4 ms·

As far as I can tell they hated Obama not for what he did, said or believed. Those things were quite middle of the road. They hated him for what he was.

by tim-tday 10mo ago

slater 10mo ago
But his tan suit!!
junofan 10mo ago
Didn’t help that he showed up at his first couple Senate meetings gloating about winning the election. And tried to set working hours for his former colleagues. Among other things.
- boston_clone 10mo ago
  "Other things" most obviously being the racism caused in part by significant cognitive dissonance that uniquely affects white supremacists when having a black president.
- rob74 10mo ago
  Well, those things sound very quaint compared to what Trump did and does, no matter if you take his first or his second term...
- datsci_est_2015 10mo ago
  The audacity! I’m clutching my pearls. Obstructionism as a core tenet of the (former) Republican platform is reprehensible, and retrospectively probably led to quite a bit of discontent with the government’s inability to address problems that Americans face. That same discontent fomented the current reactionary swing, so in the end maybe they really got what they wanted. Shameful.
  - mindslight 10mo ago
    Right on. That's probably the worst part of the debilitating self-own we're currently going through. Even if conservatives (aka Democrats) gain back Congress, then gain back the Presidency, then overcome their controlled opposition dynamic where enough inevitably defect and undermine anything meaningful from getting done, so much has been broken that we will be lucky if they even manage to stop the hemorrhaging. Even if the Republicans that got "dragged into" the fascist fever start to have a bit of self-reflection to realize the damage they've done. We've got what, maybe 8 years until the malcontents' dog whistle refrains start to have credence again and then we're right back to staring down the destructionists - with a trail having already been blazed.
- arbitrary_name 10mo ago
  Gloating? Oh no! We should impeach him!
zobzu 10mo ago
bs. obama fucked up healthcare even more, bombed everyone (even americans) and deported more than trump. color bait.
- komali2 10mo ago
  He did that before he was elected?

As far as I can tell they hated Obama not for what he did, said or believed. Those things were quite middle of the road. They hated him for what he was.

slater 10mo ago

But his tan suit!!

junofan 10mo ago

Didn’t help that he showed up at his first couple Senate meetings gloating about winning the election. And tried to set working hours for his former colleagues. Among other things.

boston_clone 10mo ago
"Other things" most obviously being the racism caused in part by significant cognitive dissonance that uniquely affects white supremacists when having a black president.
rob74 10mo ago
Well, those things sound very quaint compared to what Trump did and does, no matter if you take his first or his second term...
datsci_est_2015 10mo ago
The audacity! I’m clutching my pearls. Obstructionism as a core tenet of the (former) Republican platform is reprehensible, and retrospectively probably led to quite a bit of discontent with the government’s inability to address problems that Americans face. That same discontent fomented the current reactionary swing, so in the end maybe they really got what they wanted. Shameful.
- mindslight 10mo ago
  Right on. That's probably the worst part of the debilitating self-own we're currently going through. Even if conservatives (aka Democrats) gain back Congress, then gain back the Presidency, then overcome their controlled opposition dynamic where enough inevitably defect and undermine anything meaningful from getting done, so much has been broken that we will be lucky if they even manage to stop the hemorrhaging. Even if the Republicans that got "dragged into" the fascist fever start to have a bit of self-reflection to realize the damage they've done. We've got what, maybe 8 years until the malcontents' dog whistle refrains start to have credence again and then we're right back to staring down the destructionists - with a trail having already been blazed.
arbitrary_name 10mo ago
Gloating? Oh no! We should impeach him!

zobzu 10mo ago

bs. obama fucked up healthcare even more, bombed everyone (even americans) and deported more than trump. color bait.

komali2 10mo ago
He did that before he was elected?