How Are Obama Worshippers Holding Out?

LivelineDipso · 30-08-2013 07:10PM #1

Remember the hysterical collective lunacy of 2008 when so many people were in convulsions of messianic zeal over Omaba's election. He was going to save everything - a new age dawned... People like me who were skeptical (I'm an Anarchist and he's still a politician for Christ sake...) were 'negative'.

Well my Liberal Progressive Friends, your character is going to be tested in the weeks ahead. There will be a point where your excuse-making will drift over into the land of mindless fanaticism if you are not careful.

Tar.Aldarion · 30-08-2013 07:12PM

Actually most people don't think much of him now. It's almost as if they gained information and..thought differently then, imagine. Just because he is not as great as people hoped, does not mean he wasn't a better choice than the other fool.

Frank Lee Midere · 30-08-2013 07:13PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Actually most people don't think much of him now. It's almost as if they gained information and..thought differently then, imagine. Just because he is not as great as people hoped, does not mean he wasn't a better choice than the other fool.

I'd say he was worse. He's a total disaster. Down with him.

karma_ · 30-08-2013 07:13PM

He's no better than Bush. Democrat/Republican they are both the same and this is repeated teh world over. The political class is a cancer on the world, we are ruled by millionaire sociopaths only interested in their own greed.

If voting could actually change anything, they'd ban it.

Tom M · 30-08-2013 07:14PM

What were people expecting exactly?

NuckingFacker · 30-08-2013 07:15PM

He turned out to be much the same as the last barrax. Possibly even worse. Happily, I have never worshipped him. I've never even liked him tbh. He's just that bit too smooth.

Duckworth_Luas · 30-08-2013 07:15PM

Change?

Anybody got any spare change?

Karl Stein · 30-08-2013 07:15PM

Little more than a re-branding exercise imo.

Same **** in a different wrapper.

My name is URL · 30-08-2013 07:16PM

Tom M wrote: »

What were people expecting exactly?

Funk

donvito99 · 30-08-2013 07:16PM

Still better than McCain's Oven Fried and Wrongney.

Sometimes I surprise even myself.

LivelineDipso · 30-08-2013 07:17PM

Tom M wrote: »

What were people expecting exactly?

Read the editorials in every Irish newspaper and magazine when he was elected for starters. The one in Hot Press is particulary comical. 'The Rock and Roll President'. Irish Art Galleries could not sell his portrait to Civil Servants fast enough.

Well he likes The Rolling Drones.

The Backwards Man · 30-08-2013 07:19PM

Quick, someone quote the OP.

I can't see it on the dark skin.

Rightwing · 30-08-2013 07:20PM

He has been a disappointment, but still miles better than Bush. Of course, that wouldn't be hard.

Should also be worth remembering, there's only so much any one individual can do, be it Enda Kenny/Obama etc.

kneemos · 30-08-2013 07:20PM

He has a level of "coolness"about him,which is fairly unique.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 30-08-2013 07:22PM

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Remember the hysterical collective lunacy of 2008 when so many people were in convulsions of messianic zeal over Omaba's election. He was going to save everything - a new age dawned... People like me who were skeptical (I'm an Anarchist and he's still a politician for Christ sake...) were 'negative'.

Well my Liberal Progressive Friends, your character is going to be tested in the weeks ahead. There will be a point where your excuse-making will drift over into the land of mindless fanaticism if you are not careful.

Still a better decision than Bertie Ahearne.

lahalane · 30-08-2013 07:22PM

I know nothing about politics, nor do I wish to know, but is this thread just an excuse to say 'I told you so'? It sounds a bit smug.

blatantrereg · 30-08-2013 07:24PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Actually most people don't think much of him now. It's almost as if they gained information and..thought differently then, imagine. Just because he is not as great as people hoped, does not mean he wasn't a better choice than the other fool.

Or people could have considered voting for one of the several candidates not actually affiliated with the hugely corrupt major parties. Surely that would have been more of a change than just flip flopping between puppets. Jill Stein seemed like a good candidate to me.

