We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, Now you get mad!?

[ProSense]

We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, Now you get mad!?

by Nica24

I visit Rosie O'Donnell's blog almost every day, I enjoy her. I am always amazed at the nasty, sometimes violent reaction she brings out in some people. But I want to pass this on, Rosie printed it on the home page of her blog, it was sent to her. I'm sending it as a reply to every anti-Obama email I get. It's civil and just a little frightening to see in print.

You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.

You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate
energy policy.

You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.

You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.

You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.

You didn't get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said illegal war.

You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq.

You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.

You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.

You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden.

You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.

<...>

You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown.

You didn't get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.

You didn't get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark.

You finally got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans...oh hell no.

[ShortnFiery]

1. IMO, better late than never.

There's plenty to protect, even now. Next I fear they may be coming for our Social Security.

Yeah, I thank God for small favors. :shrug:

[ProSense]

2. Is it your understanding that the teabaggers are now angry about the OP issues?

Wrong.

[ShortnFiery]

7. Believe it or not, there are Good Democratic Leaning Americans who do not like

the direction our Democratic President is taking this country. I know that it's very difficult for you to wrap your brain around it, but many of us are VERY DISAPPOINTED in President Obama's actions since he has been in the Presidency.

Patriot Act
Escalation of combat troops in Afghanistan
No closure of GITMO
Torture Chambers in Bahrain
Corporate give away in HRC Bill
Consideration of tampering with Social Security
Privatization of our Public Schools

Yes, Prosense, we, DEMOCRATIC LEANING Americans have every right to be disappointed with President Obama.

IMO, it's intellectually lazy to FOCUS on "the teabaggers" when there's so much to be done ... to be corrected with our Executive Branch's actions.

[ProSense]

8. Believe it or not, the piece is directed at teabaggers. Here's

a big clue: "You finally got mad"

Now, was your response to show empathy?

[ShortnFiery]

10. That's my point! You hyper-focus on tea-baggers and IGNORE the mistakes of Our President.

By focusing on the clearly insane, you don't have to take time to look inward.

What's wrong with that? Other than EVERY-DAMN-THING! :thumbsup:

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[Dinger]

12. I'm From The Democratic Wing Of The Democratic Party

And I am disappointed in the direction of this administration.

I am almost ready to give up, almost. We'll see what happens. I won't wait long. I am with you ShortnFiery. Good post.

[ProSense]

14. And yet

you're supporting Senator Feingold, deficit hawk who voted against Bernie Sanders' senior benefits bill, and a supporter of the health care bill.

Convenient outrage that spells hypocrisy.

[ShortnFiery]

15. So, anyone who you can find "a negative" on is "a hypocrit."

That would make President Obama's behavior mega-hypocritical. I don't think you want to go down that path ... dare I say closing GITMO? Mandatory Insurance Payments? Humm?

[ProSense]

16. I said no such thing despite your quotation marks, and the word is hypocrite. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

18. You clearly nit-picked Finegold's stances to place the person at a loss.

That's not a good way to set up a sound argument since your person, the President, can be knocked down as easily. That's my point. Nothing more, nothing less.

[ProSense]

19. "the President, can be knocked down as easily"

And you're busy trying to do that in every thread.

[ShortnFiery]

20. Unfair. Don't change the subject. And no, I don't find pleasure in this.

You KNOW that the President campaigned on NO HRC Mandate. However, it's in the final bill.

Sure, that's nit-picking but no worse than you were doing to Senator Finegold.

However, two wars and continued operations of GITMO are not issues, IMO, that are as nit-picky (is that a word? :blush:).

[lonestarnot]

43. While I may agree with your beef, you would rather have had Lumpy and McMoose and 4 more wars?

[ClassWarrior]

22. Really?? You're putting Obama's record up against FEINGOLD'S?

You should never have put on those water skis, Fonzie.



:rofl:

NGU.

[ProSense]

23. Yes.

Problem?

Feingold voted for Roberts, Obama didn't.

Feingold is a very strong Democrat, and he has my support. So does the President.

[Dinger]

27. "Present" Is Note A Vote (nt)

[ShortnFiery]

24. This is EXACTLY how the clueless "teabaggers" will score the *last laugh.*

Think about it? :evilgrin:

[Dinger]

25. Senator Feingold Agrees with Me On Education,

a very important issue to me. I'll make a deal with you ProSense, I won't call you hypocrite if you don't call me a hypocrite.

[ProSense]

28. And you disagree with the President on education,

a single issue, so that means you're "disappointed in the direction of this administration"?

