One thing to remember is that Hispanics are statistically known to vote Democrat and they are most often Catholic. The area of Texas where we are looking to move is 65% Hispanic, so it's one of the only major Texas cities with a Democratic mayor. Yay! My father has always been a diehard liberal when it comes to politics, but he's also a very faithful Catholic. My Mom voted for Obama, the first time in a couple elections that she didn't vote Republican and I was so proud!

I am sorry, but this post made me sad.  It goes to show you that people voted for Obama not because he was the  best man for the job but because he was democrat.  

I didn't like Obama during the campaign, and I don't like him now.  The best president we have had in the last 30 years in my opinion was actually Bill Clinton, but Obama is taking an already weak economy and crushing it into cracker dust.  His health care reform was a bad idea from the beginning, and a bad idea now, unless we get someone in there in the next election to stop it from comming to light, then this country is going to have some serious problems.  

Just sayin...

One thing to remember is that Hispanics are statistically known to vote Democrat and they are most often Catholic. The area of Texas where we are looking to move is 65% Hispanic, so it's one of the only major Texas cities with a Democratic mayor. Yay! My father has always been a diehard liberal when it comes to politics, but he's also a very faithful Catholic. My Mom voted for Obama, the first time in a couple elections that she didn't vote Republican and I was so proud!

I am sorry, but this post made me sad.  It goes to show you that people voted for Obama not because he was the  best man for the job but because he was democrat.  

I didn't like Obama during the campaign, and I don't like him now.  The best president we have had in the last 30 years in my opinion was actually Bill Clinton, but Obama is taking an already weak economy and crushing it into cracker dust.  His health care reform was a bad idea from the beginning, and a bad idea now, unless we get someone in there in the next election to stop it from comming to light, then this country is going to have some serious problems.  

Just sayin...

I respect your opinion, but a couple corrections... 'people' voted for Obama for many reasons; many folks such as myself (believe it or not) DO like him as a leader, not just 'because he's a Democrat.' I thought he was IMMINENTLY better suited to the presidency than the alternative (McCain & that Tina Faye impersonator) (heh, just kidding, no offense!) The truth is that in a 2-party di-opoly (new word? perhaps!), as VR rightly points out, we don't necessarily get to vote for 'the best man (or woman!) for the job,' but only 'the best of THESE TWO particular candidates.' I certainly don't agree with every single thing Obama's ever done; but I am absolutely convinced he was a better bet than the only alternative in that election, and MUCH better for the country (and the rest of the world!) than the administration that came before.

Secondly: as a health care provider, a long-time single mom working 2 jobs without health insurance (while I was in school), and the daughter of a mom uninsured since her divorce 15 years ago/ too young to be covered by Medicare... let me tell ya: our health care system, as it's been so far, is an embarrassment! It's absurd that EVERY other industrialized nation does a better job than the US of providing basic medical care for its people. I think it's about d*** time someone tried to make it better; that's one thing Obama ran on/ we voted him in 'cause we liked the idea/ now he's trying to do what he said, despite NOTHING but blanket opposition from the 'No' party... For those who don't like the current reforms: bring somethin' better, and we'll talk -- and I mean better for consumers, NOT BigIns/ BigPharm.

Finally: any thoughts on WHY Obama inherited such a disastrous economy? (Hint: what's bigger than a houseplant, but smaller than a tree, and is a synonym for 'shrub'?) I think he's done surprisingly well with it, all things considered, considering the shape the damn thing was in when he got it! It was cracker dust ALREADY!... now, it's more like... matzo balls. Or something.

Anyhow -- no one's liked by everyone; and no one is liked ALL the time by ANYONE... but all things considered, unless something major happens to change my mind, I'll vote for him again in 2012 -- and not just because he's a Democrat, either.

But none of that addresses the OP's question: why is the Christian right so eager to throw around 'SOCIALIST!' 'HITLER!' 'NAZI!' in such rabidly frenzied tones? I have a theory; it involves a dangerous sort of religious zealotry, in a particularly unattractive combination with bad-loser-ship, and has nothing to do with anything Obama has or hasn't done: he is, quite simply, NOT THEM.

So: "Commie!!!!!" (who needs ideas?!)

Although, I did see a HILARIOUS bumper sticker the other day that said: "I WILL TREAT YOUR PRESIDENT WITH THE SAME RESPECT YOU TREATED MINE".

It's just funny to see the shoe on the other foot and liberals being upset that conservatives are attacking their leader.

It is interesting, because Mr. Bush was really treated badly by liberals. 

What is also funny to see was how conservatives stuck their noses up in the air and complained about the wacko liberals and claimed they have never acted like that.  Wacko liberals have always misbehaved, that's a given, but now conservatives have shown their true colors as well, and it's ugly. 

