~> -> I do not agree with your assessment, nor do I have a "diametrically
~> -> opposite" one.  I don't believe I have even GIVEN an assessment of
~> Obama. 
~> -> So the bottom line is that I (and quite possibly you) have no idea what
~> you
~> -> are trying to say.
 
~> I was directly responding to your description, opinion, assessment,
~> whatever, of Obama.
 
No, actually you weren't.  Sauer was complaining about people who disagree
with President Obama.  John asked him about his view of people who have a
GENUINE disagreement with Obama.  I pointed out that his posts for the last
two years have reflected a True Believer mindset that recognizes no such
disagreement as being genuine.  All must be attacked.  You conveniently
jumped in to show that you also are such a Believer.

You are not alone.  Many others follow along with every flip and flop and
reversal of position.  For a good parody of your mindset, see:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-horowitz/offshore-it-were-all-for_b_521448.html

This is on the reversal of position on off-shore drilling.  In part:

" Were we caught off guard when the president made his announcement? Maybe
a little bit. Some of us here at All Things Obama had somehow been under
the impression that the president had a somewhat different view of the
matter, and that his view on expanded offshore drilling could best be
summed up as follows: No way. No how.

Accordingly, some of us had adopted a quite similar view, and we were only
too happy to point out the many dangers, and the minimal benefits, that
expanded offshore drilling would produce.

But once the president clarified his thinking -- that is, once the
president announced on Wednesday that he wanted to go ahead with expanded
offshore drilling -- we were only too happy to point out what a wonderful
thing this would be.

We're also happy to point out how carefully nuanced and deeply reasoned the
president's decision was -- not to mention how judicious it was, and even
how politically savvy it was.

All in all, in fact, we have no hesitation in saying that Barack Obama made
exactly the right decision, for exactly the right reasons, and that we're
totally on board -- unless, of course, he should decide to change his mind,
in which case that will be exactly the right decision, for exactly the
right reasons.

We await further instructions."
 
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