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In reply to the discussion: Check in if you Support President Barack Hussein Obama [View all]mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)"As for unconditional support, that is your statement not mine," followed by, "I believe in the man." These are contradictory, at least without more information. The original question of this post, "Do you support Obama," could mean anything since it lacks any details or context. When Bust et. al. used the phrase, "Support the troops," it was intended to quash dissenting views of people who were against the Iraq war as somehow being against the troops and unpatriotic. When I see something like, "Do you support Obama," it makes me uneasy in that, at best, it's cheerleading like "go Broncos" or some meaningless crap, or at worst, it's intended to coerce people to go along with whatever a person wants to do, without thinking through the consequences or implications.