For the past month or so I’ve been reading an unusual number of articles asking ‘why the left is angry?’ Each cites a number of examples of angry (pseudo) liberalism, but mostly it’s just oped writers reacting to hate mail. Of course, that alone does warrant the question. After all, all three branches of government are to be controlled by Democrats very soon (Congress has been held by them since 2006). So, why the anger?
Could it be that there’s an atmosphere of frustration boiling beneath the surface? Could it be there’s frustration that the Democrats didn’t end the war in Iraq as they promised they’d do if given power in 2006? Could it be that the economy is tanking-actually getting worse-despite Democrats having thrown TRILLIONS of dollars at the problem? Perhaps there’s a memory of Nancy Pelosi pledging to end deficit spending, balance the budget, and bring about fiscal responsibility…back in 2006? Maybe it’s the fact that Gitmo is still open, and despite calling for it to be closed…will likely remain open for a long time? Maybe it’s because the foreign policy of a humble, open hand hasn’t worked at all with Iran, North Korea, or even Venezuela?
As usual, I go with the sum total idea: that the bigger the problem-the more causes there are. To that end, it should be no surprise that a simple thing like Miss California repeating the Obama policy on gay marriage can act as a relief valve for closed-minded-pseudo liberals (especially those who have come out of the closet and who are still in it…as seen here in this insightful debate over the Obama policy that she echoed)
What? You mean you didn’t see Perez Hilton calling Michelle Obama a cunt for echoing her husband’s position on gay marriage? Why would that be? She’s a lovely, successful, intelligent woman who stands by her husband at every turn. Why complain about the issue to Miss California and not the President who actually MAKES the policy?
Yes, I know, President Obama is The Infallible Supreme Leader, and shall not be questioned. Still, I wonder how many times he can embrace a Bush Administration position, and have “progressives” not question him, not let loose like they have on Miss California? While overall his popularity is good, his strongly disapprove rating is almost as high as his strongly approve rating, and that suggests the same thing we see in the video above, the same thing you hear when you talk to an Obama voter, the same thing you see every day on this website…there are some really REALLY angry people out there, and they’re angry at Bush policies which Obama and Dems spent years opposing as fiercely as possible….only to have their anointed/infallible one embrace them himself.
Now, I thought the popularity crash would happen between April and May, and I was wrong, but I also underestimated the seething, hatred that is oozing out from the misled masses (again, watch the video and remember that they’re talking about President Obama’s policy). I can’t see how that “progressive” hate can stay under the surface for almost 4years, and when it comes out-when they dare to talk about Barack Obama’s genitals the way they talked about Miss California’s…George Bush will look more popular. Given that almost all of Bush’s policies have been continued or expanded by Obama, he’s already looking smarter and certainly more politically courageous.
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Throw this one on the pile with obama’s continuance of renditions via executive order, his voting for FISA during the campaign last year, IIRC an expansion of wiretapping powers, etc. etc. etc.
Oh, and aren’t we getting real close to the time when barky’s gitmo fact finding force is supposed to report on options for what to do with the gitmo detainees? Seem to recall the stuttering idiot talking about them coming back in 120 days to tell us what they found in the first couple days of his infestation. Or was it 6 months? He’s already broken so many promises, I get confused.
Scott the left hate is within themselves; their own inner conflicts. Hate like that always needs a target; i.e., George W Bush for the past 8 years. As it gets harder to blame Bush, and now that they have full power, good targets are hard to find! Too bad for Ms. USA, who just happened to fill the void.
And when they run out of the Ms. USA’s to target, that hate still has to get projected somewhere. The only place let will be upon each other. It’s much of the reason godless nations never survive; eventually, they simply self destruct.
N.B. MSNBC is funded by George Soros; a front group for Obama and radical left wing agendas; evil at its best!
Well, I will not dispute that lefties are filled with hate, but I think y’all are forgetting a few things. Whether they fell “betrayed” by Obama or not, he is pretty far down the list of people they are going to blame for their frustration. Keep in mind that most of the hatred they are filled with is self hatred. They are already adept at (or mentally ill enough to be) transferring this onto others so as not to have to confront it. Secondly, they have enormous emotional investment in Obama because, in essence, he has promised to make them feel good about themselves. They don’t make decisions based on logic or “thinking”, they operate on feelings. Thirdly, they have already been trained to hate conservatives. Mainly because we do not hate ourselves. Yes, this was concentrated on Bush. But as his effectiveness as a target decreases, they are not going to suddenly open their eyes and realize that they themselves are the cause of their anger, and they are not going to suddenly turn on their messiah because that would involve them admitting (to themselves) why they bought his line of BS.
I agree that a certain element of “the angry left” will come to despise Obama. But if you think that it will be a groundswell, majority thing, then you are giving them too much credit for thinking logically (or at all) instead of “Feeling”. PDill has it mostly right, except they will never “run out of the Ms. USA’s to target”, because each and every one of us who doesn’t agree with them is a potential target. As Obama’s failure to live up to his promises becomes more and more obvious, they are going to become angrier and more desperate. As this becomes more dangerous for Obama and his crew, the Whitehouse and their lapdogs in the media are going to become more and more shrill and blatant about pointing the finger at us.
I don’t doubt that the Obama house of cards will collapse. I just think that we have a hellacious spitstorm of hatred to weather before that happens. While it would be nice if the lefties awoke from the spell sooner rather than later, I am concerned that we ain’t seen nothing yet when it comes to anger and hatred directed at all of us.
Does it make the Bush policies wrong because Obama is now belatedly embracing them; or are the policies right and does Mr. Obama owe John McCain and George Bush apologies for his naive and ill informed questioning of those policies?
I knew Olberman was bad but not this vile. I’m speechless.
As for the left in general, the reason for their hate is that they are a movement based on punishment of their opponents. It’s not enough for them to take power and put their policies into place; they must actively destroy their enemies.
So that for example it’s not enough for them to lift the poor up, but the wealthy must have their money taken away from them. They don’t want to just clean up the environment, greedy Americans must be forced to accept a lower standard of living. Changing our foreign policy is not enough, Obama must actively apologize for the United States at every opportunity and is allowing prosecution of Bush Administration officials who offered advice in good faith.
I have thought all along that they assuaged their white liberal guilt by voting for Zero. It allowed them to feel so very, very good about themselves. You can hear this quite clearly when the 0bots come out to defend him. So self-righteous, sanctimonious and, well, just plain good and so very correct. Never question their moral authority while they’re spewing hatred.
Truly, I’ll wear out the mute button if Stuart Smalley (aka Al Franken) manages to worm his way into the senate with all those ballots he found in car trunks after the initial vote was counted and weird absentee ballots. Every time I hear that nasal whine of his, I want to throw-up.