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Originally Posted by Willravel
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?
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This is funny stuff, becasue of the following:
*On any given day anyone can find someone making some extreme charge against Obama or any public figure.
*The extreme charges that get traction are the ones most vociferously defended by Obama and his supporters.
*The more the extreme chrages get defended the more publicity they get.
*The more publicity the charges get the more credibility they get.
*The more credibility they get the more people believe them.
When people say Obama has thin skin and acts in ways beneath the dignity of the office, look at the above cycle and see if it gives you a better understanding. Example, I could care less if Obama is a Muslim, it ain't relevant, but the more time he spends saying what he is not, makes me think he really does not know what he is - and that is the biggest problem I have with Obama. And, relative to Bush, who clearly is who he is, I don't understand people like Obama. It is not a liberal or conservative issue for me, my favorite liberal is Dennis Kuchinich - I disagree with him, but he is a man of conviction and I like him and on the other-hand I have never like McCain.