The Party of Putin: How Republican Hatred of Barack Obama Led to Their Anti-American Stance

[sheshe2]

Trevor LaFauci | March 4, 2017




For eight years Republicans told us all about Barack Obama.

What they told us was not rooted in fact but rather good old-fashioned racism disguised as patriotism. They wanted the man, and as an extension of him the Democratic Party, to fail. They hated who he was and what he represented, not only as a politician, but as a larger than life figure that gave hope to millions of poor and working class Americans. His triumphs would be the triumphs of the American people whom he had empowered through his words and actions. If the country succeeded then it would be Barack Hussein Obama's photo that would become a staple of American households, becoming a new generation's Ronald Reagan. Living in a world where all this could potentially happen was simply too much for Republicans to endure.

So they created a Barack Obama that never truly existed and presented this version of the president to their followers. In Republicanland, there existed a Barack Obama for eight years that intentionally tried to ruin the country. Every one of his executive orders would be government overreach. Obamacare would kill us all. His support for an increased minimum wage would bankrupt cities. His advocacy for marriage equality would destroy the social fabric of our nation. His international "apology tour" would ruin our reputation abroad. The Iran Deal would empower terrorists. The Paris Climate Agreement would lead to massive jobs losses here at home. The opening of Cuba would be an unmitigated disaster. And even in moments when he wasn't engaging in disastrous policy decisions, Barack Obama would be the "vacationer-in-chief," someone for whom the job of being president was simply too much to handle.

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Today, Republicans' worst fears are being realized as Donald Trump is actually the exact person they pretended Barack Obama was for eight years.

Less than six weeks into his presidency, Trump has already tried his best to intentionally ruin the country. His cabinet is grossly unqualified and his administration has already had more leaks than the lower levels of the Titanic. His Muslim ban executive order was shot down and was a clear example of government overreach. His support to repeal the ACA will literally kill thousands of Americans, making congressional Republicans the overseers of an actual death panel. His withdrawal of transgender protections puts the health and safety of an entire population of Americans at risk. His upcoming executive orders to undo environmental protections will irreparably damage our planet. He has been mercilessly mocked on the world stage due largely in part to his already having incidents involving China, Australia, Mexico, and Sweden and now he's so toxic that he can't even address the British Parliament. All this "winning" has been so exhausting that Trump had no choice but to depart to the Southern White House this weekend for the fourth time in six weeks.


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They got exactly what they pretended Obama to be. They got trump and now they own him.

[guillaumeb]

1. Irony to the third power. Recommended.

President Obama, and his family, exemplified the ideal that the GOP likes to promote.

On the other hand, Trump and his family are a bunch of lying thieves.

[spanone]

2. +10,000,000

[sheshe2]

4. The difference...it is

black and white so to speak.

[guillaumeb]

5. So to speak, indeed.

Brutal and open racism on display.

[sheshe2]

8. I will never understand the hate.

The GOP and trump himself will never forgive Obama for Presidenting with dignity and grace while black. He has outshone them every step of the way. They have such fragile egos and can never contemplate a black man succeeding where they have so many times failed.

[guillaumeb]

14. Teh Obama family refutes the GOP constructed image of "blackness" in America.

Just as the Trump family refutes the GOP constructed image of whiteness.

It is very bizarre.

[BainsBane]

16. which are in fact the values the GOP does promote.

[guillaumeb]

17. But they frame thievery and tax avoidance as the freedom to do what they wish

to do with the money they steal from others.

[JHan]

18. +++++++++++++

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. That is all of it, pure and simple racism.

And now this idiot will kill us all.

[sheshe2]

6. Racism.

I guess the GOP finally got what they were selling for 8 years. Now we all will pay.

[brer cat]

7. Their problem with President Obama

from the get-go was the color of his skin, and the better he did, the more they hated him for it. It is very clear that the orange incompetent is a racist and so are his supporters. They got exactly what they voted for, and we will all suffer the consequences.

[sheshe2]

11. They need to

crawl up on black peoples backs to make themselves look superior. They need to be propped up as they have for centuries to look and feel better than the 'others'. After all America was built on the backs of slaves so white men could flourish and gain stature and untold wealth.

It is part of what DT is doing now...he must do everything he can to destroy Obama so that he and his thin skinned fragile fee fees will make him feel like a big, important and superior man.

[flor-de-jasmim]

9. another irony: that through all the reversals the Trump administration is doing,

...more and more information about the good policies Obama sponsored (most staying under the radar) are now coming to light.

[KittyWampus]

10. What a stupid article.

Republicans have been moving in the same authoritarian direction for YEARS and have used the Southern Strategy for many decades. All at the behest of the Koch Bros and the like. The oligarchs. Who wish to dispense with nation-states and their rules and regulations.

Just as was done in Russia. And may or may not be done in Europe.

The Republican party has simply pulled away the mask. They've stopped using dog whistles.

And all this would have happened with or without Obama.

If it had been President Clinton or President Kerry.

[uponit7771]

12. +1, "and have used the Southern Strategy for many decades"

[spanone]

13. i think trump's birtherism was a huge plus for him. he was a racist revivalist...and rode it

into the white house.

racism on a global scale.

[Jamaal510]

15. K&R

[oasis]

19. Excellent summation. Thanks for posting. K and R. Bookmarked.