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Tue Jan 3, 2012, 03:03 AM

TheKentuckian (17,385 posts)

79. I'm glad your state isn't controlled by Republicorp unverifiable robovoting.

That is always good to hear.

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114 replies	Author	Time	Post
Progressives Plan To Challenge Obama In Iowa - RawStory [View all]	WillyT	Jan 2012	OP
Don Quixote understands this 'strategy'	Cirque du So-What	Jan 2012	#1
+1	HuckleB	Jan 2012	#111
If they want those things	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#2
+1000 -- Getting Progressives elected to Congress is Job 1 for 2012	LongTomH	Jan 2012	#7
I agree	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#17
Exactly. nt	cstanleytech	Jan 2012	#49
Yes Yes Yes YES!	jonthebru	Jan 2012	#59
+1000	deacon	Jan 2012	#72
So IYO Liberals are incapable of both criticizing Obama and voting for Progressive Candidates	Bandit	Jan 2012	#81
Organizing caucus voters to vote "uncommitted" on Obama	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#83
Did I miss it when the president "promised single payer"?	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2012	#87
If you missed it	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#99
"Of course, as we know, conservatives are just big fat liars (hypocrites)." Agreed.	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2012	#104
I agree	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#110
Oh... He Didn't Promise... He "Advocated"...	WillyT	Jan 2012	#100
Du rec. Nt	xchrom	Jan 2012	#3
k & r	girl gone mad	Jan 2012	#4
What is 'progressive' about threatening to knee cap the Democratic Party/President??	Siwsan	Jan 2012	#5
Nothing at all IMHO	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#8
If we had a 'progressive' Democratic Party/President.	RC	Jan 2012	#36
"There's Not a dime's Worth Of Difference Between..."	pnorman	Jan 2012	#41
You are not taking back control of anything without electing progressive legislators.	ncteechur	Jan 2012	#98
And Presidents.	RC	Jan 2012	#108
Stop me	ProSense	Jan 2012	#6
Oh, just some ignorant dumbass.	DevonRex	Jan 2012	#9
Check post number 64 for your ignorant dumbass. n/t	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#65
Was that supposed to prove your point? "Senate" Candidate Obama agreed with the premise...	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2012	#88
Did you read post number 64? You only need to read the header. n/t	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#90
You need to re-read the o.p. which clearly states that Pres. Obama "promised single payer".	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2012	#96
I don't know how to make this any plainer, the first five words in my header are below.	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#101
You directed DevonRex to post #64. WTF was the point of that? You didn't answer the.....	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2012	#103
Let's try again one more time.	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#109
Ah, I see. You don't lie, you just mislead. "Flip-Flop"? Nice try, but no cigar.	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2012	#112
Not trying to imply he broke a promise.	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#114
Yeah, I sure would like a link to where Obama promised single payer	MH1	Jan 2012	#32
He DID promise the public option before he backed away from it.	RC	Jan 2012	#37
Any president can make promises though RC	cstanleytech	Jan 2012	#51
President Obama didn't promise it, but senate candidate Obama said he was a proponent for it.	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#64
Massive difference between promising something and advocating something.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#75
Some might say he was for it before he was against it. n/t	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#91
I'd say he was against it.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#92
the only way this will do something positive	RainDog	Jan 2012	#10
Right	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#13
I love the prescription for Obama's ails are the same as dealing with Bush or Reagan or Nixon.	TheKentuckian	Jan 2012	#28
What's your prescription then?	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#45
Blowing smoke is a heckuvalot easier	MH1	Jan 2012	#33
How sad that	theaocp	Jan 2012	#11
Obama's advice to "hold his feet to the fire" does NOT mean lying about his positions and	jenmito	Jan 2012	#38
Uncommitted means just that, so please stop with the hyperbole.	theaocp	Jan 2012	#42
No hyperbole:	jenmito	Jan 2012	#52
I read that as saying not voting for him in the caucus.	theaocp	Jan 2012	#57
They're separate things. They said they're not voting for Obama and they're also not telling	jenmito	Jan 2012	#67
