dynamic, most dazzling, most frustrating yet most amazing achievement that has yet sprung from man's imagination. I don't care much for hard politics; I'm here for the entertainment. I do look forward to watching how his foreign policy tactics will play out; presidents come and go, but I think the interests of this country will stay the same for a very long time. So, same bus - different driver. He's got jews all around him - jews made him president after all - so he'll do the right thing regarding Israel. He's liberal, but so what. He won't do anything too radical like drive the country into isolation or turn his political opponents into soylent green. He's living proof that America is a thriving, healthy democracy, albeit with post-nasal drip at the moment. People thought BushHitler was never going to leave office, but those people were nuts to begin with. I think the cult of personality thing is hilarious; people get so defensive if you say anything bad about him.
So, on with the show.
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I call it as I see it. Humor as a defensive response.
One post may be good for a laugh....five in a row in the course of a day is an obsession.
You can write off his political capital as a cult of personality. It doesnt change the facts.
But in any case, don't quit your day job. You're just not that funny.
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I would expand the question....is the democratic party becoming the face of America?
Politics is cyclical. The question is how long between cycles.
Polling suggests that the democratic party has reached (or returned to) a level of support that Republicans have never seen.
From a recent gallup poll:
If you include those "leaning Democrat", it represents the first time in a generation that a majority of the voters identify with one party.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113947/De...y-Largest.aspx
Get it while its "hot""?
"Hot" appears to be a mandate of the people unlike any in a generation.
Whether that 12 point margin between party identification will continue to inch its way higher year by year will depend on successes and failures of Obama and the Democratic Congress.
Voters will judge the results. The challenges are enormous and the American voters can be fickle.
But I doubt that many will be influenced by the inane rhetoric of the Limbaughs and powerclowns who, at present, are obviously on the outside, looking in.