Guess we're all just shiny ugly people in America these days in how we protest.  LOL

I am getting a little weary of conservatives spitting out the word "socialist" like it's an insult when speaking about Mr. Obama when he doesn't even come close.  Then there's the comparison's to Hitler. 

So... just to clarify... am I a wacky left-wing radical if I DON'T think Obama's a commie?   ;)

100% YES

hehe... cool. Good to know -- thanks!  ;D

Interesting comments, everyone... Seems to be a general consensus here that dissension/ criticism should be about ideas/ policies, and not about name-calling (and that any name-calling should at least be a bit less ignorant, for f***'s sake!); wish that consensus would take over the wider society!

I thought Bush was the worst president ever; but I never called him Hitler, and I don't recall anyone showing up wearing sidearms at his speaking events, and I never saw anyone shout invectives (you lie!!!) while *OUR PRESIDENT* was speaking in formal capacity... my inlaws, who (when I said, we can't afford an oil war/ Saddam had nothing to do with 911/ the Patriot Act is disturbing/ etc -- all POLICY criticisms, mind, NOT 'Hitler! Fascist! Moron!' whatever rabid thing I could think of to say, a la Teabagger-style protest) constantly told me I was unpatriotic if I didn't support our President simply because he WAS our President... And now, they're crazed and screaming (3rd grade/ ignorant) insults at the TV/ on their FB pages, in spittle-flying rage, with NO respect for the office or for a fairly/ legally elected leader... I think it's both thinly veiled racism, and absolute hypocrisy. Bush was NOT treated so rudely by 'the other side', during his first year of office, imo. I can only hope this kind of behavior doesn't become the accepted norm... to borrow Tweety's phrasing, I think it's more ugly than shiny.

I am getting a little weary of conservatives spitting out the word "socialist" like it's an insult when speaking about Mr. Obama when he doesn't even come close.  Then there's the comparison's to Hitler. 

This. This is my worst pet peeve at the moment. Some people will say "socialist," then spew "fascist" in the next breath, then "communist". Have any of these people taken a social studies class? They mix up their political and financial systems, and basically any --ist or --ism is cool. I don't get it at all. If they want to call names and criticize the president, I am all for it. I just wish they'd do the homework of a 4th grader to figure out how to intelligently bitch.

And I refuse to dignify the Hitler accusations. Adolph Hitler led the biggest mass murder spree of the modern world--how does this compare to trying to insure 32 million people? It's insensitive and wrong to spew out such ignorance, especially when there are still holocaust survivors alive. It's hateful bullshit.

So agree.  I have my degree in geography and took several sociology, history, anthropology and economic courses.  Most people have no idea what is fascism, communism and socialism (yes, there is a difference between socialism and communism).  They also don't understand basic economics.  Nor, do they know the differences between the various theories and economic schools of thought. 

It also really inferiates me when they compare any person to Hitler and Nazism.  That is horrible and beyond insensitive. 

Unfortunately, peopls eat this stuff up with a spoon.  How many people listen to Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh and actually believe the things they say?   

Every time I see a clip of Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh I ask myself whether anyone actually believes this stuff. Then I unfortunately remember that people do. Sometimes I think Beck is actually a performance artist, and this is some sort of medium where he tries to see what kind of crazies he can whip out and people will believe. It's unreal.

Every time I see a clip of Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh I ask myself whether anyone actually believes this stuff. Then I unfortunately remember that people do. Sometimes I think Beck is actually a performance artist, and this is some sort of medium where he tries to see what kind of crazies he can whip out and people will believe. It's unreal.

The first few times I saw Glenn Beck, I thought he was like Steven Colbert (who, btw, I would consider postponing Essure/ tube-tying for, if he wanted to father a love-child... I'm sure my hubby would understand, right? anyway)... You know, overacting/ using hyperbole to point out how ridiculous these viewpoints are... um, right? RIGHT? Surely....?!  (o shit, I thought eventually, I don't think he means that crap as a joke... how is that even POSSIBLE?!)  :o

You know -- had you heard? -- he's channeling Jehovah these days... if you don't believe it, just ask him! Saw it last night on Colbert ( ;)b)... Yahweh is dictating his plan for America to Beck, who will then generously relay said plan so that the U.S. can be 'refounded.' Honest! He's unveiling 'The Plan' on the anniversary of MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech, in exactly the same spot (cue the tears/ violins!)...

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/309295/may-13-2010/glenn-to-the-mountaintop

Imagine Dr. King's posthumous embarrassment. (Seriously... who could even MAKE this shit UP, if it were fiction? No publisher would touch it... too bizarre for belief!)