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In reply to the discussion: Is the President just punking the base at this point? [View all]Proud Public Servant
(2,097 posts)33. Nonsense
Every poll going shows that the public now trusts the Dems more than the GOP on national security; if anything, they trust our party more to make the right decisions. And given the GOP's antipathy toward Hagel, there's no way to argue that he's the one who's going to sell military cuts; they don't even want to confirm him, let alone give in to him on the military budget. We won, and we won in no small part on foreign policy; why shouldn't one of our own be guiding Defense?
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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