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markpkessinger

(8,392 posts)
Thu May 10, 2012, 12:42 PM May 2012

Glenn Greenwald: "The president deserves credit for his actions in this civil rights area"

I know there are some here who think Greenwald is the spawn of Satan, but he genuinely gives President Obama credit for his gay marriage stance, taking a more charitable view than even many folks here have taken. Well worth a read...


http://www.salon.com/2012/05/09/e_3/singleton/

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Glenn Greenwald: "The president deserves credit for his actions in this civil rights area" (Original Post) markpkessinger May 2012 OP
Some folks will NEVER be satisfied. Brooklyn Dame May 2012 #1
Sorry, but GG is still an asshole. The good news is that he probably lost his LCR readership... Tarheel_Dem May 2012 #2

Brooklyn Dame

(169 posts)
1. Some folks will NEVER be satisfied.
Thu May 10, 2012, 12:58 PM
May 2012

...and those are the same people who think the POTUS is their own personal President, and not the President of the U.S. Nobody gets everything they want all of the time.

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/05/the-romanticized-south-redux-im-looking-at-you-north-carolina/

Perhaps liberals will take a moment to remember that he said "Yes WE can," not, "I can do it all by myself."

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/02/5-annoying-things-that-liberals-do/

Have a look at the alternatives:

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/03/this-is-america-on-wingnuttery/

And don't forget what we stand to lose:

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/02/r-or-d/

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/04/stealing-from-the-hungry/

Tarheel_Dem

(31,222 posts)
2. Sorry, but GG is still an asshole. The good news is that he probably lost his LCR readership...
Thu May 10, 2012, 02:44 PM
May 2012

by offering this bit of faint praise, and I'll wager that not many Democrats really give a shit one way or the other. Count me among 'em.

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