Seriously messed up situation when it's perceived as damaging for a third candidate to run, and a waste of a vote to vote for them. (Thinking of Ralph Nader's three campaigns; especially the one alongside Kerry.)

30-08-2013 07:26PM

kneemos wrote: »

He has a level of "coolness"about him,which is fairly unique.

Coolness or deceitfulness?

blatantrereg · 30-08-2013 07:26PM

He got a Nobel Peace Prize for some reason, then kept Guantanamo open and stepped up domestic surveillance and drone strikes and so on. Mental isn't it?

Agent Smith · 30-08-2013 07:27PM

Tom M wrote: »

What were people expecting exactly?

My name is URL wrote: »

Funk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzECY8sYpE

MadsL · 30-08-2013 07:28PM

Obamacare is an improvement.

F.ck your pre-existing conditions.

NuckingFacker · 30-08-2013 07:29PM

He always reminds me of a more powerful version of ray Darcy. I don't like him either.

DainBramage · 30-08-2013 07:31PM

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Read the editorials in every Irish newspaper and magazine when he was elected for starters. The one in Hot Press is particulary comical. 'The Rock and Roll President'. Irish Art Galleries could not sell his portrait to Civil Servants fast enough.

Well he likes The Rolling Drones.

You can always tell if somethings no longer cool/past its sell by date when Hot Press are plugging it.

Royal.Baby · 30-08-2013 07:31PM

The truth is that people like Obama and Kenny can do very little if anything.

What can Enda do to aid in the countries economy, really? He just has to wait it out like the rest of the world.

These people often have to best economists in the country by their side helping them and giving advice, yet still nothing happens, yet every single poster on boards knows exactly how to fix this economic crisis - if only Enda would listen lol

My name is URL · 30-08-2013 07:33PM

Agent Smith wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzECY8sYpE

He's one smooth sonuvabitch.. you've got to give him that

blatantrereg · 30-08-2013 07:36PM

Royal.Baby wrote: »

The truth is that people like Obama and Kenny can do very little if anything.

What can Enda do to aid in the countries economy, really? He just has to wait it out like the rest of the world.

These people often have to best economists in the country by their side helping them and giving advice, yet still nothing happens, yet every single poster on boards knows exactly how to fix this economic crisis - if only Enda would listen lol

I don't think the comparison is valid really. Kenny isn't okaying huge military expenditure and starting wars and so on.

MadsL · 30-08-2013 07:36PM

My name is URL wrote: »

He's one smooth sonuvabitch.. you've got to give him that

Please continue Mr Romney....

Frank Lee Midere · 30-08-2013 07:41PM

Rightwing wrote: »

He has been a disappointment, but still miles better than Bush. Of course, that wouldn't be hard.

Should also be worth remembering, there's only so much any one individual can do, be it Enda Kenny/Obama etc.

No he's worse than bush. His security state is worse. His foreign adventurism as bad. He supports drones.

Jimoslimos · 30-08-2013 07:42PM

Part of the problem is that he's effectively hindered by the Republicans holding a balance of power in the House of Representatives.

I never saw him as a great President, Hilary Clinton would have been the better choice IMO.

Red Nissan · 30-08-2013 07:51PM

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I never saw him as a great President, Hilary Clinton would have been the better choice IMO.

I would not have thought so, TBH, but I never did like Obama and especially as he polished off the fictional character Osama as some people around the world genuinely believed that Osama, a terrorist created by the Bush regime, had been elected president of the United States of America, and it was embarrassing and confusing tbh.

So in hindsight, I actually agree with you [now].

cletus van damme · 30-08-2013 07:52PM

why I dislike obama is that he presented himself as this hip caring cool anti-bush chap.
He is worse than bush.

To give bush his due - he was honest on what he was. We all knew what we were getting with bush - he was honest that way.

btw mcCain would have made a better President

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