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Tue May 7, 2013, 11:16 PM

May 2013

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Obama Did It For the Money by Robert Scheer [View all] xchrom May 2013 OP

Nothing dishonorable about recognizing years of support. TheLion May 2013 #1

Filthy lucre is right. She is a bankster bailed out by taxpayers to the tune of half a billion. Octafish May 2013 #58

And heres the problem.. busterbrown May 2013 #67

It's worse than that - Obama saved the RepubliCON party. fasttense May 2013 #74

We are neck deep in a class war. She is a general on the wrong side. I had HOPE that BO rhett o rick May 2013 #61

Where are the sarcasm symbols? salib May 2013 #64

Sold out for money and is brazen about it. How sad, pitiful even. byeya May 2013 #2

Read what Greg Palast has to say about her antigop May 2013 #3

Thanks for letting people know abt Greg Palast's site. truedelphi May 2013 #63

yeah, Palast has made a nice $$$living for himself with his whine vineyards. graham4anything May 2013 #77

Pritzkin made some nice profits from corruption in the sub prime morgage scandal. As if she sabrina 1 May 2013 #86

Palast is soooo rich!! roody May 2013 #89

yeah he's so rich he could afford a rental truedelphi May 2013 #90

Is the sarcasm over my head? roody May 2013 #91

My point is that he certainly isn't one of the One Percent. truedelphi May 2013 #92

I have no hope. I see no future. n/t Hotler May 2013 #4

I feel the same way. Nt newfie11 May 2013 #6

Ah, the onslaught continues. Skidmore May 2013 #7

How can you read the things posted on here newfie11 May 2013 #13

It seems to work for them. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #21

You need to realize that some things posted on this board, and this has always been true except for Skidmore May 2013 #29

And some things posted here are facts. Such as this OP which many of us were aware of sabrina 1 May 2013 #52

Thank you, Sabrina . . . markpkessinger May 2013 #53

Well said Sabrina...Kudos!! n/t haikugal May 2013 #54

The only way to stop the madness is to public fund elections... WCGreen May 2013 #57

Well stated! Generic Other May 2013 #66

well stated... GetTheRightVote May 2013 #94

There we go! Like your attitude. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #69

what's demoralizing and divisive is not postings on a chatboard, it's the 1% running the country HiPointDem May 2013 #70

Same here rickyhall May 2013 #24

here's a hopeful thought Enrique May 2013 #39

sorry, not interested in your hopium magical thyme May 2013 #73

"The Republicans don’t dare push back too hard on shady business practices..." KoKo May 2013 #5

So ProSense May 2013 #11

Dodd-Frank is weak and ineffective to stop another 2008 ...by design. L0oniX May 2013 #16

Maybe, but ProSense May 2013 #35

If you made a point, it isnt obvious to me dreamnightwind May 2013 #59

Well, ProSense May 2013 #62

I think there are very few politicians nowadays... kentuck May 2013 #8

Poor people don't contribute to campaigns. L0oniX May 2013 #17

They only need us on election day newmember May 2013 #22

Public funding of elections. Public funding of elections. Public funding of elections. reformist2 May 2013 #9

Which would have to be done Le Taz Hot May 2013 #26

One way or another dreamnightwind May 2013 #60

It's right out there in the open. They just don't give a shit. Safetykitten May 2013 #10

At least someone still loves Obama Fumesucker May 2013 #12

Wow... fredamae May 2013 #14

Also has supported Hillary Clinton. Watch out. JDPriestly May 2013 #18

This is one of those times fredamae May 2013 #19

True. Same was true with Clinton. JDPriestly May 2013 #38

+ + byeya May 2013 #40

Stunning, when the "Dots are Connected"? fredamae May 2013 #46

Bravo, well put. n/t haikugal May 2013 #56

I guess he's never heard of the saying, Arctic Dave May 2013 #15

Why not just hold an auction for cabinet posts? Or a yard sale? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #20

Chicago chessmaster. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #23

The best at what? Beacool May 2013 #32

That's the same post and pic you put in your other thread today Kolesar May 2013 #34

Elsewhere, you admitted being a conservative. Are you here to disrupt liberal/progressive comments? AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #37

You keep posting it for a reason Kolesar May 2013 #41

To the extent that I post it, it hightlights that he (like you) is what is called a "conservative". AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #43

You are not making good use of your day Kolesar May 2013 #44

Is that what you do with your time? AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #45

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Name-calling, conservative pretending to be a liberal/progressive Kolesar. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Bobbie Jo May 2013 #49

They walk among us kenny blankenship May 2013 #87

There Can Be No More Doubt - Obama Has Sold Us Out cantbeserious May 2013 #25

Seriously? loyalsister May 2013 #27

The truism Newest Reality May 2013 #28

well she does appear to be "good" with money. DCBob May 2013 #30

it is deeply revealing... Enrique May 2013 #31

From the OP commentary: ProSense May 2013 #51

Aside from that, does she pay the same taxes as everyone else and if not why not? And was she sabrina 1 May 2013 #88

Politicians and wealthy donors go together like PB & jam. Beacool May 2013 #33

Corrupt from Stem To Stern. HughBeaumont May 2013 #36

Some people believe it is easier to buy elections and positions... kentuck May 2013 #42

Well, I guess it could have been worse . . . hatrack May 2013 #50

Don Siegelman is in prison for this sort of thing. subterranean May 2013 #55

$$$ blkmusclmachine May 2013 #65

"money doesn't talk, it swears" nt bbgrunt May 2013 #68

And if we got the friggin' Dalai Lama elected president it would mean nothing if we didn't get okaawhatever May 2013 #71

She has also supported GW Bush, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Joe Lieberman Fumesucker May 2013 #72

Obama is just a man RunInCircles May 2013 #75

If it's Wednesday, must be a daily fix of anti-Obama threads. graham4anything May 2013 #76

From Scheer no less Recursion May 2013 #81

Yup, he is a Rand Paul/Ron Paul supporter. But then, they always are. graham4anything May 2013 #82

Two words, broken gov't, and we should have known when BushCo got a pass. nt mother earth May 2013 #78

ROBERT SHEER SUPPORTED RAND PAUL FOR SENATE IN KY. He is a 20% extremist. graham4anything May 2013 #79

Scheer also stood up to Bush in the run-up to the Iraq invasion and lost his job for it. Octafish May 2013 #85

Robert Scheer now? Recursion May 2013 #80

oh my the outrage !!!! madrchsod May 2013 #83

She's certainly one to attract attention. LWolf May 2013 #84

It is called corruption, it is ubiquitous, and it is a problem Agony May 2013 #93