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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 07:18 PM
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When a poster at DU refers to our president as "Mr. Obama" do you find this disturbing?
When I see this I get bad vibes. Am I the only one?
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TheBigotBasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 07:22 PM
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1. I have to say it depends.
It will depend on who is saying it, how it is said and in what context.
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DFLforever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 07:25 PM
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2. No. He's frequently called a lot worse
Like corporatist, war-monger, etc. Everything short of the n word has been used at DU against the President.
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TheBigotBasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 07:37 PM
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3. Only just short.
Number23 had a brilliant piece about the double standards applied to this President on here, even being blamed for the policies of his Democratic predecessor by their most vocal supporters.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 09:29 PM
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4. No, not really.
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 10:00 PM
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5. No you're not. I feel the same way.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 12:38 AM
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6. Depends. I get more incensed at MSM headlines that simply refer to him as "Obama." nt
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Moosepoop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 06:51 AM
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7. "The Obama" is the one that gets me.
Edited on Sat Mar-06-10 06:51 AM by Moosepoop
I've been seeing this more and more, and not just from posters but in online news articles and blogs. I don't know if it's sloppy editing (changing from "the president" to "Obama" and forgetting to remove the word "the") or if it's some kind of veiled slam. I just know it's becoming more frequent.
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 12:54 PM
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8. Yeah, it pisses me off. n/t
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seeinfweggos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 06:29 PM
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9. It's the AP stylebook way. but around these parts it probably is meant to dis. him nt
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 04:41 PM
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10. No (nt)
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 04:49 PM
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11. That would be a breath of fresh air coming
from some posters.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 11:19 PM
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12. It seems as American as George Washington & Tom Jefferson, who wanted to be different...
... from European royalty, and had to figure out how to make that happen in a democratic/republican yet dignified manner. President Washington was His Excellency, but rejected His Highness, and the House and Senate agreed on a simple "President of the United States." Thomas Jefferson was apparently uncomfortable with all official pomp.

Mr. President is entirely proper when addressing the office-holder, and he will certainly be Mr. President the rest of his life. I don't think Mr. Obama is wrong, per se, but as someone else pointed out in this thread, it would depend on the context-- such as right-wingers referring to him as "Mr. Obama from the Democrat Party" just to be snarky.

Hekate

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