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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:20 AM Original message |
Obama is a Celebrity President |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Perhaps we just live in a celebrity culture. Obama never asked to be that type of President. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Crips , yes we live in a celebrity culture. That's the problem. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Obama never ran on that kind of "platform". |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Obama did not have to say it. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Some people fawn over Sarah Palin too. But Obama never caused that. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. All I'm saying is Obama did run a campaign based on |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Your concern is duly noted. nt |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:49 AM Original message |
I know what that means! lol!!! n/t |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Please, not that phrase again. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hero worshipers are unrec your message. nt |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. People who don't like strawman arguments might unrec it too. nt |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Why is this in your opinion a strawman argument? nt |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Because it creates a strawman (Celebrity Obsessed DU'er) n/t |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Forgeting the tabloid-like title and the first paragraph |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. None. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. yes, there's some hero worship of Obama here. There's also hero worship |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. yup, I will take that too |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. well, most Chavistas like him for his politics, not because he grins or hugs children or draws big |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. I remember the McCain campaign trying to get some mileage out of the "Celebrity" meme |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. (((((shhhh)))) |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Too much herb?? |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. yes, you could use a bit more! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Just riffin' on that rad username and icon you use, sparky. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. I hope our next president is an 90 year-old ascetic who lives in a cave... |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Sheesh from here too nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think we've had celebrity presidents for a long time. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Yes, we have. This is not new. I'll trace it back to the Roosevelts. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. You have to be a celebrity to get elected |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, I really like FDR, but I'll fry him for several things he did. I don't worship him or any pol. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Don't try to blow off people's opinions. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. i've not seen much 'fawning' over President Obama by the media. |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Another post like this |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thank you for your "concern". He is hardly on a pedestel. He is being |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Please don't revive the "concern" line again. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Kindly STFU and don't presume to tell me or anyone else here what to |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. LOL! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. All presidents are celebrities |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thanks for the lecture. Enjoy your weed, oh wise one nt |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. Nice. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. Quit calling it hero worship just because you disagree |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. There, now...feel better? |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Error: You've already unrecommended this post. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. The President has been knocked off his "pedestal" so many times |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. You can bet blood or money, if McCain was in the White House and announced troop escalation |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. Wasn't that an anti-Obama GOP TV ad during the campaign? |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. beware the modsquad |
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