Dimocasy In Amercrina

President Obama was on a program called "The View" and a chirpy little headline on the Comcast news area said "Obama Not Invited To Chelsea's Wedding." What followed was some fluff about the visit and a few clips. Harmless, pointless, mostly meaningless. That is until the denizens came out to comment.

The internet has been here a long, long time, and can be manipulated in many ways by savvy users. One of the tricks that appeared early on was the "opposite posting" that purposefully makes the side you disagree with look bad. There are ways to tell what may or may not be real. I've presented that here, with my opinion - which is certainly fallible - along with some other quotes from the discussion board which added over 200 comments in a matter of minutes, mostly of questionable origin and bizarre taint. My observations are in blue. Some of the comments we can just let stand alone.
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OPAL
I will be watching President Obama tomorrow,i believe that he is a super person and someday will be thought of as a great President.It is so transparent,what the conservatives are trying to do to him,destroy his presidency. It will backfire in the end,i have a lot of faith in his decency and intelligence .If Lizzy acts like the nasty person she is, i hope that one of the other ladies trips her right on stage.

ANNIE
DEAR OPAL…WHAT KIND OF DRUGS ARE YOU ON????? A SUPER PERSON????? ARE YOU CRAZY??? HE HAS DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY…..BUSH WAS A SAINT COMPARED TO THIS SO CALLED GUY….THIS GUY IS THE WORST RATINGS GUY EVER….ANYONE I TALK TO HATES THE GUY…HE HAS HAD MORE DEATH THREATS THAN ANY OTHER PRESS..400% MORE…..THATS YOUR GUY !!!!! (ACCORDING TO THE NEWS)
THIS GUY HAS A RATING OF THE 1ST YR…OF 42% LIKE HIM….BUSH SR.. HAD A 78% LIKING…AND BUSH JR HAD A 68% RATING…SO THAT SORT OF TELLS IT ALL….TIRED OF HIS LIES…AND STUPID FACES HE MAKES……THE SO CALLED BAD STRETCH IS BECAUSE OF OBAMA..NOONE ELSE !!!!!!!!
A PATHETIC PRES….AND CAN’T WAIT TILL HE’S GONE…2012 OR BEFORE……..

This exchange happened very early. The thread had not taken off yet and it was attached to this article from the article announcing him being a guest the day before. There are some classic signs here. Inability to space sentences, writing in all caps, the appearance of the internet's most talked about celebrity (Peter NOONE), multiple punctuation marks, questionable subject/verb structure, and so on. I believe these two were real. It was not developed enough for the guys from 4chan to notice at this point.

LISKA
Why don’t the to jerk of..ahead of me go to Texas to live with the cheerleader mother fuc…,that’s where the oily, disgusting conservatives belong. Bush,bim ,rah, maybe he can get you all the hel. down there with a cheer.

I dunno. Could be. The word "disgusting" bothers me here. You?

Irene
It is so easy for Obama to go on the view. No one will ask him any really important questions. It will be a love sit in between everyone except Elizabeth. Why doesn’t he go on fox and answer some really hard questions. Better yet why doesn’t stay in Washington and do his job and get some very needed jobs in this country. He needs to stop blaming Bush this is now his problem. It is his spending and catering to the unions, and trying to make our nation in to a socialist government that has put our country in this mess.

I say real. For one thing it is an attempt to form a concise line of thought. She uses a capital letter in her name as well. Someone who is telling you their name.

who sane
Obambi on the View? Of course a wimp like Bee Ohh fits right in with the hen fest…
Aside from being able to read a teleprompeter he is an inept CLOD. A blundering buffoon..
Look ..
UP in the sky
Its a bird
its a plane..
NO it’s Teleprompter Boy..
able to spend OTHER peoples money in a single bill
able to read a single sentence of a teleprompter in a single breath..
Notice HOW teleprompter boy doesn’t do REAL interviews? Only a liberal henfest like this..
Without his teleprompter he is an illirate moron..
I am SO embarrassed this idiot is our POTUS
More so I am ashamed of democrats liberals and all of you welfare loving Obambi acolytes..
Hope.. blah blah blah change blah blah blah 140 days as a senator blah blah blah racist friends .. I am BEEE-OOH teleprompter boy.

At least it is a little creative. But the humor missed the mark. Nothing like calling someone illiterate and spelling it "illirate" for just the right touch of internet justice.

rebecca
Obama and his minions are driving this country into the ground. He is draining us of money, forcing his bad policies through, making sure Washington, D.C. has all of the new jobs, threatening people if they do not agree with him, and dragging his feet during this oil spill catastrophe. How many times did he play golf during the oil spill? Maybe the spill is exactly what he desired since he is such an outspoken environmentalist. Maybe this disaster played right into his hands. Now there is a nightmare thought. Actually this is a nightmare administration.

This could have been a legitimate starting point, but it was ruined by the claim the President is "making sure Washington D.C. has all of the new jobs" and asking how many times he played golf "during the oil spill". What?

