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Leave President Obama Alone!

Booman writes - hilarity ensues:

If you supported Obama during the primaries, you know who you are and this does not necessarily apply to you. For the rest of you, you spent the primaries either shilling for Clinton and telling us our guy was all talk and no show, or you spent them bitching that David Plouffe wouldn't respond to and obey your emailed wisdom. As soon as he won the presidency, you started bitching about his appointments. As soon as he became president, you started bitching about his messaging, his framing, his agenda, and his lack of deference to your opinion. I want to know where the point was in this process when Obama was supposed to conclude that you were his allies and that you were responsible for his victory. When was he supposed to conclude that he owed you something, or that you had any respect for him, or that you credited his good intentions, or that you understood the myriad responsibilities of the job might mean that your pet issues might have to wait six months, a year, or two years to get to the top of his agenda.

[. . .] I think the White House is willing to listen to criticism from their allies. From you? Not so much.

Heh. I think Booman thinks that Obama will be taking his calls now. Being an "ally" and all. I never had any illusion that ANY pol is my "ally" or friend. What I would like folks to imagine is a post written like this about say, Harry Reid. Why doesn't anyone write "Leave Harry Reid Alone!" posts I wonder?

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