Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by Sean

That's why we need to support Palin as the 2012 Republican nominee. What better way to insure Obama gets re-elected?

So I've been increasingly disturbed by how blatant Republicans have gotten in their opposition to Obama, because it's grown to the point where it's actually become flat-out opposition to American success. This Nobel Prize is a perfect example to start with. While we could, as a united country, celebrate the potential international leverage that our President winning this prize could provide, instead, Republicans are calling it things like "unfortunate" (Republican National Chairman Michael Steele), or worse if you listen to tools like Limbaugh or Beck. Who are Republicans putting first in this case, America, or Republicans? I'd say Republicans.

oh, come off it. like the democrats don't pull the same stuff when republicans are in office? i'm sure that if george w. bush had won some award, most of us would be lauding it. it's not about 'supporting the country'. obama is not america. bush is not america. they are our leaders, not gods.

Then there's our previous discussion about Obama's address to schoolchildren urging them to work hard, assume personal responsibility, and stay in school. Republicans were in a frothy tizzy over this perceived "brainwashing" and "indoctrination" of our country's kids into Obama's "socialist", "communist" or "Hitler-like" agenda. Who were Republicans putting first in rabidly opposing a call to children to do well in school, America, or Republicans? Yeah....Republicans.

once again, what if the war in iraq had just broken out, fahrenheit 9/11 had just come out, and george w. bush wanted to speak to schoolkids about education. BRAINWASHING!!!

[Sean]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

oh, come off it. like the democrats don't pull the same stuff when republicans are in office? i'm sure that if george w. bush had won some award, most of us would be lauding it. it's not about 'supporting the country'. obama is not america. bush is not america. they are our leaders, not gods.



once again, what if the war in iraq had just broken out, fahrenheit 9/11 had just come out, and george w. bush wanted to speak to schoolkids about education. BRAINWASHING!!!

You seem to have missed my point. I'm not saying that opposing Obama is opposing America. That would be a stupid assertion. What I said is that Obama's opponents have reached a point where they're opposing him at the expense of America. For instance, as I mentioned earlier, losing the Olympics meant losing a huge influx of revenue for the entire U.S. - liberals and conservatives alike - but many Republicans literally cheered the national loss because they prioritize any defeat of Obama over a victory for the country. That's ass-backwards.

Also, I didn't say Democrats don't do similar stuff. In fact, I was complaining about Democrats doing the same kinds of things here on these boards during Bush's administration. What bothers me is that Republicans are doing the same thing but on steroids now - and with guns.