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The Million-Ton Gorilla [View all] Bonobo Feb 2013 OP
I won't waste my vote in protest like some did in 2000. Just say NEVER AGAIN. graham4anything Feb 2013 #1
Yeah why would we have to worry about a non-democrat becoming president? Bonobo Feb 2013 #2
People shouldn't have tossed LBJ aside in 1968. Might have been 53 straight years & counting graham4anything Feb 2013 #4
Yeah, and forty more years in Vietnam, MadHound Feb 2013 #7
Nixon sabatoged the peace talks. Fact. Reagan sabatoged the hostages. Fact. graham4anything Feb 2013 #8
Gawd, you are so historically and politically illiterate I'm not even going to bother to educate you MadHound Feb 2013 #10
no, you have it backwards graham4anything Feb 2013 #37
LBJ withdrew from the race voluntarily. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #60
yeah,but the people should have demanded he run graham4anything Feb 2013 #61
You're right. Move on. Nothin' to see here. jerseyjack Feb 2013 #5
Your blame for 2000 is misplaced. Always trying to blame someone else. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #18
no, its the ones that blame our President, that are attempting to shift the blame graham4anything Feb 2013 #40
Yep, after all, the choice was Romney (or any Repuke) or a centrist, moderate "Republican".. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #52
What does it matter? MrSlayer Feb 2013 #3
We are eminently disposable, commodities to the global 1%. The question, as coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #6
It amazes me that people think this is a new practice/tactic being used by our Govt. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #9
Oh. nt Bonobo Feb 2013 #12
Please link me to material regarding our previous standing assassination programs Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #51
Obviously the way to defuse these concerns about Obama's arbitrary execution powers kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #11
Nope. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #13
-1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bahrbearian Feb 2013 #14
No. Obama has reached Level 1 douchebag. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #15
Could you do me a favor? jeff47 Feb 2013 #16
Oh. And what does that have to do with anything I asked? Bonobo Feb 2013 #17
It means every single president has had this same power. jeff47 Feb 2013 #20
They may have had the power, but they were never bold enough to claim it was legal Bonobo Feb 2013 #21
So....it's better that they lied? jeff47 Feb 2013 #24
More reductionistic side-tracking. Sorry, I pass. Bonobo Feb 2013 #26
It's side tracking to point out foreigners dying to the same attacks are just as horrific? jeff47 Feb 2013 #29
No, you misread me entirely if you think that. Bonobo Feb 2013 #31
So why are you trying to give citizens magical protections? jeff47 Feb 2013 #35
I'm not and yes, there is something preventing non-citizens be killed at the discretion of the POTUS Bonobo Feb 2013 #38
No, actually assassination's legal. jeff47 Feb 2013 #41
My outrage is not limited to this president. Bonobo Feb 2013 #42
Dems in office were just dandy with it when W was doing it. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2013 #44
Depends on whose "legal" you go by. Bonobo Feb 2013 #43
No, but it's legal under US law to do so. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2013 #45
& right there you slipped up-you don't WANT this fixed KakistocracyHater Feb 2013 #48
Yes, because you're inside my head jeff47 Feb 2013 #55
you're using a well known technique of blurring KakistocracyHater Feb 2013 #58
A supected terrorist is a dead terrorist think Feb 2013 #39
yeah GUILTY BY BLOOD RELATION KakistocracyHater Feb 2013 #59
Jeff is saying what I was saying above, this is nothing new. Would it make you feel better if JaneyVee Feb 2013 #25
You do not see the danger in codifying such actions? Bonobo Feb 2013 #28
All war is a lack of morality. I just can't seem to work up the paranoia about this because JaneyVee Feb 2013 #34
So can you answer the OP question? Bonobo Feb 2013 #36
that poster pointed out "many of them minorities" KakistocracyHater Feb 2013 #49
I'm speaking of the police, here in America. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #53
No, I said it should expire under this administration. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #54
WTF does that have to do with the price of prunes in Peru? nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #19
It means presidents we despise already had this power jeff47 Feb 2013 #22
In the last election, who did you vote for? cliffordu Feb 2013 #23
I voted for... Bonobo Feb 2013 #27
LOL. cliffordu Feb 2013 #32
Yup. I would vote for a 3-4-5-6-7-8 term. Wish they would change the rules however graham4anything Feb 2013 #62
Yes. sagat Feb 2013 #30
FUCK NO! We use to have rights in this country. The right to live think Feb 2013 #33
No... ReRe Feb 2013 #46
I do not support the idea that any president can order the murder of an American citizen. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #47
Give them this inch, they'll take a mile. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #50
I support the rule of law RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #56
kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #57
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