# 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:** 92
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-specifically-do-republicans-hate-obama/553181/92 "2010-09-10T17:12:53Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > flickster, you know that there has not been a Republican President that decreased the debt as a percentage of GDP since President Nixon and there has not been a Democratic President that has increased it since President Roosevelt ([Cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent_of_GDP_by_President.jpg)). Party of fiscal responsibility indeed. If you want to see who was in control of the house and senate during these periods, we can do that too… It is significant that Nixon was the last Republican POTUS elected before movement conservatism took control of the GOP. Apparently, movement conservatism does not equate to fiscal conservatism. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-specifically-do-republicans-hate-obama/553181)._