# Are Conservatives Right To Be Demeaning Obama as a Factionalist?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-conservatives-right-to-be-demeaning-obama-as-a-factionalist/640423
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [November 8, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-conservatives-right-to-be-demeaning-obama-as-a-factionalist/640423 "2012-11-08T23:42:52Z")
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### Author: ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-conservatives-right-to-be-demeaning-obama-as-a-factionalist/640423/41 "2012-11-09T23:19:22Z")

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I meant to say ‘voted against **or for** restricting marriage to a man and a woman’.

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### Author: ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-conservatives-right-to-be-demeaning-obama-as-a-factionalist/640423/42 "2012-11-09T23:51:06Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Romney ran on not being Barack Obama (until the debates, when he ran on being Barack Obama).

Slight correction: He ran on being the White, Republican Barack Obama.

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### Author: ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-conservatives-right-to-be-demeaning-obama-as-a-factionalist/640423/43 "2012-11-10T00:02:43Z")

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The thing about conservatives demonizing liberals is that conservatives are ACTUALLY DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE BAD FOR MINORITIES.

Look, as a Democrat, I’d be just as pissed if the only thing coming out of my side was “The GOP wants to take away your contraceptives, your freedom, put up a border fence, remove regulations that protect you, and outsource your job!”. But in reality, the GOP really wants to do that. So I’m fine with the Dems pointing that out

Until such day as the GOP stops doing those things, the attacks have merit, are accurate, and should go on

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