Commentary: The 10 categories of Obama Hater

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As best I can determine, following a careful read of the Hard Left hate blogs and the attendant worshipful comments, there are approximately ten primary categories of Obama Hater, with one bonus.  I offer them to you hoping to provoke thought and discussion:

1. The Revengers: They want or wanted a Democratic president who behaved like Mr. Bush, but for progressive causes, meaning not acting with a measure of care, but with the “bull in the china shop” mentality. These folk are extremely upset by Obama’s attempts to govern with even a modicum of civility, claiming that arrogance and aggression are the best ways to get the job done.

2. The Hippies:  They want absolutely no war and no confrontation whatsoever, regardless of the purpose, the reason, or rationale. The Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts were supposed to be ended immediately following the Obama’s inauguration and we weren’t supposed to actually help the oppressed Libyan Rebels by using real weapons of war against the oppressive Ghadaffi regime.  There has to be a better way than actually hurting bad people and screw the UN.

3. The Unknowing Racist: They are progressive but never really wanted or thought Obama could handle the job. They don’t necessarily hate minorities, but can unknowingly hold them to much higher standards.

4. The Professional Lefties: These are the folks who look to profit from or further their careers by stoking anger in the frustrated and naive progressive.

5. The Dull and Ignorant: Those who have absolutely no understanding of the three branches of government and believe that Barack Obama possesses magical powers in the spirit of Harry Potter.

6. The Passive Aggressives: Haters in their own right who can never acknowledge the president’s accomplishments because they are too busy hating him and what he doesn’t do for them.  Universal health care, an impossible to reach goal in 2010, is a good example.  It doesn’t matter to the Haters that he accomplished something no president has been able to do since FDR, because they cannot see through their blind and intolerant hate of Obama.

7. The Out-of-Towners: Those who don’t even live in America (sometimes Canadian and unemployed) who presume to pass judgment on our leaders, while pandering to the Hard Left and stoking the fires of the Obama Hate.

8. The Pious and Principled: These folks think that democrats who don’t think like them are “unprincipled and pathetic.”  Now this is the same group of nutters who complain that the mainstream democrats are wrong to debate the Hard Left viewpoint and dare to actually like Obama.  What?  Since when is disagreement unprincipled and pathetic?

9. The Obfuscating Haters: Now these guys are the ones who will tell you that Obama is in the pocket of the corporations and Wall Street.  They can’t tell you why, they just know it in their bones because they hate Obama.  What makes matters worse is they blog about it, offering information that is just made from whole cloth and carries not one word of truth.

10. The Real Racists: We hate to admit it, but there are democrats who are racists, and some of them are extreme.  They stay in the closet for the most part but from time to time their virulent hate can be seen peeking out from behind their words.  These are the ones, and they may be minorities themselves, who are the most dangerous because the Hard Left is easily led by the nose and this sort of false rhetoric feeds into their naivete.  If you want proof of this visit an Obama Hater blog and read the lofty but vicious rhetoric and obsequious comments.

The list is not complete of course, but time marches on and life it too short. I will however, leave you with a bonus:

11. The Sky is Falling Gang: These folks blame Obama for the Gulf oil spill because they are convinced that he was and is in collusion with BP and the other big oil companies, with his goal being to destroy the world to make himself uber-rich like Donald Trump. These nutters, including progressive star Dennis Kucinich, said that President of the United States Barack Obama should be combing the beaches of Louisiana picking up oil otherwise life as we know it would end.

Sigh. It’s enough to wear you out isn’t it?

I will leave you with the words, more or less, of Dan Halen, a commenter over at Cesca’s : The Obama Haters are playing checkers while the president is playing chess!

Comments and thoughts are encouraged here at MMA, and we look forward to reading what you think.

 

 

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12 years ago

well, the “intervention” in Libya is about the West reneging on the deal they made with Gaddafi. they *knew* who they were dealing with / i mean, he was *never* a nice guy, but America & Co. built up a solid business relationship with him. it’s the sort of thing Bush would’ve done. now it’s the sort of thing Barry th’ Brzezinski-protege *is* doing. of course, nothing is being done about the plight of the Bahraini people .. such as halting arms-shipments to Saudi Arabia, the “protective brother” of Bahrain’s murderous regime. in any case, i don’t “hate” Obama. i just don’t think there’s anything special about him. i mean, we already had a partially-black Republican President in Warren G. Harding, right?

12 years ago

I don’t, have never, hated him.

I just consider him a politician therefore he is a prick.

All politicians are pricks.

They are ‘in it’ for themselves and nobody else.

End of.

Obama isn’t The Messiah, he’s a political ‘animal’ who wants to do the best for himself…just as they all do.

Obama couldn’t give a fuck about YOU.

Wakey wakey….democracy at work.

That being said….better Western Democracy than any alternative I can think of…

GO PRICK!!!…er…..GO OBAMA!!!!…Close enough…;-)

dp1053
12 years ago

I agree with lazer. I don’t hate Obama, but I do not feel he made much of an effort to keep his campaign promises. I also understand that the mess inherited from Bush was probably more than he anticipated especially when you throw in the economic meltdown. But that doesn’t give Obama a pass for appeasing the Republicans at almost every turn. Whether it true or not he gives the APPEARANCE of appeasing and perception is everything. He, as President has the bully pulpit, but I have seldom, if ever, seen him use it to knock the Republicans into line. This Mr. Nice Guy persona isn’t working, time to become a junk yard dog.

12 years ago

And with my collection of links against Obama at – http://delicious.com/clintjcl/obamaadministration – can someone tell me which type I am?

12 years ago

Oh man. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

12 years ago

Wow, Stimpy got his own category. Congratulations Stimpy!

Mike, I think it’s all much simpler than your 11 categories. Everyone has their own personal reason for hating, but the real underlying complex can be narrowed down to a scant few.

Michael John Scott
Reply to  SagaciousHillbilly
12 years ago

LOL LOL!!! What? Stimpy got his own category SH? Whatever do you mean my friend 🙂 🙂

Peter Lake
12 years ago

I’ve a friend who hates Obama just because of the health care bill. No amount of patient explanation will satisfy him. For reasons which he cannot articulate he seems to think Obama is in the pocket of the big health insurers. Idiot.

jenny40
12 years ago

Well done. I also don’t agree with some of the things Obama does but I don’t hate him and don’t want him to lose in 2012. These Obama Haters would rather see a Republican in office and that makes them just as bad as the Republicans.

W.A.
Reply to  Professor Mike
11 years ago

A. Michael: I’m gonna be immature right now and say, you made a Funny. I believe he has earned the right to “bitch slap” someone now.. After all, he is the first Gay President.. 😀

lazersedge
12 years ago

Mike, where do those of us fit who do not hate the President but are still unhappy with him sometimes.I mean come on, he isn’t a King or a God and isn’t perfect. He has accomplished some things but there are things I would have liked for him to handled differently. That doesn’t mean I hate him. I voted for before and I will vote for him again and I think we will see a different Obama in the second term. I also think that a lot of people fall into this category with me. I doubt there has ever been a President who pleased every one. Even Bill Clinton, my personal favorite, made me unhappy when he let the Republicans derail him from taking out Osama Bin Laden when he had the chance. I do want President Obama to bitch Slap Cantor and Boehner a couple of times, but then again he does have my violent streak.

Robert E. Lee
12 years ago

This is well done but you may have neglected to mention those who think the president is owned by the corporations. These idiots can be the most irritating of all because they talk through their asses like most of the haters.

Hrothgir OD
Reply to  Robert E. Lee
12 years ago

He may not be owned, but his campaign probably owes some cash to some…

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