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"Anyone But Obama"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/richard-cebull-judge-obama...

Loren asked a question the other day, wondering if the real reason for the anti-Obama sentiment was race related. i'm starting to think that is the most likely cause. the linked article discusses 2 cases of GTP (formerly GOP) authorities caught forwarding blatantly racist Obama hate emails.

additionally, an Alaska man is suing to keep Obama off of the Presidential ballot because he is black, and he believes that the 14th Ammendment was ratified improperly or illegally. (http://www.politiscoop.com/us-politics/wisconsin-politics/760-alask...)

besides the color of his skin, what has Obama done that is so hateable? ok, there is the debt issue. of course, it might have happened no matter who was elected President, but i'll give them that one.

what else? not enough drilling? stopping the Canadian pipeline? oil prices in general? taxes?

i can see not liking the current President, no matter who he is, for all sorts of reasons. but the immense hate that you get from the anti-Obama crowd is delerious. they would vote for the Grand Wizard of the KKK before voting for Obama. actually, the Wizard might beat him in a landslide.

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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on March 7, 2012 at 7:56am

I lived for 9 1/2 years in Chicago Heights. I have been called racist many times. Manly do to the patrons not wanting to follow rules. Doesn't mean I suddenly hate all black because of it.

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Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on March 6, 2012 at 3:19pm

Will Faithless Sophia, I respectfully disagree with you about Obama being the worst president in the history of the USA because of The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012. I don't like that either and will do all I can to get that changed. He is not a good president, in my opinion because of his stand on fiscal policy.

However, in my humble opinion, as to worst presidents:

Buchanan because he did not stop the spread of slavery.

Harding because he was not an administrator.

A. Johnson because he opposed Reconstruction.

Pierce because he expanded USA borders and added slave states.

Fillmore because he allowed slavery to spread.

Tyler because he defended slavery.

Grant because he allowed graft and corruption.

Nixon because he was politically corrupt.

Hoover because he was a friend of the wealthy but not corrupt himself.

Bush, Jr because he was stupid, classist, and had classist parents.

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on March 6, 2012 at 10:38pm

You should be writing for US News. Like you, I would add GWB to the list of the 10 worst. He took a country that was in fairly good shape, bankrupted the country, corrupted his party beyond recognition, went to war without reason, and poisoned discourse worse than we've seen in a long time.

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Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on March 7, 2012 at 11:52am

Sentient Biped, Thank you for your kind words and especially for your description of GWB 's corruption and poisoned discourse. He did the person who works for him/herself, wage earners and people unable to work for a living no good.

I wonder what was the religiosity of these worst presidents. Well, I have a nice project to work on.

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Permalink Reply by Nerdlass on March 19, 2012 at 12:14am

I'll agree with the NDAA point... Made me sick and wanting for another choice, but the repubs don't have that person, this election.

I'd also like to point out that typically, nations have a broad amount of ethnocentrism, no matter the 'race' or in the US' case, mainstream culture regardless of ethnic background. The biological differences between peoples are negligent on the DNA level. We're all humans. Period. And we all tend to label and categorize, and that's how things get out of hand for some, when they can't see past those labels and categories. People here are going to assume I'm christian until I say I'm not, because I'm from the West, and "people from the West are christian."

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Permalink Reply by Giuseppe D'Avanzo on March 7, 2012 at 1:42am

We in the non-theist population, need to do our part, and make sure this country never elects a mormon president. Thomas Jefferson & Benjamin Franklin, among other foundning fathers, would be astonished if they would see this. A man with such absurd religous beliefs counter to all science and logic, that he could even be this close to leadership of the republic, to being a President of the United States of America. Yes, you are correct- all religions are ridiculous, & politicians adhere to their foolishness. However, there are some that we just can not allow to hold the title of commander-in-chief. At the top if my head comes Muslims & Mormons. I'm sure I can come up with many more, but for now........

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Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on March 7, 2012 at 11:57am

Giuseppe, I agree with you wholeheartedly, and I would go a step further ... people with religious entanglements need to be watched very closely to see what they have done in the past, how they make their decisions, and the decisions made.

Perhaps we need to do more educating about the role spirituality played in Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin. They were deists, as I understand, and is that not like humanists?

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Permalink Reply by Will Faithless Sophia on March 18, 2012 at 9:32pm

Patriot Act 2 (he said he would repeal this and close Guantanamo)

NDAA (making the world Guantanamo)

SOPA

PIPA

ACTA

and now this...

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29835

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/

I repeat- Obama is the worst president in US history. Or rather a somewhat average sort-of benevolent dictator... for now. Although I think Obama is really just the actor the powers that be chose for the face of public power. Divide and conquer.

The Republic is already gone.

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Permalink Reply by Terry Groff on March 18, 2012 at 9:42pm

That is so sad. It's same arguments that is always used against a President. "Oh, dear the sky is falling". But we clear thinking people know it was only an acorn.

I hope the "Republic" is gone. Maybe we can get our Democracy back.

You would have looked good standing in the breadline during the depression that Obama prevented.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Sarbeck on March 19, 2012 at 4:30am

"Maybe we can get our Democracy back."

Terry, the US of A has never been a democracy. Even on election days, we are choosing oligarchs.

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Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on March 19, 2012 at 11:30am

I agree, our country was founded on representative government and that is not the same as a democracy. I doubt a democracy can work because of the ways working people respond to charismatic politicians and promises made and not kept.
That said, are we going to have to go into a deep depression to prove to those voters that glowing words are designed to get a large number of people on their train and stay on their tracks, which creates the booms and busts. Do we want stability? Do we want security? Do we want safety? Then wide wage gaps, unemployed workers, a lower pool of consumers with money to buy goods and services.