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I've figured it out.
At first, I looked for some logical consistency on the extreme right-wing's attacks on President Obama. Way back during the campaign, when the accusations of communism first surfaced, I shrugged my shoulders and figured it was just a resurgence of the old liberal=socialist=communist name calling of the '80s. I didn't figure anyone actually believed it. When the birthers started making noise, I figured it would quickly be dismissed as rampant stupidity among an extreme fringe group. When it came right down to it, I thought the majority of the national discourse after the election would be on genuine policy disagreements.
Boy, was I wrong. You see, there is literally nothing a Democrat can do right. Nothing.
If he calls for health care reform, then any end-of-life provisions in it once Congress has written it up *must* be death panels and euthanasia. Who cares if they were bipartisan, and match an existing section of Medicare amended in 2003 by Republicans? It's evil and has to be stopped. Because he's a Democrat.
If he puts together a speech for kids in school, it's an evil attempt to indoctrinate and brainwash them into supporting his socialist agenda. Who cares if every President in recent history has made similar "stay in school" speeches, including Bush Sr. in 1992, just before the campaign? It's evil and has to be stopped. Because he's a Democrat.
If he [INSERT ACTION], [INSERT WHAT IT "REALLY" IS]. Who cares if [INSERT OBVIOUS MITIGATING FACTOR]? It's evil and has to be stopped. Because he's a Democrat.
And the thing is, it really doesn't matter what he does or doesn't do, because logic has nothing to do with this. If someone had proposed a school speech and he'd said no, the group of people currently attacking him for it would be attacking him for ignoring the children. If the health care bill didn't have end-of-life care in it, he'd be getting attacked for ignoring the concerns of senior citizens. Absolutely, positively everything and anything he ever does or says until he is out of office must be taken as an attack on Mom, apple pie, and America itself, regardless of logic and reason, because he belongs to the wrong party and is therefore the greatest and most dire threat ever faced by our nation. What he does and what he says makes no difference whatsoever. He is inherently evil. The only good action he is capable of taking is resigning. That is what the forum gun-toting and screaming, the Nazi/communist accusations, and the birther insanity are really all about.
Please... Someone prove me wrong. Attack a policy or decision of his using reason and logic. Reject the idiocy of death panel claims, of supposed indoctrination. Reject the uneducated and downright stupid claims of communism and Nazism. Reject birtherism and other fear tactics. Debate what he does and says in reality, not what your imagination tells you is the unspoken goal of a secret communist Nazi atheist Muslim foreign born grandma-murdering monster who wants to take away your guns. Feel free to use the comments below.
But if you can't find even one reality-based reason to criticize him, then don't bother. Because I've already figured it out.