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Showing Original Post only (View all)Obama Liberals Aren’t Buying the Media’s False Equivalency to Bush [View all]
by Sarah Jones~ PolliticusUSAMany liberals pointed out that Obama shares their values on the majority of issues.
NBC, salivating over Obamas slipping poll numbers amid controversies on government surveillance, the IRS targeting of the Tea Party, and attacks on the consulate in Benghazi (note to NBC, the Tea Party wasnt alone in being targeted) listed the policies they think make Obama Bush (drones, Gitmo, NSA). These are the sore points for liberals at Netroots, they tell us, and yet, liberals bristle at the idea that Obama is Bush.
Thats for the fringe, Kerry Jones, a construction manager from Medina, Ohio, told NBC. No, theres no comparison How can you say Bush Lite? No way in hell.
NBC, salivating over Obamas slipping poll numbers amid controversies on government surveillance, the IRS targeting of the Tea Party, and attacks on the consulate in Benghazi (note to NBC, the Tea Party wasnt alone in being targeted) listed the policies they think make Obama Bush (drones, Gitmo, NSA). These are the sore points for liberals at Netroots, they tell us, and yet, liberals bristle at the idea that Obama is Bush.
Thats for the fringe, Kerry Jones, a construction manager from Medina, Ohio, told NBC. No, theres no comparison How can you say Bush Lite? No way in hell.
Markos Moulitsas, the owner of Daily Kos who established Netroots, explained that the far left is just like the Tea Party, There are those who think Obama can do no wrong and those who think hes a sellout. Its either I trust Obama or I told you Obama is terrible. I dont think it changed anybodys opinion about it.
The notion that its one or the other is hyper simplistic. There are some people who wont ever be happy. Dennis Kucinich could be elected, and they wont be happy. Their perception of what should happen isnt realistic. Those people are aligned with have an ideological rigidity very similar to the Tea Party movement.
Oops. Turns out, the liberals at Netroots were mostly pragmatic (code for not buying into this absurd narrative about Obama being Bush). We could also call them sane.
The media got the usual rage from those who have never been happy with one single thing Obama has done (the same people who ignore Congress role in refusing to close Gitmo, who often overlap with the people bought into the Libertarian lie that Obama asked for the language in the NDAA to detain American citizens). They spoke of their big disappointment in the President, or perhaps, more clearly, their naive belief that his words would automatically translate to policy as if there were no other branches of government.
Oops. Turns out, the liberals at Netroots were mostly pragmatic (code for not buying into this absurd narrative about Obama being Bush). We could also call them sane.
The media got the usual rage from those who have never been happy with one single thing Obama has done (the same people who ignore Congress role in refusing to close Gitmo, who often overlap with the people bought into the Libertarian lie that Obama asked for the language in the NDAA to detain American citizens). They spoke of their big disappointment in the President, or perhaps, more clearly, their naive belief that his words would automatically translate to policy as if there were no other branches of government.
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/06/22/obama-liberals-buying-medias-false-equivalency-bush.html
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FYI THIS IS POSTED IN THE BARACK OBAMA GROUP.

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You're Welcome and.. thanks for pointing out the US media's role in "tearing things down"
Cha
Jun 2013
#16
You wouldn't know that from the experts here on DU who think they can do the president's job.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#21