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Originally Posted by Xazy
I have to agree with Pan.
With Bush it was acceptable to make him the butt of all jokes is the point. Yes even his supporters criticized him, but he was mocked as if he a court jester rather then the president.
With Obama the same form of humor is unacceptable, if one does do it you are considered either unpatriotic or a racist. Any media that covers harsh criticism them are automatically dismissed as being a whack. True other media may criticize I find it to be slightly critical at best.
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When has actual humor or criticism of Obama ever been deemed unacceptable? The "Barack the magic negro" and the whole type of "watermelons on the white house humor" is criticized because it is pretty openly racist, but where has actual criticism of him been deemed unacceptable?
If you haven't seen Jon Stewart and SNL mocking Obama for being ineffectual, aloof, contradicting his campaign promises, etc., his reliance on teleprompters, etc. Of course, it is not at the level of what was thrown at Bush, but that is because Bush was particularly easy to mock because of his common gaffes and his ultra low popularity.
And it must be a joke that there was no "unpatriotic" claims during the Bush years.
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Originally Posted by pan6467
Still waiting for an answer to this:
All I want to see is someone on the left who supports Obama to answer these questions.
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Just because you don't know about things doesn't mean they don't exist. The majority of the people on the actual left have been pointing things out from the start. Although I must admit that I think it is interesting that not too long ago you were complaining about how much of an extremist Obama was, and now you are complaining that he compromises too much.
Every single person on the left I know who still has any amount of support for Obama left, only supports him as being marginally better than the republicans.