I got my calendars mixed, so TOMORROW is the General Election?	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2012	#70
Nope, he campaigned on tax cuts.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#76
All of the things listed as reasons they're not voting for Obama he either didn't run on or did	jenmito	Jan 2012	#12
How is 16 or even 18 months almost exactly three years? Seems more like exactly double (or more	TheKentuckian	Jan 2012	#15
He said he'd have all COMBAT troops out in 16 or 18 months, and he did. n/t	jenmito	Jan 2012	#22
Hm, you think he read SOFA?	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#48
Hm, what's your point?	jenmito	Jan 2012	#54
The occupation ended because Iraq in the end forced a withdrawal.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#73
You don't think Obama knew that when he made that campaign pledge?	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#77
Yes I do.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#80
Yes, he was "being responsible." Trying to put training on SOFA. It was scrubbed.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#89
Isn't it interesting	ProSense	Jan 2012	#18
Yup...	jenmito	Jan 2012	#25
He ran on change	zipplewrath	Jan 2012	#43
Why, that's not change	Charlemagne	Jan 2012	#69
It is what it is	zipplewrath	Jan 2012	#71
No, they were the ones that stayed home in 2010. "They're ALL the same!"	Ikonoklast	Jan 2012	#56
Actually, it took him 16 months longer than what he promised and in the end...	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#53
Take it up with PolitiFact which rated it, "Promise Kept":	jenmito	Jan 2012	#58
Would this be the same source you are referring to?	ejbr	Jan 2012	#93
elect a democratic congress or you are pissing in the wind.	spanone	Jan 2012	#14
Exactly!	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#19
You are pissing in the wind in any event but it is a fair harm mitigation tactic, for now.	TheKentuckian	Jan 2012	#20
if i vote for the President....it COUNTS.	spanone	Jan 2012	#35
I'm glad your state isn't controlled by Republicorp unverifiable robovoting.	TheKentuckian	Jan 2012	#79
+100000	woo me with science	Jan 2012	#78
Exactly n/t	Spazito	Jan 2012	#21
+1	AtomicKitten	Jan 2012	#40
+10000	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2012	#97
I'm angry at Obama for not doing things that he didn't promise!!!!!	JoePhilly	Jan 2012	#16
Obama bad Obama bad Obama bad	treestar	Jan 2012	#29
I wonder if they'll buy NOBAMA bumper stickers like my Tea Party	JoePhilly	Jan 2012	#34
Try making CONGRESS more Progressive, geniuses.	CakeGrrl	Jan 2012	#23
When did Obama promise single payer?	maximusveritas	Jan 2012	#24
How dare they "work within the system" as the moderates claim they want them to?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan 2012	#26
That's winning strategery, for sure!...	SidDithers	Jan 2012	#27
Depends on their goal, it could be as simple as not wishing and unrepentent rubberstamp	TheKentuckian	Jan 2012	#39
I see this has gotten the expected reactions	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2012	#30
Yeah, I have to wonder why it keeps working, though?	boppers	Jan 2012	#61
Yup, some humans are	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2012	#66
Good for them - Obama needs a primary challenger	slay	Jan 2012	#31
Purist hogwash. Find the planet. This is LeftwingTeaParty talk.	RBInMaine	Jan 2012	#63
Then alert on it	slay	Jan 2012	#85
Nice start! Go Democratic primary process! Go progressive! K&R (nt)	T S Justly	Jan 2012	#44
The president should be complete uncompromising!	killbotfactory	Jan 2012	#46
A vote for Obama is a vote for Geithner and Bernanke	Marnie	Jan 2012	#47
Good Lawd - he didn't campaign on single payer, he got the troops out of Iraq (not fast enough? That	Pirate Smile	Jan 2012	#50
Absurd nt	TNProfessor	Jan 2012	#55
Kick !!!	WillyT	Jan 2012	#60
More purist nonsense. Single payer COULD NOT PASS. Just what brain disease do these fools have?	RBInMaine	Jan 2012	#62
It's The Disease Known As Being/And Believing, What It Means To Be An American..	WillyT	Jan 2012	#68
Do you know how to say anything other than "purist nonsense" - and why do you never respond	slay	Jan 2012	#86
SMH(shaking my head)	1stlady	Jan 2012	#74
Wtf?	HappyMe	Jan 2012	#82
The Dems need to be challenged as vigorously as the GOPers --	Hell Hath No Fury	Jan 2012	#84
k & r !! n/t	ejbr	Jan 2012	#94
they are simply making a statement	G_j	Jan 2012	#95
hahahaha I like how they have to say "he took to long on Iraq" now	MjolnirTime	Jan 2012	#102
Well Not Quite... Because Of Bradley Manning's Leaks...	WillyT	Jan 2012	#105
Manning also made the sun come up this morning.	Robb	Jan 2012	#107
The only thing Manning's leaks did is get him put in prison.	MjolnirTime	Jan 2012	#113
K&R n/t	unionworks	Jan 2012	#106

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