What is it about some Republicans and their dislike (hatred) of our President...

[Hoss]

...to the point of suggesting shooting him?

Hell, I didn't like Bush at all but would never suggest that.

Stay classy now.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32587963/ns/politics-more_politics/

[Conan71]

There's actually an arcade game to shoot Bush:

http://www.pictogame.com/en/play/game/QD6YUkALZTpM_shoot-george-bush

That's some real class.  I'd say the disrespect for President Obama has been well (if not irrationally) earned over the eight years of abuse President Bush endured.

Even in jest, I don't think it's appropriate to talk about shooting POTUS.

[guido911]

There's actually an arcade game to shoot Bush:

http://www.pictogame.com/en/play/game/QD6YUkALZTpM_shoot-george-bush

That's some real class.  I'd say the disrespect for President Obama has been well (if not irrationally) earned over the eight years of abuse President Bush endured.

Even in jest, I don't think it's appropriate to talk about shooting POTUS.

Obama-shrimper smack down of the month candidate!!!! It is incredible how dems just "forgot" the abuse thrown at GWB's direction.

[kylieosu]

Directed at G-Dub OR Obama, to me it's downright disturbing.

[nathanm]

Obama-shrimper smack down of the month candidate!!!! It is incredible how dems just "forgot" the abuse thrown at GWB's direction.

Nobody's forgotten, but the abuse didn't start in earnest until he'd had time to earn it. Moreover, the republicans seem to have "forgotten" about the abuse heaped on Clinton. (I'm sure we could play this game all the way back to 1787)

[swake]

Nobody's forgotten, but the abuse didn't start in earnest until he'd had time to earn it. Moreover, the republicans seem to have "forgotten" about the abuse heaped on Clinton. (I'm sure we could play this game all the way back to 1787)

Yes, the Jefferson vs Adams election was particularly nasty.

[FOTD]

And right around our corner we find a freshman Republican congresswoman apologizing Thursday for telling a gathering in her district that the GOP was still searching for a "great white hope" to stop President Barack Obama's political agenda.

Ignore rant....
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iTHvyXMSeuAHmv8eJyl7v2pmkgkgD9ABCLUO0

[Ed W]

I don't know if all of you noticed, but our new president is a black guy.  There are some Republicans, and even some Democrats who can't imagine how a black guy could become president of the United States.  I mean, all the other Presidents have been white, Christian guys, and this one could be a communist, or a fascist, or a socialist, or a Muslim, or...well, so far at least, no one has accused him of being Jewish, but there's always next week.

[guido911]

And right around our corner we find a freshman Republican congresswoman apologizing Thursday for telling a gathering in her district that the GOP was still searching for a "great white hope" to stop President Barack Obama's political agenda.

Ignore rant....
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iTHvyXMSeuAHmv8eJyl7v2pmkgkgD9ABCLUO0

Well, as Obama would say, this "typical white person" that has listened to Obama's white policeman "acted stupidly" comment and who accepted New Orleans race-baiting Mayor Nagin's "chocolate city" comment, what's your point?   

[waterboy]

Don't flatter yourself. You aren't even close to typical and we have to take your word as to your race.

[guido911]

Don't flatter yourself. You aren't even close to typical and we have to take your word as to your race.

Wow. Miss the point much? 

[waterboy]

The only points you make are filled with rage and hate for your commander-in-chief. It radiates outwards to include any liberal, most democrats, anyone who didn't serve in the military and those who make less money or have less education than yourself. Frankly, its boring and boorish. I only took a few minutes to let you know that. The constant hostility you and the right have towards Obama and democrats in general has turned this forum into a cynical, sarcastic exercise in futility.

I don't abhor your politics or deny your place at the table. In fact I used to really enjoy trying to determine just where and how those views were cultivated. But lately you have become hypocritical and aggressive. The best you can usually come up with is tantamount to children in the principals office: " They did it first! They started it! They're lying! They're stupid!" blah, blah, blah.

You remind me of why I don't read UT very much. An alternative newspaper should be just that. An alternative to mainstream, mass culture. The stuff they print and the stuff you post are so common and so conformist as to be boring. I don't come here to have right wing conservative thought pounded into my head. Tulsa has done that to me for 5 decades. I'm immune to it.

Anyway, thats why I seldom bother to post anymore. Between you and that Devil guy its like trying to get money from a banker for a good idea.

Was that on point?

[FOTD]

NO!

The Devil guy does not think he should be clumped together in this minutia. He has constantly pointed out the poorly written in UT and also abhors the hate aimed at POTUS OBAMA and besides, why are all the protesters white?  All of this certainly is racially motivated. So sad. So ignorant.  The really ugly side of the gop shines so brightly.

[Ed W]

The Treasury Department said that threats against the president have increased by 400% since Obama took office.  Can anyone imagine a liberal Democrat standing up in a public meeting to say he was a proud left-wing terrorist?  And then can anyone believe an elected official would congratulate him?  Has a liberal Democrat armed with an assault rifle or a prominently displayed pistol ever showed up outside a meeting scheduled with the president? 

These are not the acts of patriots.  They are not the acts of Americans truly committed to the freedoms and ideals of this country, because that commitment requires an act of faith.  It requires faith in the judgment of the greater electorate, sure in the knowledge that while our course may move to the left or the right, the end result is an electorate that corrects the excesses of every political swing. 

Thugs with guns are not patriots.  Shouting, angry mobs who stifle political dialog are not patriots.  Elected officials who pander to them are not patriots.

[guido911]

The only points you make are filled with rage and hate for your commander-in-chief. It radiates outwards to include any liberal, most democrats, anyone who didn't serve in the military and those who make less money or have less education than yourself. Frankly, its boring and boorish. I only took a few minutes to let you know that. The constant hostility you and the right have towards Obama and democrats in general has turned this forum into a cynical, sarcastic exercise in futility.

I don't abhor your politics or deny your place at the table. In fact I used to really enjoy trying to determine just where and how those views were cultivated. But lately you have become hypocritical and aggressive. The best you can usually come up with is tantamount to children in the principals office: " They did it first! They started it! They're lying! They're stupid!" blah, blah, blah.

You remind me of why I don't read UT very much. An alternative newspaper should be just that. An alternative to mainstream, mass culture. The stuff they print and the stuff you post are so common and so conformist as to be boring. I don't come here to have right wing conservative thought pounded into my head. Tulsa has done that to me for 5 decades. I'm immune to it.

Anyway, thats why I seldom bother to post anymore. Between you and that Devil guy its like trying to get money from a banker for a good idea.

Was that on point?

I could not care less enough about your thoughts about me or what I believe in. For the eight years of the NAZI, fascist, Bush administration, I listened to incessant bashing of that commander in chief, repiglicans, and neocons. Where was your outrage when that was going on? So thicken up your skin now that the shoe is on the other foot. Incidentally, I applauded Obama's original position on the AIG bonuses and his visit to Iraq.  

As for my issues with the military, education, and wealth, funny you would go there. These are the issues that beset the "warmonger" chanters who attacked our troops during the Iraq war (General Betray Us?) as well as those who suffer wealth envy. Everything I have, I earned. You are all for taking that from me and give it to some deadbeat or failure. Sorry if you cannot see how those issues are personal.

When I see people expressing outrage over the "angry mobs" at these town halls, I wonder if those same people in this forum were outraged over images such as this:


And this really raised the level of political discourse:





Here is an article that aptly summarizes this point.
http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/columns/oped_contributors/Remember-when-protest-was-seen-as-patriotism-52675512.html