BJ
Oscar your brainwashed. Go watch fox and be led around by your nose a little longer.

oscar
Hey BJ….when you wrote “your” the first time…did you mean “you’re”….then you went and used “your” again, 10 words later. Count the letters on your keyboard…there should be 26….unless you’ve got the FisherPrice version……how old are you anyway?
YOU are the embarrassment in the country you spoke of above…..you get all your news from Rachel, and Keith….if, that is, your Mommy lets you stay up late.

suzie
as another person said, LUCKILY i don’t watch the view and i can’t believe that the president of the united states, took the time to go on the view? what a disgrace to our country, to think he found the time, when our country is falling apart. doesn’t say much for us AMERICANS. he should have shown his support for our boys scouts, instead of promoting himself with one sided statements, on a show, where no one has the brains to ask him anything important.

If you read capitalized words as meaning to be stressed in the tone of conversation this one is kinda confusing. I wound up trying to *get* the motivation for the caps.

BJ
Oscar if I cared that much about my grammar on here i would just check the spell check, does it make you feel impressive to grade my comments. hey i forgot to capitalize some letters on this comment, I guess that makes me wrong about everything right lol….

JDE
The comments from the New Republican KKK, Skn Heads, Tea Party clan is exactly why I’m becomming an Independent! They sound exactly like the old news clips of Hitler and his Nazi party just before WII! Jezz what’s happened to our Republican Party?

Fake as a three dollar bill. Meant to be a back-handed cut at the claims made by the wingnuts on the Left regarding the wingnuts on the Right. I'd be surprised if any one with more than a year's worth of experience on the intertubes bought it. Unless they were one of the wingnuts I guess.

scott
WEATHER OR NOT YOU HEMRHOIDS WANT TO HEAR THIS OR NOT.MR OBAMA WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY TO BE BEST PRESIDENT EVER.

libs suck
ALL U OBAMA LOVERS ARE BRAINWASHED SOCIALISTS.YOU ARE THE ENEMY.

Stephanie
I am proud to say I did not vote for him. He’s such a putz….

I kind of like the putz line. It seems so... I don't know... so tame and cute.

william
Why deesn’t he just stick to what he does best and that is playing up to the muslems and downing Americans.

PatKat
I use to repect our Pres but him going on the View shows me what an all-time LOW this country is on! What a dim wit! The View of all places for a President to walk on! I’d have had some residual of repect toward Obama if he’d gone on Letterman instead—ugh!!!

DERALICT
WHAT AN IDIOT!! DOES HE REALLY THINK BY CONTINUING TO GET THE SPOTLIGHT ON HIM AT ALL TIMES THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP HIM? I FOR ONE DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM NOR WILL I EVER VOTE FOR HIM!!HE IS NOTHING BUT AN ATENTION SEEKER WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT REACHING OUT TO PUBLIC!!! GOD HELP US IF HE WINS A SECOND TERM!! CANADA IS STARTING TO SOUND REAL GOOD!!!

john d
No wonder more and more Repulicans are becomming Independents. My old party has become mean and hateful to every idea thats not far right! Guess it just the way they were raised! What shocking is they profess to be Christian Yet they don’t sound Christian or act like Christ!

All kind of verbal mayhem followed by yet another feeble attempt (probably the same guy who did it before) at showing how the "tactics" from the Right are supposed to be alienating people. The catch is that usually when people consider leaving their affiliations it generally is so much more thoughtful than hate/Nazi/Christian yadda yadda yadda.


RacerJim
Obama is a great dispicable presence. That is no matter how hard his supporters try to deny he has divided this country more than any other POTUS in history.
Obama has indeed shown a great knowledge of many things, especially as to how to become POTUS/CiC despite being ineligible and having no pertinent experience.
Screw you, Barack HUSSEIN Obama aka Barry Soetoro. “We the people…” of America are gonna get you.

RacerJim is like who sane's dad? POTUS and Hussein. I could be wrong I guess. Maybe who sane's meds kicked in.

IBB
All I can say is that the Lord sent the President to us and the hater better watch out.

Tim
Osoma+ Oboma on The View? I guess the saying is true…. MISERY LOVES COMPANY! ……, GO REPUBLICANS!!

Internet tough guy and a really odd cheerleading chant.

Dorothy
Our so called President has no substance or insight on no one but himself. He should be doing government business, here he is on The View. I dis-credit his character. I understand the old adage: “I will not vote for a mixed race person for president, because he is of a mixed race and not full American. He is Nigeria descendant and caucasian as his mother. To be full blood American we must be all American and nothing else. He is not an actor and definitely not a celebrity. He did not impressed me nor my family. Matter of fact I don’t support him in “NOTHING”. He has actually screwed up everything for the taxpayers and nothing he can say will impress me. I take God our Creator as my President He is everywhere at the same time. So his time is almost up and nothing has changed. I would rather have the previous President George W. Bush as president at least we knew where he stood and could voice our opinion . He listen whether he respond , but consideration was given. Whether you agree with me or not I really don’t care because he is just mere man God created. He is muslin is he not????????????????????

"so-called president" is a bit of a stretch. There are better ways to say phony I'm thinkin'. I'm saying real though. There is a sense of earnestness that can't be duplicated by someone of the opposite view.

