And it still is today, freshwest.

Thanks~

It seems so odd to me, those who see him as some kind of awful person, people who believe the reich wing and christofascists. It's a level of blindness that I can't understand.

An intelligent Black man, do you think that the world can handle that? Not from what I have seen. So much coming from the right, Ridicule Hate Racism Disrespect. Sadly it is alive here as well freshwest.

He doesn't.

I just want this President to get the credit he deserves, and the criticism if warranted.

But the level of disrespect this man gets is disgusting imo. I am a staunch defender partly because of that.

I care that DU repeats it over and over ad nauseum. That's just plain sad, bsis~

Warranted criticism is one thing, hair on fire is not. ....................He's going to cave, he is just like Bush, Wall Street owns him, and sure as hell Obama betrayed me. I want what I want now, to hell with anyone else, he promised me my pony, he betrayed me. They thought that at a snap of a finger, it would be so. They walked away after the election and they left him alone.

Yes, the level of disrespect by the GOP and media is disgusting, he is black and they hate him. It's racist at the very least. That Democratic Underground does it as well breaks my heart. I have never in my life seen a President so abused and disrespected.

Here on DU the President is a POS. Sadly that was cheered to the top of the page.

No wonder we loose elections.

Yeah.

YOU!

You always have my back. Thank you for that!

They have each others backs as well~

Very good!

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making money off of ODS.

Except a few of course.. Rachel comes to mind.

Thank you for your OP, she~

Yes the ODs are strong. The pundits and DU as well. It is alive and well here on DU, wow Democratic Underground! I am so saddened by the level of disrespect for Our President of the United States has been given. Our first African American President. Maligned Ridiculed and completely Disrespected here. DU, you should hang your head in shame.

Disagree, fine. Yet the level that you have thrown at him breaks my heart. Our first AA President. DU, I am so very ashamed.

Hugs Cha.

the President and a republicon.

Stupidity at it's best Cha.

B. When he stops being a Democrat

and "black" man or woman in the same sentence. I also believe that another part of ODS is because he isn't a politician and doesn't act like one. As Michelle has noted, the community activist defines him; the possibility of using politics to make change is vastly different from being a politician, and establishment Washington will not forgive him for not fitting in the mold. A politician in PBO's position might be a lame duck, but the community activist isn't. I think we are going to be in for quite a ride the next couple of years.

Thanks for the thread, she. I do hope you are getting some rest.

All of it.

It is sad, but a lot of people are never going to put "intelligent"and "black" man or woman in the same sentence.

More like Punt Its. Never say anything that might get you expelled from those Power Lunches in the Beltway Bubble. Just kick the ball away, close your eyes, and hope that no one on the receiving team runs it back on you for a touchdown.

The big picture, Obama reality the obstructionist GOP won't admit is quite simply ,
the American people are profoundly better off today than they were before President Obama took office:

The economy has recovered from the Bush/GOP disastrous incompetence
Obama has been at least as good as Reagan for the economy. In fact, U.S. has now had 63 straight months of job expansion, including 54 consecutive weeks of private sector growth.
Obama’s administration has created more jobs in five years than Bush managed in all eight.
The current period has also been notable for the huge cutbacks in public-sector jobs, which the White House argues makes the private-sector job performance more impressive. (New jobs in the public sector, and the resulting paychecks, obviously help generate additional private-sector jobs.) So the White House argues that the continued private-sector growth, in the face of massive public-sector cutbacks, is especially significant.

The ebullient stock market reflects BO/Dem leadership.
The Federal Budget Deficit has Shrunk by 2/3 since 2009
The price of gas is dropping. Foreign oil imports are down by about 25 percent since President Obama took office.
The Obama administration is the most honest, scandal free in history.
The controversial government program that funded failed solar company Solyndra, and became a lighting rod in the 2012 presidential election, is officially in the black.
The dollar is KING and there has been no appreciable inflation.
The U.S. under BO is the envy of the world.

Obamacare is working. Approximately 10 million Americans who didn’t have health insurance before have it now. Rates haven’t gone up across the board as predicted by GOP critics mainly because healthcare costs are now rising slower than they have at any point since 1960 and in many cases going down. The success of Obamacare has extended the projected solvency of Medicare out to 2030. Seniors have saved $Billions on prescriptions and millions of Americans have received refunds from their health insurance companies thanks to provisions of ACA.

*Blogger jeff61b , "14 Facts About The Obama Presidency That Most People Don’t Know" at
hub pages , compiled, meticulously documented and published many of these stats which I'm passing along and suggest you pass along too.

Thank you for your post, Pantagruelsmember.

they know, and it kills them

They've acknowledged it from the very beginning.

His intelligence is mind blowing. And he keeps getting more and more thick skinned. I can envision him regaining his popularity through his executive actions - for which there is much legal precedent.

He's been brilliant in trying to bring us out of the Bush disaster, IMO.

He doesn't care about pundits.

The only ones I really like are Stephanie Miller because she makes me laugh and Rachel Maddow because she is so informative.

The man is bright, but FOX-viewing Murkins distrust intelligence and big words. Some of the stuff (well, a lot of the stuff) you hear in the media sounds like so much smack talk from junior high school.

I thank you my friend.

LBJ in 1960: "If you can convince the lowest white man that he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket."

I'm late to this conversation, but what has been said in this thread is spot on, especially the post that said the day after he stops being black and a Democrat.

What President Obama has accomplished in the face of non-stop obstruction is mind-boggling.

As a nation, we need to be embarrassed at the way we have treated our president. I stopped listening to the pund-idiots long ago and have cut back my visits to DU. We can be just as silly here as the Republicans sometimes.

O is basically considered as both a doofus and an evil boogeyman that the GOP must stop at all costs for the sake of 'Murica.

Well he sure as hell is a brilliant doofuss~ And he sure as hell has been running circles around the GOPeeeee

Jamaal

Oh those poor whiney gop. The President is ruining their plans. and indeed driving them batty~

I keep saying that they surely have underestimated this President at every turn. I believe you are right about November 5th with an eye on 2016. I love how this man thinks.

Okay, I'll say it ... GENIUS.

Being brainless is a requirement for getting the job of pundit!