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snappyturtle

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10. It is a good move on the President's part. Maybe NOW the electorate will see
Thu May 23, 2013, 10:06 PM
May 2013

the repubs for the obstructionists that they are.

Daggers are nice, but bring on the Grand Jury and subpoenas leveymg May 2013 #1
the dagger, alas, is metaphorical......... lastlib May 2013 #6
Shall we start a pool on when those subpoenas will be coming? Buzz Clik May 2013 #13
Absolutely! A Grand Jury on War Crimes with all the network... Left Coast2020 May 2013 #17
It was absolutely what needed to be said, kpete.. Cha May 2013 #2
Apparently not tragically inadequate enough to prompt a trial. Occulus May 2013 #29
how about criminally negligent? magical thyme May 2013 #3
Bush and cheney should have resigned over 9/11 Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #48
This was a major speech on the Obama Doctrine Hekate May 2013 #4
That was a great speech! rightsideout May 2013 #7
Yes I certainly heard him loud and clear on reducing presidential powers. snappyturtle May 2013 #9
But he's trying to be a dictator treestar May 2013 #19
It certainly did. Laelth May 2013 #21
och...that has to hurt.... madrchsod May 2013 #5
Dos words are likely to make the repubs fighting mad, maybe mad enough to thwart, indepat May 2013 #8
It is a good move on the President's part. Maybe NOW the electorate will see snappyturtle May 2013 #10
Nope. WAY too subtle. Most of 'em won't get it. calimary May 2013 #15
It wasn't subtle,imho, but, it may be too "deep" for those who don't truly listen. snappyturtle May 2013 #16
You mean even more "thwarting" than the last five years? How is that even possible? xtraxritical May 2013 #12
Simple question 90-percent May 2013 #11
I'm interested in seeing where this second term will go. Lone_Star_Dem May 2013 #14
The good thing ProSense May 2013 #18
what dagger? prosecute bushco & stop pursuing its policies. HiPointDem May 2013 #20
if that's a dagger, it hits Clinton's heart just as hard Enrique May 2013 #22
i was thinking the same thing exboyfil May 2013 #31
If not harder. merrily May 2013 #36
Obama comes out as 9/11 Truther! Blue State Bandit May 2013 #23
Sure seeems that he is implying that the govt saw the threat on the eve of 9/11 NoMoreWarNow May 2013 #46
Bush KNEW and Terrorists FLEW Octafish May 2013 #24
thank you for preserving those tidbits grasswire May 2013 #37
Who cares? Words are cheap. Prosecution I would applaud. JayhawkSD May 2013 #25
shhhh Niceguy1 May 2013 #26
It's like Rosa Parks talking but never getting on the damned bus Ezlivin May 2013 #27
And on paper, he's maintaining the same Bush policies ... Myrina May 2013 #28
Junior needed 9/11 or an incident like it to implement the Neocon Agenda. formercia May 2013 #30
The Bush administration is laughing its ass off. It's over. They did what they wanted to do. djean111 May 2013 #32
I really hope the media Utopian Leftist May 2013 #33
"brilliantly phrased dagger to the heart of the Bush administration in speech today" NCTraveler May 2013 #34
The trail started with the 1972 Olympics. Government failed to protect us. merrily May 2013 #35
US was responsible for the Israeli Olympic team's security at the Munich Olympics? How do HiPointDem May 2013 #39
Where did you get that? merrily May 2013 #40
americans weren't attacked at the 72 olympics that i recall, and they didn't take place in the US. HiPointDem May 2013 #41
Seems clear to me. I mentioned a trail of terrorist attacks merrily May 2013 #43
actually, in the post i responded to you said nothing like that. it wasn't clear at all. HiPointDem May 2013 #44
This is, of course, not possible. mlevans May 2013 #38
Obama remains a master at cementing identity politics. truedelphi May 2013 #42
K & R SunSeeker May 2013 #45
"Move along. Nothing to see here. Smirk." - George AWOL Bush (R) Berlum May 2013 #47
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