They are no different than the PUMAs were with Clinton back in ’08.

Sure, they’re smarter and don’t use so many exclamation points. But they behave the same when someone dares write anything negative about Obama. The same refusal to believe that he can be at all fallible. He’s no more than a rock star to them and damned anyone for saying otherwise.

This is illustrated best by the most recent event– the failure of the Super Committee to kill Medicare come to a compromise. Previous to the final decision, some of the nuPUMA² kept reminding people that Obama couldn’t work with the Congress he has. They were hamstringing him and there was nothing he could do. He was powerless against them. Some were saying that Obama was staying out of the Super Committee workings; keeping hands off. He is, afterall, at the mercy of Congress and has no influence over them.

Then the Super Committee failed. No compromises on killing Medicaid/Medicare/Social Security and making the Bush tax cuts permanent. No accepting GOP extortion, in my opinion. Suddenly, the nuPUMA are celebrating Obama’s victory. He put pressure on them, you see, it was all his doing.

Good grief, make up my fucking mind. Either he has no influence and can get nothing done, or he can twist arms and get his way.

Well, see, if you ask this question then the issue becomes “Are you going to vote?” I don’t know why. I don’t understand the way that works. Ask an honest question and get that shit back. Of course, PUMA didn’t make sense to me either.

Another example is the police violence on Occupiers. I am a staunch supporter of the Occupy Movement. I truly believe that this country is fucked because politicians are bought and paid for by the banks and their lackeys. I understand the movement and get their point. I roll my eyes heavily when someone says “What do they want?” It’s a leaderless, nonpolitical movement. There is no Heritage Foundation to make the message palatable. You have to actively discuss the issues with occupiers and pay attention. Even if you don’t agree with the movement, the violence against the Occupiers is uncalled for. It’s extreme, ugly and is obviously an attempt to suppress the message. Tear gas, rubber bullets, arresting the press, confiscating equipment, using billy clubs against student, pepper spray on elderly ladies, ramming people with horses. If you watch what is happening you’d think it was happening somewhere else³.

I was one person that questioned why Obama will make a statement in support of Egyptian protesters, but ignore the violence perpetrated against American citizens. We wondered why he didn’t issue a statement against the violence. He is, afterall, a Constitutional scholar and the leader of this country. Was a simple statement too much to ask?

Apparently it was. The nuPUMAs were up in arms. Why hadn’t we spoken out against police violence before? Why would we think the President would have any influence over the local law enforcement agencies⁴? Why would he want to get involved? He has no responsibility, you see, to the people of this country. That responsibility lies solely with the mayors and police chiefs. Or something. It’s crazy to expect the President of the United States to have any kind of influence over local politics or to be able to issue a simple statement against the use of force on the Occupiers. He is just the President. Only one man. No one important. I mean, not even he mentioned the police violence against Black folks in this country.

Until someone came across an article from May that said the U.S. was going to investigate cities for civil rights violations (police brutality⁵ and what have you). Well, there you go! That should be enough! That action back in May was actually Obama’s action against violence used on the protesters. Of course, it also shows that Obama didn’t ignore police brutality against People of Color, but that is not the point. I’m such a negative nelly. Forgive me.

I think the nuPUMAs do more damage to Obama than we do. The teabaggers are out for blood, but nuPUMAs excuse his worst offenses and his weakest policy with “He’s got no power.” How is that possible? I actually saw a nuPUMA say that if someone is accused of terrorism they don’t deserve due process. Remember who else said that? I do and his name was Cheney. Assasination lists are ok, as long as Obama is in charge; keeping someone imprisoned without a trial is ok, as long as Obama is in charge; rendition is ok, as long as Obama is in charge; etc etc. Remember when Bush used his Executive office to give himself unprecedented presidential powers? I do too. Obama, gods love him, has helped himself to those same powers.

I’ve also recently seen “Inside Job”. I’ve got to say, the fact that Obama kept many of Bush’s financial advisers makes me ill. But I really expected him to be another Clinton, so that’s not too surprising. What’s surprising is that his Bush-like policies are getting lauded by some of the same people who want Bush in jail⁶.

I don’t like the nuPUMA and that’s who this post is about. I know in 2012 I’ll cast a vote for Obama because I’ll have no other choice. I’m pretty sure he’s already won the election considering the candidates that have been chosen to run for the GOP side⁷. I don’t like nuPUMAs because I didn’t like old PUMAs. They bug the shit out of me. Always twisting and turning and putting aside their previously held beliefs. Honestly, I think I’m going to start just copying and pasting their silly contradictions just so I can keep them bookmarked while pointing and laughing at the same time.

1. The people that have come up with those labels are themselves paid pundits, or trying to be.
2. I’ll come up with a better name for them, but this one will do for now
3. I realize these things happen here all the time. But with Twitter and other social networking tools the images get out much, much faster.
4. The very agencies that were, of course, authorizing the force used against the protesters.
5. I’ll look for it. I don’t have the link handy right now.
6. Which is never going to happen because we have to move forward.
7. Could they get anymore comical? Really?