http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5816063Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 06:29 AM
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WHY is the right so terrified of President Obama?
Edited on Wed Jun-10-09 06:30 AM by Philosoraptor
They appear to be literally shaking in their boots at the prospect of 4 to 8 years of Obama and the progressive movement. They are calling him every nasty name they can spit out, and they act as if America was somehow threatened with total destruction. THIS after the 8 most evil and corrupt years in our history.
Are they REALLY this terrified? Or is it simply hype designed to send all the dumb asses into a panic?
What the hell is it that frightens them so bad that they're wetting themselves?
annabanana (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 06:33 AM
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1. They have been whipped into a frenzy for generations. The fear
is piggybacked onto the red scare of the 50's. Ignorant people will believe what specific sources tell them over ALL logic and rationality.
lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 06:34 AM
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2. They're afraid he'll do a good job. They're afraid of his accomplishments.
At last, a DUmmie I can agree with, despite being right for the wrong reason. Yes, you idiots, we are afraid that Obama might succeed. Because if he does succeed, this entire country will look like Detroit, and Detroit will look like what it was in Robocop. And that's just for starters.
DrDan (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 06:53 AM
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7. exactly - they really fear he will fix junior's financial mess and
(I think their biggest fear) he will end their precious war.
More like bring the war here like some of you wanted.
old mark (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 06:36 AM
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3. They are really afraid he will be like FDR - he will be successful,
he will actually help regular people to better lives, and may further decrease the GOP's list of supporters. If they didn't have the media in their pocket, they would have been done already.
Yesterday, there were several GOP talking heads complaining about Obama's terrible spending....but they were followed by the news that several of the TARP banks are now prepared to repay that money...
Then they said that the GOP had had a better plan for the stimulus package, but now we are hearing that the economy is doing better than expected and may be on the way to recovery late this year....
Then they complained that their play would have prevented all the recent job loss, and put people back to work, but Obama announced programs coming to provide 600,000 new jobs...
They hate him because he allows them to make themselves reveal how little they really have to offer, and morte people are starting to realize it.
They were wanting to repay that TARP money for a while now, but Obama wouldn't let them, and even then, he wouldn't accept all of it. Why? Control.
And the 600,000 jobs? How many of those are government jobs? I'd guess all of them. Meanwhile, the economy is continuing to hemorrhage jobs with no signs of letting up anytime soon.
tkmorris (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 06:37 AM
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4. They're not
They react to EVERY Democrat this way; there is nothing about Obama specifically that makes them do this. It's the mere fact that he is a Democrat occupying the Oval Office that makes them simultaneously pee and froth at the mouth. They've been at it since Carter at least. You may as well get used to it, they are going to get more and more outrageous in their attacks over the next 3 1/2 years. For them, this is how they win. Stop at nothing and tear down the opponent. It's absurd, dishonest, and it demeans the national discourse but sadly it often works.
Kind of like how you treated both Bushes, Reagan, Nixon, and probably Eisenhower.
Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 06:41 AM
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5. True, but I sense a deeper paranoia from the right lately.
Many of the rushbots and other right wing cultists seem to be going over the deep end with their rhetoric and actions.
Cultists? We're not the ones calling Obama a god.
OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 07:29 AM
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12. He's black.
Some of the right-wing crowd (think Palin mobs) are OVERT racists, but others are discovering their hatred of Obama is indeed quite simple: he's a black man.
They wouldn't have admitted -- or perhaps even identified -- that they're racist before, but they are embracing it now.
Anyone leading this country other than a white male is anathema to their existence. It threatens them. With the election of Obama, the world as they knew it came crashing down and they're terrified.
That's why they're doing all the "reverse racism" talk now. It's why they're clinging even more desperately to all the "this is a Christian nation" bible thumping and bringing up all the Moral Majority talking points again.
They are afraid.
They have a completely different worldview than we do, and they are afraid because theirs is disintegrating.
But, in the meantime, I believe they are very dangerous.
And of course, what DUmmie thread would be complete without using the race card? This whole nonsense is so bad now that it might as well be part of Godwin's Law.
opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 06:50 AM
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6. They want their CONTROL Back....the Bullies get pissed when they lose
spout all kinds of crap just like small time bullies wanting their way all the time...
pro.
jec.
tion.
Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 07:15 AM
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8. I still think it's because he's not white like they are.
Sorry, but honestly I really think that's the bottom line. Everything else is just a a conduit for what really lies beneath.
And yeah, I'm white.
Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-10-09 07:36 AM
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14. They fear he will be successful
If he is successful the GOP US is ****ed beyond measure.
Fixed it for you.
