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In reply to the discussion: Is the President just punking the base at this point? [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)5. Before you know it someone from Monsanto will be leading the FDA. nm
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or maybe he's saying "go ahead sit out another election" . fallout from the 2010 election
leftyohiolib
Jan 2013
#1
because he wants to pretend he's being forced to implement far right positions by
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#16
The rich and their corporations own them and us. There's not a damned thing anyone can do about it.
L0oniX
Jan 2013
#2
learned helplessness- we need to stop just watching, we are suffering from Bystander effect
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#8
"learned" ...no ...FORCED. We are not Spain. We are THE military corporation. N/T
L0oniX
Jan 2013
#11
why are you here if you don't care and don't think we can do anything about it?
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#56
It helps people when they think they can make a difference. It's like "don't worry be happy" thing.
L0oniX
Jan 2013
#18
of course they do,it was a joke- this is why our food is crap and they release drugs without testing
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#9
Some people are not threatened by being who they are AND integrating with different others.
patrice
Jan 2013
#28
Nobody is being punked. Obama is, and always has been, a "centrist". It's his base who
Romulox
Jan 2013
#31
**IF** we do it ourselves, an authentic Centrist MUST validate that & if we authentically do that &
patrice
Jan 2013
#37
Why should anybody care what party the President's cabinet is from? They represent his views.
Romulox
Jan 2013
#49
Not centrist. Far right idealog. Example: putting seniors in "Chained-CPI".
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#60
A centrist does not destroy 500 years of Habeus Corpus - that is extreme far right.
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#59
It's called a "platitude". And "change!" did come: the rich got richer over the last 4 years. nt
Romulox
Jan 2013
#84
Everyone wants to throw a switch & everything'll be different; that's NOT the way it can/will/should
patrice
Jan 2013
#34
Making one comment a few years ago doesn't brand you something for life...
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#46
I seem to recall someone else opposed Gay Marriage at the time, but changed his opinion...
brooklynite
Jan 2013
#51
When even Greenwald likes Hagel, you have to assume you are too far left to be living in reality.
Hamlette
Jan 2013
#57
More than the sequester? Big War is Killing the Economy. Period. We need a defsec who can say this
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#65
Nice try. Now, try to stay in the real world for a bit while you look up the facts.
Hamlette
Jan 2013
#79