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In reply to the discussion: Stuff That (Increasingly Desperately Disillusioned) Obama Supporters Say [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)190. Yes, appeals were pending, which is what I said
But there was no particular reason to expect the Log Cabin Republicans to fail in the end.
Then the Democrats lept in and repealed the law before the Log Cabin Republicans could finish what they started. But we can't pretend they did not get there first.
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Stuff That (Increasingly Desperately Disillusioned) Obama Supporters Say [View all]
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
OP
It's crazy land. Democrats overwhelmingly do something. Republicans get credit.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#144
I'm sure, even, if the right wing SCOTUS shot it down, Obama would've been blamed.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#149
No, it didn't. DADT went into a less strict form, but it was waiting on the SCOTUS.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#287
The LCR didn't "make them look bad." It was political gamemanship, and it *worked*.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#298
2 years isn't a long time to overturn a law like that. You just THINK it is.
phleshdef
Jan 2012
#322
Thank you. I truly think FDL thinks its members are the stupidest people on the Internets.
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#255
And yet all I heard from 99% of all Republicans was that ending DADT was a mistke
Sheepshank
Jan 2012
#326
Barack Obama pursued and successfully overturned the ban on gays in the military. PERIOD.
phleshdef
Jan 2012
#206
Who does? Who is they? Progressives? Liberals? The video makers? "professional leftists"?
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#11
Lol, I was just thinking the same thing. Chavez is able to get his government to
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#129
Not really, there has always been a strong, but small opposition to Chavez from the left.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#138
Then there's the fact that most "right wingers" in Venezuela are far left of our Democrats...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#156
Yep. The same "progressives" posting a dozen times in this thread denying every
Number23
Jan 2012
#100
So you're claiming that absolutely no articles that express any criticism of President Obama's
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#23
The video isn't mocking Obama, it's mocking a small but very vocal segment of his fanbase.
LeftyMom
Jan 2012
#28
So now we're making fun of Obama supporters? I thought us Liberals were above that.
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#31
I doubt any Trekkie would poke fun at a Klingon wedding. Starting to see my point?
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#42
But you didn't poke fun at them. You just mentioned them without poking fun.
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#47
I'm offended that someone would post a video that makes Lefty's look dumb and stupid.
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#51
+ a million. I just saw one particularly special Obama "detractor" call for Stephen Colbert
Number23
Jan 2012
#101
Joking is not the word for what Stephen Colbert is doing. He's making satire of the
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#193
This OP is not an article about issues. This is a video about how "stupid" Obama supporters are.
MADem
Jan 2012
#128
If you are perceived by most as someone trying to depress the vote for Barack Obama
Bolo Boffin
Jan 2012
#145
Indeed. That is in the TOS, and he also said something about folks who get themselves a
MADem
Jan 2012
#126
The OP seems to only REC articles that are negative of Obama. Not even a REC for the pipeline. SMH
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#32
You don't do a very good job monitoring posts. You "missed" this one:
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#34
My point was that ALL of the OP's recs were for negative articles about Obama. That was my point.
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#83
Some people don't like to rec their own posts. They think it's stupid and self-aggrandizing.
Starry Messenger
Jan 2012
#87
What are you talking about?! I DID click the link, that's not the point. Whoosh over your head.
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#91
And THAT kind of smug condescending elitism. Keep it coming. You are becoming a parody of yourself.
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#102
There you go again, making believe you know what would make people "proud as punch".
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#118
I posted the article on Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Why didn't you?
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#189
LOL. Yeah, "policing the forums". By checking someones PUBLIC PROFILE? Get a HUGE GRIP!
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#75
Using what you find in their profile as a means to intimidate is very orwellian.
unapatriciated
Jan 2012
#254
she is fighting ron paul on this board by being the only person posting about him
SwampG8r
Jan 2012
#174
Maybe because you're new you are not familiar with this OP who is highly respected
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#143
Why, thank you! I will return the favor, Sir Scurrilous and deem thee extra SPECIAL highly respected
Number23
Jan 2012
#270
This is a Democratic board. Probably 99.9% of the posters here are Democrats.
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#301
Reading is not the same as interacting, getting to know people, sometimes even meeting
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#304
Well, since most of us rarely comment on the responses to a particular post,
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#315
Why should you assume that any DUers would leave during the election season?
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#320
And please note, not so long ago something this idiotic would have gotten over 200 recs
Number23
Jan 2012
#319
Your false charge that I'm a "right wing paid troll" is a clear violation of DU rules.
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#191
So you have no problem with violating DU rules. Do you have an exemption from those rules?
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#215
So you are also falsely charging that I'm "a right wing, paid troll'?
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#238
there is no try. there is only accomplish, as evidenced by your post coming in at #164
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2012
#234
When satire strikes a personal chord, it is wise not to show that fact....
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#199
You are the best! Good luck with bringing peace to some of these haters. Obama is still my choice
mfcorey1
Jan 2012
#213
BBI - I saw this over at CD a couple days ago. I figured if I'd post it here
truth2power
Jan 2012
#192
you win. your daily anti-dem campaigning has finally convinved me not to vote for obama...
dionysus
Jan 2012
#222
apparently some people are "increasingly desperate" to face another 4 years of him in office.
dionysus
Jan 2012
#252
I think they're hanging out with the people who KNEW Obama wasn't going to try to end DADT. nt
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#258
And they were hanging out with the folks that KNEW the president was going to kill Social Security
Number23
Jan 2012
#265
Your posts are always very professional, shame you don't profit from them.
great white snark
Jan 2012
#272
Funny, I didn't see "Increasingly Desperately Dissillusioned" anywhere in that vid
Capn Sunshine
Jan 2012
#278
Are you assigned the task of posting on DU as a staffer for a Democratic Party campaign committee?
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#307
Thanks for the response. And I also am not paid by anyone to post on DU.
Better Believe It
Jan 2012
#323
These two are obviously "professional leftists" and dirty hippies. K&R
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2012
#309