Let's Try It This Way...Under What Instances, Is It Okay To Praise The President On DU ???

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205. When he does something good/right/consistent with traditional democratic values and issues.

The issue is that his super-defenders don't want ANY criticism. Like during the Bush years with his sycophants, according to the Democratic versions of that, nothing that goes wrong in the Obama administration is actually Obama's fault. It's either a republican plot to undermine him, or the result of Democrats not clapping loudly enough for him and supporting him at all costs.

And also, when he does something that is shitty, and clearly his doing, his choice, and his action and decision, something else he may have done previously that was good doesn't make the bad action o.k. It's not o.k. to willingly and knowingly adopting Republican policies and positions (off the top of my head, almost his entire education policy), but then say that's all right because his policy on gay marriage evolved (I would note, after it was painfully obvious that it was a safe and viable position, and after all the hard work had been done by other, braver individuals and groups).