# Why SPECIFICALLY do Republicans hate Obama? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 9, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-specifically-do-republicans-hate-obama/553181 "2010-09-09T14:33:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 111
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-specifically-do-republicans-hate-obama/553181/111 "2010-09-10T21:22:43Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > > [@Una\_Persson](#): > > > > Um…didn’t that little “9/11” bugaboo and two freaking wars impact that? Just an itsy-bitsy bit? A smidge? A trifle? Two memes on this message board which I wish would really die out are: > > > > 1. Democrats were SOLELY responsible for the Clinton-era balanced budget. > > 2. Bush and the Republicans skyrocketed the deficit and 9/11 and two wars had NOTHING to do with it. > > You know why this argument isn’t credible? Because **they cut taxes during wartime.** They added expenses while cutting revenues. > > Let me say it again. **They cut taxes during wartime.** > > **They cut taxes during wartime.** > > **They cut taxes during wartime.** > > **They cut taxes during wartime.** > > **They cut taxes during wartime!!!** > > How stupid do you have to be? > > No, no, no. I will never vote for the GOP again. We need a realignment, six years ago. > > > [@Una\_Persson](#): > > > > And the Republicans of 1997 were unfortunately a better sort, or at least behaving better, than those of the mid-2000’s. They were a big, big disappointment to me. The wars should have been paid for with tax increases. “America goes to war” my ass - “America” engaged in a McMansion-buying housing bubble like a drunken monkey with a bag full of bananas in a monkey whorehouse, while the Republican Congress mortgaged our future even further. The wars should have been PAYGO or not done at all. > > Oh, I see you acknowledged this. Should read a few posts down before responding. That said, who are the GOP leadership now? The budget-balancers or the tax-cutters? Well, the ability to wage war without asking anyone to pay for it was a trend started by LBJ. He escalated Vietnam without asking for any real monetary sacrifice, and we have followed that trend ever since. I don’t think the GOP HAS any leadership right now. This is why Obama has to keep on introducing new “opponents” to harass in speeches (Boehner? Really?). [Obama versus who? President making John Boehner a foil](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-boehner-20100910,0,2752608.story) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-specifically-do-republicans-hate-obama/553181)._