Another reason the right hates Obama

[d-ray657]

The difficulty some people have accepting a Black President has been discussed here ad nauseam. I'm not sure how much of the discussion has been based on the misperception that many folks on both the right and the left had about the actual ideology of Obama.

There was an attractiveness to Obama's rhetoric that led many on the left to believe that he was going to be a transformational leader of a new progressive agenda. I will even acknowledge that many folks probably expected him to be more liberal because he was Black. Many held onto the hope of a progressive leader even in the face of instance after instance when Obama showed that he was a pragmatic politician who would move as far to the right as his supporters could possibly stand in order to make a small political gain.

On the other hand, those on the right saw a charismatic Democrat who had the potential to convince people to pursue an agenda that was contrary to the interests of the ownership class, and to good old fashioned religious values. Even after it was clear that the ownership class fared quite well under the programs that were put in place to alleviate the recession, and that there was going to be no government takeover of the means of production, there was still a fear that Obama was a closet liberal. Once the image of him was set, partisan politics offered no reason to abandon it.

So yeah, there are reasons other than race why the right hates Obama.

Regards,

D-Ray