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In reply to the discussion: Maybe, just maybe, Obama is smarter than some of you [View all]bobduca
(1,763 posts)35. yeah i should have air quoted it like you did, that was the intention.
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Of course not, but all this 3D chess stuff and "I got this" posters are juvenile.
polichick
Sep 2013
#10
The "3D chess stuff" and "I got this" is proven correct over and over and over again.
tridim
Sep 2013
#52
Well that's not very smart negotiating. You ask for more than what you want and settle for what you
cui bono
Sep 2013
#208
Another poor attempt to justify lobbing insults by reducing your meme to childish comebacks
Sheepshank
Sep 2013
#275
You're still not backing up your accusations - just babbling on as distracton.
polichick
Sep 2013
#276
You are asking me to back up your constant need to personally insult...that backing up?
Sheepshank
Sep 2013
#286
So you're claim is he didn't want single payer?! This is where these stupid positions loose all...
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#96
BULL FUCKIN SHIT!!! "allowed" my ass, this is the winger "Obama is dictator" position so he can do..
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#110
Winger meme = Obama controls everything even congress so it doesn't matter what they do or think
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#135
Unless you're talking about geopolitical squabbles that work out well, apparently.
Marr
Sep 2013
#143
If you've watched Rachel Maddow you would know that Politifact has pretty much no credibilty.
cui bono
Sep 2013
#209
So if congress was to vote a non binding res for single payer in both house and senate
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#217
You're not dealing with the reality of what happened, you're just making up a false scenario.
cui bono
Sep 2013
#219
I think history will prove that it was indeed 3D chess. How many administrations have tried and....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2013
#160
When you use terms like "haters" and "spoiled children" you give yourself away.
polichick
Sep 2013
#162
And being compared to a "hero-worshipping junior high kid" doesn't "give you away"?
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2013
#163
You do know that some EU countries are moving to a market based healthcare system, don't you?
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2013
#169
Unlike those who think Obama is smarter than the whole world and always has...
polichick
Sep 2013
#237
Yes, and I do think there's some psychological racism going on. It's not on a conscious level,
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#93
I knew this bullshit was coming. I didn't call anyone a racist. Please learn how to read...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#111
So we're racists (but don't know it) because we don't think he's Superman...
polichick
Sep 2013
#120
When will we realize that "being smart", even exceptionally so, isn't Everything?
whathehell
Sep 2013
#233
You are absolutely correct. In the political arena especially, one's loyalties
whathehell
Sep 2013
#284
It's not as though repeated American complaints about chemical weapons weren't a hint.
Orsino
Sep 2013
#31
Cause Obama was about to hit Syria with some ice cream sandwhiches!? really?!!? Obama had NOTHING
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#100
Kind of hard to deny with a straight face in this case (assuming things go as they appear).
Hoyt
Sep 2013
#5
and maybe some of you are not even Americans at all and are cheering for failure of this President
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#6
Yeah, your post did and it did imply that if one was a foreigner they were against the United States
RC
Sep 2013
#142
Race is important because a lot of people cannot handle an African American being smarter
Yavin4
Sep 2013
#23
I think even the biggest bigot would concede there is somebody of a different race smarter than him.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2013
#26
I don't think any group of people -- any race, ethnicity, gender or religion --
whathehell
Sep 2013
#291
The reasons are multiple as well as irrational as is most if not all forms of bigotry./nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2013
#295
I agree with most of that, but think it might have been better if you'd said that the first time,
whathehell
Sep 2013
#296
Where did I suggest that "the belief that Jews are unintelligent is the basis of anti-semistism"?
whathehell
Sep 2013
#299
Having worked with Klans members, and for those who don't believe they exist, yes, they do; also,
freshwest
Sep 2013
#152
i think there was some racism in those who made it seem like Kerry was running things
JI7
Sep 2013
#195
That may be true for some people. I have no problem admitting that Obama is far smarter ...
spin
Sep 2013
#98
Maybe on Free Republic...Not here...I think it may be YOU who has the race problem.
whathehell
Sep 2013
#243
2) Some people HATE... HATE with a PASSION to see their world view not validated..HATE!!!
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#103
I voted for that man for a reason - not only is he brilliant, he also has a heart.
Avalux
Sep 2013
#16
Definitely. I watched those groups whine about affirmative action as it really got rolling in the
freshwest
Sep 2013
#129
Being a woman or disabled in this country is hardly comparitive to being a black in this country.
lumpy
Sep 2013
#212
"Being a woman or disabled in this country is hardly comparative to being black in this country"
whathehell
Sep 2013
#281
Thank you, yes, I think he's exceptionally, smart, but even "smart" people make mistakes
whathehell
Sep 2013
#246
Nah, just those who use racist memes, talking points, perspectives and reflexive hate might be
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#106
Where on DU have you seen "racist memes, talking points, perspectives and 'reflective hate'?
whathehell
Sep 2013
#289
and yet you use one perceived insult, to add your own insult those who support Obama via BOG?
Sheepshank
Sep 2013
#256
Even though it appears we may get a favorable outcome (no intervention in Syria)
Maedhros
Sep 2013
#51
Yes - there are those whose political sense of well-being is so dependent upon the President's image
Maedhros
Sep 2013
#148
The most extreme left in this country find President Obama to be a disappointment because he has not
msanthrope
Sep 2013
#55
Nah.. Most here know and acknowledge his brilliance..They just don't confuse it with infallibility
whathehell
Sep 2013
#293
"but maybe he's better at this than you are at whatever you do for a living..."
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2013
#89
AMEN!! The self-righteous indignation is simply breathtaking. I am 100% confident in this president.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#91
he has certainly killed more women and kids than I have or ever will. Is that a sign of smartness?
msongs
Sep 2013
#102
Oh good, we're trotting out the Criticize-Pres.-Obama-therefore-racist thread again.
DRoseDARs
Sep 2013
#159
Maybe it has jack shit to do with anything. Some people like to fight the power
IronLionZion
Sep 2013
#173
So basically if we disagree with the president we're incompetent at our jobs or racists.
cui bono
Sep 2013
#204
ah wouldn't DU be so much better if it was a place where would could truly celebrate our President,
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#216
Maybe, just maybe, being exceptionally smart isn't the Be and End All of Everything.
whathehell
Sep 2013
#231
I don't know if he's smarter than most of us but he definitely has more information than ANY of us.
OregonBlue
Sep 2013
#278
as someone else put it so eloquently so long ago - it is good to see the same philosphy here on DU
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#297