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Willravel · 08-26-2010, 03:24 PM

He's not a terrorist. He was not born in Kenya. He is not a Muslim. He is not a socialist. He is not a far left ideologue. He is not a racist. He does not hate white people. He is not a Nazi. On and on and on....

Aside from having to state and restate these blatantly obvious answers to the anti-intellectuals, racists, xenophobes, and Tea Partiers, it seems an incredible distraction for those of us on the center and left. Instead of communicating out concerns and critiques with President Obama, the guy we all voted for, we're busy answering the hateful, the ignorant, and the bizarre from the far right.

There are, imho, legitimate complaints to be communicated about the Obama administration, things like continuing rendition, expanding the secret wars, and extra-judicial assassinations, as examples. The problem is these concerns are having trouble cutting through the noise (read: crazy) coming from the right.

Are you also finding this? If so, what do you think can be done about it?

08-26-2010, 03:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Illegitimate criticisms of President Obama preventing legitimate criticisms He's not a terrorist. He was not born in Kenya. He is not a Muslim. He is not a socialist. He is not a far left ideologue. He is not a racist. He does not hate white people. He is not a Nazi. On and on and on.... Aside from having to state and restate these blatantly obvious answers to the anti-intellectuals, racists, xenophobes, and Tea Partiers, it seems an incredible distraction for those of us on the center and left. Instead of communicating out concerns and critiques with President Obama, the guy we all voted for, we're busy answering the hateful, the ignorant, and the bizarre from the far right. There are, imho, legitimate complaints to be communicated about the Obama administration, things like continuing rendition, expanding the secret wars, and extra-judicial assassinations, as examples. The problem is these concerns are having trouble cutting through the noise (read: crazy) coming from the right. Are you also finding this? If so, what do you think can be done about it?