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In reply to the discussion: Is there trolling going on here in regards to Obama? Like [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Over-the-top, visceral. I could name an example but I prefer not to the call out. He does a lot of mocking on anyone closer to the progressive wing & dishonest in debate which can lead to a lot of over-the-top visceral on the other side.
I'm not blaming one or the other, or suggest on side has a monopoly on this behavior. A poster that I like & respect though I only seen 1 post (shortly after midterms) since he left shortly after DU3 opened (he didn't like the new format) that was a Hillary Clinton supporter in 2008 and no doubt is one now I could probably search his name & keywords and easily find it but he claimed that a lot of Hillary Clinton supporters left DU because of the behavior of Obama supporters (based on PMs he claimed he received). I'm not sure the accuracy of the behavior described but I don't doubt there was a lot of heated nastiness from the debates.
My claim regarding the polls, I haven't seen it myself other than myself but a lot of other words describing the same thing I mean. Such as Hillary Clinton going from "foolish anti-Wall Street rhetoric" in front of the Wall Street crowd to taking on big business on her book tour/mid-term campaign rallies in front of Democratic voters. There are other examples to describe what I mean.
I feel the same way about Obama. He answered a questionnaire, signed it agreeing full support for gays & lesbians such as gay marriage, then went to "undecided", to "less concerned", to "civil unions", to "god is in the mix", to "evolving" (poll numbers were "evolving" as well), back to full support. I don't bring this up because it isn't an issue have Obama considering where he originally stands & where he stands now. Its just what I mean when I say the poll numbers thing, I'm more interested in candidates that support things they feel is right thing to do rather than do 180s all-the-time.