Barack Obama

babylonsister

(171,609 posts) Mon Feb 23, 2015, 09:31 PM Feb 2015

The contents of Obama's heart

I wish I could post this in its entirety.

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/1366402

The contents of Obama's heart
Feb 23, 2015 5:43pm PST by Craig Hardegree

I don’t know if Franklin Graham is a Christian. Or if he loves America. I don’t know if Rudy Giuliani is a Christian or if he loves America. And I don’t know either of those things about Mitt Romney. Or George Bush. Or Ronald Reagan. I don’t even know if Pope Francis is a Christian.

Just as I don’t know if anyone who claims to be Muslim, is truly Muslim.

I do know whether a person is Jewish, because that status is defined in objectively-verifiable ways: being born to Jewish parents; or conversion, which can only be done after a ruling from a Bais Dina court.

But whether a person is a Christian; whether a person is a Muslim; whether a person loves America, are all matters purely of the heart, not subject to objective testing.

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The sad truth is, they passionately hate President Obama, as a person. So nothing he does and no change he makes, will ever please them. He could debase himself and jump through their hoops to their glee and delight, but they would still criticize him. He could acquiesce and use the wording they are presently demanding, but they would simply change their demands to different wording, just as Jim Crow elections officials changed the questions on voter literacy tests, once the original questions were answered correctly. He could talk big and engage in a purely symbolic swagger-stunt, but they would laugh him off the stage, as they did when the “diminutive” Dukakis put on a combat helmet and took a staged ride in a 68-ton M1 Abrams Battle Tank.

But in the final analysis, it is because of President Obama’s impeccable uprightness; his undeniable positive achievements; his first-in-modern-history-to-be-scandal-free presidency, that they are relegated-down to criticizing (their perceptions of) the contents of his heart.

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The contents of Obama's heart (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2015 OP

Excellent post, sis. Adsos Letter Feb 2015 #1

Yes, Bsis! sheshe2 Feb 2015 #2

There it is. The craven cowards know they aren't in his league. freshwest Feb 2015 #3

They never have been in his league, freshwest. sheshe2 Feb 2015 #5

(wow)squared. Is that a mathematical truth? guillaumeb Feb 2015 #4

his first-in-modern-history-to-be-scandal-free presidency, mopinko Feb 2015 #6

From the article. Says so much. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #7

And when they do that, IrishAyes Feb 2015 #8

well, it hurt my heart, personally hopemountain Feb 2015 #9

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)

1. Excellent post, sis.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 09:36 PM

Feb 2015

"The LORD doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16: 7 NLT

And Fox, et.al. are bound and determined to skew as far as possible even the outward appearance of President Obama's actions, and deems itself competent to judge his heart.

sheshe2

(87,490 posts)

2. Yes, Bsis!

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 09:39 PM

Feb 2015

But in the final analysis, it is because of President Obama’s impeccable uprightness; his undeniable positive achievements; his first-in-modern-history-to-be-scandal-free presidency, that they are relegated-down to criticizing (their perceptions of) the contents of his heart.

Please do post it to eternity. Excellent OP.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

3. There it is. The craven cowards know they aren't in his league.

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 09:42 PM

Feb 2015

sheshe2

(87,490 posts)

5. They never have been in his league, freshwest.

Reply to freshwest (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 09:47 PM

Feb 2015

Not once, not ever.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

4. (wow)squared. Is that a mathematical truth?

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 09:46 PM

Feb 2015

especially the part:

The sad truth is, they passionately hate President Obama, as a person. So nothing he does and no change he makes, will ever please them. He could debase himself and jump through their hoops to their glee and delight, but they would still criticize him. He could acquiesce and use the wording they are presently demanding, but they would simply change their demands to different wording, just as Jim Crow elections officials changed the questions on voter literacy tests, once the original questions were answered correctly

great argument bringing in the Jim Crow reference. Racism is the only text here, and if the President dares speak the "R" word he is accused of playing the very race card that American racists have been playing since the first African was stolen from Africa and brought here in chains.

When you said:
The sad truth is, they passionately hate President Obama, as a person. So nothing he does and no change he makes, will ever please them. He could debase himself and jump through their hoops to their glee and delight, but they would still criticize him. He could acquiesce and use the wording they are presently demanding, but they would simply change their demands to different wording, just as Jim Crow elections officials changed the questions on voter literacy tests, once the original questions were answered correctly

you hit it out of the park and across the street.

mopinko

(71,802 posts)

6. his first-in-modern-history-to-be-scandal-free presidency,

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 09:55 PM

Feb 2015

a deep dark secret that.

mountain grammy

(27,273 posts)

7. From the article. Says so much.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 12:12 AM

Feb 2015

In 2005 the Bush administration had advance intelligence regarding the time and place of an Qaeda meeting of the highest level to be led by Ayman Al-Zawahri, second only to Osama bin Laden. With Navy Seals already in parachute gear headed into Pakistan on a C-130, the Bush administration called off the raid, concerned that it was too risky and fearful that Pakistan would be upset, as the target was in the tribal area which Pakistan had specifically barred the US from entering.

On May 2, 2011, President Obama ordered two stealth-configured Black Hawks to fly nap-of-the-earth below radar 120 miles into the sovereign airspace of nuclear-armed Pakistan without a “please” or a “thank you” to the Pakistani government. When Pakistani fighter jets were briefly scrambled during the 38-minute raid, a chilling message was crisply broadcast over their radios: “This is the United States Military. Return to your base or you WILL be engaged.” Osama bin Laden was sliding off the end of the gang plank on the USS Carl Vinson with 300 pounds of chains in his burial shroud before they mustered the courage to fly again.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)

8. And when they do that,

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 04:56 PM

Feb 2015

they show how small they are by comparison, don't they?

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)

9. well, it hurt my heart, personally

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 03:09 AM

Feb 2015

to hear and read such vicious mean spirited attacks on the president this week. they can't attack the political issues because we are recovering from the brink of total destruction - so they attack his heart and the content of his character. what fools. even little kids can tell you what a love he is and has for all living things. you can see it in their beaming smiles and bright eyes.

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