That's the problem people seem to be taking the issue they most identify with and writing the President off base on a single issue while they seemingly have no problem with Senators who support the President on almost every other issue.

Congress is set to reauthorize NCLB, and while Feingold has his reservations, he's willing to address the flaws during that process.

[ClassWarrior]

29. So when someone disagrees with the Prez on a single issue, they're "writing the President..."

"...off??"

:crazy:

How do you walk with your knee jerking like that?

NGU.

[ProSense]

31. No, read it again. n/t

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[Dinger]

32. I Haven't Written Him Off

I do wonder what the hell he is thinking with his education agenda.

[ProSense]

34. I often wonder what people are thinking.

This is a thread about teabaggers, and look at the first post.

[ClassWarrior]

35. No, you often jump to conclusions about what people are thinking. This post is proof.

NGU.

[ShortnFiery]

36. And this is exactly how the GOP are going to win. If we don't agree with ...

President Obama's and the Democratic Congress's THIRD WAY of Corporatism, we are shown the door.

That does NOT bode well on our future.

Disrespecting the tea-baggers is like "shooting fish in a barrel" ... hell, it's not even sport.

Why don't we encourage President OBAMA to pass some truly LIBERAL vice THIRD WAY legislation in order to get the progressive wing of the Democratic Party behind him?

How about we start with a "ROBUST PUBLIC OPTION" within the recently passed HRC?

[ProSense]

37. "this is exactly how the GOP are going to win"

You sure have a lot of faith in the GOP, but OK, it's your faith. LOL!

[ShortnFiery]

38. More hyperbole? I expected more from you.

You know that the way the GOP is going to win is JUST WHAT our "leadership" is doing now - moving to the bat shit crazy right. Now they are going to go after our Social Security? And all the while disrespecting the BASE of the party as "out of touch." What better way to usher in another generation of republicans?

Wow! :(

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[ClassWarrior]

40. I have faith in President Obama, He encourages opposing opinions, not blind obedience.

Don't you have faith in President Obama?

NGU.

[Jennicut]

3. I am copying and saving this. Anytime anyone in my conservative family complains about the

hcr bill, I am sending this to them.

[Lebam in LA]

9. If you want to ever speak to them again..don't do it

I was having, what I thought, was the beginning of a good debate with my sister. She made the statement that she KNEW what had been going on these past 8 years so I didn't know what I was talking about. I sent this to her. SHE FREAKED!!!! Sent back an email in Bold 24 pt font ranting about how it just showed what I thought of her. Saying she did pay attention in 1 sentence and the next saying she didn't know but does now.

They cannot handle facts. I am pretty sure we will never speak again

[Jennicut]

13. Well, my parents and I go through periods where they can handle it.

My Mom has emailed me stuff recently so I said could I email her something from the liberal side and she said sure. We are having a pretty good debate right now back and forth but I used to be more careful in the past. My Dad cannot really handle it as well.
My brother is a radical hippie born too late so I have nothing to worry about from him. My aunts and uncles, all conservative.
It is hard to talk to conservative family members though. They can dish it out but cannot handle it as well when confronted with the truth.

[Bluenorthwest]

4. And yet the President sees Rosie as a person unworthy of equal

rights. The irony is deep. No equality for Rosie, full equality for Tea Baggers. How strange it must feel to stand in agreement with the Mad Tea Party that Rachel Maddow should be discriminated against.

[jaksavage]

5. If you didn't complain about the deficit before

you have no right to complain now.
I am not going to listen to it.

[rhett o rick]

6. The Foxholes get mad when their leaders tell them to get mad. They clearly

dont think for themselves.

[Enthusiast]

17. This is a greater threat

than any terrorism. I firmly believe this. More Republican control/influence would be the end of the country as we know it. As if it wasn't damaged beyond recognition by the previous administration.

There is a reason the supreme court told Florida to stop the count. That was to carry out this act of treason on the U.S.

Is there any doubt?

[Uzybone]

21. KnR....let the GOP, tea baggers and whiners keep gnashing teeth

while progress continues to be made.

[kjackson227]

30. K & R for progress!

[samsingh]

26. repugs are mad because they don't want to help other Americans

everything else is a lie

[Duppers]

41. Proper acknowledgement/ citation goes to DUer WALLDUDE here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6296630

This is all over the net w/o proper credit.

Changing a few words doesn't make it theirs.

[XOKCowboy]

42. I second that.

WD is a good friend and it's great to see his words go viral. If all Dems had Walldude's passion we'd be in much better shape right now.

[missheidi]

44. I Third it...

They didn't get mad at the hundreds of millions that went to Iraq for every man, woman, and child to get healthcare, either.