Reply #31: Obama is NOT Republican or "Republican-leaning" [View All]

[Proud Liberal Dem]

Obama does NOT "Heart" Republicans. Obama does NOT make decisions based on what Fox News, Glenn Beck, or anybody else among the right wing demands. If Obama liked Republicans as much as some people around here (and elsewhere) act like he does, he'd probably BE a Republican and you can bet that if he was, the Republican Party would be PROUD to have him with them as POTUS and would tout him as a "historic accomplishments". "THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT IS FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!"
Obama's greatest *sins* (as far as I can tell) in regards to the Republican Party, is that he just doesn't have the same blinding rage and hatred towards them as the rest of us (justifiably) do, he seems unwilling to unload his full nuclear arsenal of whoop-a** on them every single opportunity he gets, and he has some Republicans in his cabinet in fairly prominent positions. However, he has been plenty critical of them and has stood up to them on a number of things (and schooled them pretty good at their own conference too!). I would love to see somebody lay out a definitive case that President Obama is a "Republican-leaning" President. He may not be with some people on the Democratic side (ideologically) but that doesn't mean that he is "Republican-leaning" either.