Glenn
President Obama is doing the best he can given the fact the mess he inherited and also the people that have divided this country ie.. Fix News, the chickehawks, rightwingnuts, birthers, teabaggers, etc.
We are behind you Mr. President.

Michael
We should have another civil war. Republicans versus Democrats. The Blue and the Red. Bet ya you would wish you were a Republican then! Democrats rely on “government” to fix our poor country while Republicans hold people responsible for their own problems. How about some middle ground where I’m not paying to raise my neighbors child? Then he grows up and robs my house because that’s what people who receive constant handouts become. Fix your own problems if you want to “fix” the country.

And I would recommend we put Glenn and Michael right in front when the shooting starts.

jacob
Barack n Roll!
If you dont like our president then you can GTFO of this country you unpatriotic swine!
USA!!!

Jacob
@michael you should be tried and charged with treason for that one you unpatriotic Terrorist! why dont you go to the desert and find you buddy bin laden to kick it with!

Viola
Obama HAD to come on the View to get the attention of you idiots that only watch FOX! If the Republicans are so great, what are their answers to all of our problems? More tax cuts for the rich? Oh that’s right none of the Republicans have lost their jobs, have sickness in their families or have lost their homes. Only us Democrats are stupid or lazy enough to need help.

jacob and Jacob... 4chan arrives. Viola is too excited. That one is real.

Martin
How bout all u people that r critizing obama go to hell.He’s doing wat he can all the jobs and the tough strech has been made by the people. So stop acting like little girls pointing a finger at someone else and suk it up. And bush, bush is 1 of the worst presidents. He did not only cause the war, but since there was a war he basiclly did the 9/11 tragedy. IT was bush’s fault. And didnt u hear wat he said. “When i took office, we were lossing 750,000 jobs per month.So all the lazy dumbasses saying that its his fault. Its not its bushs fault.

libs suck
TO CATSY you moron do you not know the constitution a PRESIDENT cannot spend one DIME WITHOUT CONGRESSES APPROVAL.The repubs ran congress until 2006 and we had a deficit of 210 bill.Then the libs or the dems took over.In 2007 the deficit doubled and in 2007 an election year it went to a trillion. Now who do you think voted for this if you said congress hey guess what you’d be right.Oh and by the way the your hero voted aye and he was all for the porkulus package.And for you people who say it was bush.s policies all the libs had to do was say screw you george but they didnt did they.

Kris
Watch the obama deception everyone. All presidents are just puppets and Barry is a good one. But while everyone is being hypnotized/brainwashed by him they are turning us into a fascist nation. Also watch ENDGAME.

FINALLY - the Third Option! Freemasons probably.

scott
I LOVE THESE SO CALLED PATRIATIC AMERICANS WHO DON’T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO PASS A 5TH GRADE HISTORY TEST, yOU MAY WISH TO LAY THE BLAME FOR THE COUNTRYS PROBLEM AT THE FEET OF THIS PRESIDENT BUT ANYBODY WHO HAS A BRAIN IN THIER HEAD KNOWS THAT THIS IS THE RESULT OF THESE IDIOT POLITICIANS GIVING TAX BREAKS THAT BENEFITS BIG CORPORATIONS FAR MORE THAN THE AVERAGE GUY AND THEN SIT BACK AS THESE GREEDY SLUBS TAKE THE TAX BREAKS AND THE JOBS OFF SHORE TO SAVE EVEN MORE MONEY AND PRETEND THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS PRESIDENT IS SPENDING CRAZY YET HAD HE DONE NOTHING WE WOULD ALL PROBABLY BE STANDING IN BREAD LINES. WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT THESE IDIOTS WHO RUN AROUND TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY TAKING THIER GUNS (EVEN THOUGH THEY NEVER CAN SHOW YOU ONE WORD WHERE OR WHO SAID IT) AND THE MORONS WHO TALK ABOUT THIER TAXS BEING RAISED (TOO STUPID TO REALIZE MOST OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN A TAX BREAK)ALONG WITH THE BOOBS WHO RUN AROUND WITH THOSE RIDICULOUS SIGNS “DON’T TREAD ON ME”( WE NEED SIGNS LIKE THAT WITH THE SNAKE GETTING PEED ON) ALL OF THEM NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT JUST YOUR COUNTRY AND PEOPLE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR LOUD MOUTH COMMENTARY. IT IS BRAINLESS PODS LIKE THEM WHO HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE REPUBLICANS THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HAVE A POINT OF VIEW. WELL THE MAJOR POINT OF VIEW NOW SAYS SIT DOWN SHUT UP AND SHOVE IT WHILE THE REST OF US TRY TO FIND THE WAY OUT OF THIS CRAP THAT YOUR COMPLICITY HELPED GET US INTO.

Ow. My cochlea.


GADAWG
I’ve just spent thirty minutes of my time reading these comments, the majority of them written by people who 1)can’t spell worth a damn, 2)are ignorant as Hell, and 3)are probably not working, especially if they watched “The View”. I am ashamed of myself for spending part of my lunch hour (you see, I’m at work) reading this garbage. Never again…

It wasn't me I swear.