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In the discussion thread: This man should run for president one day - I really like him! [View all]

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 10:50 AM

raouldukelives (2,371 posts)

29. K&R nt

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132 replies	Author	Time	Post
This man should run for president one day - I really like him! [View all]	LynneSin	Apr 2012	OP
Isn't that the mayor who rescued his neighbor from a burning building?	mainer	Apr 2012	#1
Yep	Shankapotomus	Apr 2012	#7
The country doesn't deserve him...but I would love to have him as President.	nanabugg	Apr 2012	#95
Oh yeah, he's the one! What a hero.	mainer	Apr 2012	#2
I like the quote...	Ohio Joe	Apr 2012	#3
This is similar to the thoughts expressed to missionaries by	jerseyjack	Apr 2012	#102
you can start here	barbtries	Apr 2012	#114
I have a serious problem with Mayor Booker	vanlassie	Apr 2012	#122
Yup thats the man	madokie	Apr 2012	#4
Reading that quote in the OP....	Plucketeer	Apr 2012	#27
I knew who I was voting for when I voted for Obama	madokie	Apr 2012	#30
I am with you!! I could picture Cory Booker working WITH	BlancheSplanchnik	Apr 2012	#38
I agree	madokie	Apr 2012	#39
not to mention	ellenfl	Apr 2012	#52
Several days late even	madokie	Apr 2012	#55
Absolutely!	BlancheSplanchnik	Apr 2012	#115
+1	freshwest	Apr 2012	#110
You are sooooooooooooo right about that. nt	bonniebgood	Apr 2012	#61
What's not to like?	PassingFair	Apr 2012	#5
He also has been in these documentaries and tv shows:	dixiegrrrrl	Apr 2012	#64
Wow! The video was powerful --- a must see	goclark	Apr 2012	#84
He sounds like a good man	Art_from_Ark	Apr 2012	#6
I lOVE Cory! He visited HUD where I work a few weeks ago and we made eye contact. ;)	Liberal_Stalwart71	Apr 2012	#8
He's the commencement speaker at my son's graduation this year.	cyndensco	Apr 2012	#46
Yep, because he's easy on the eyes, too! :)	Liberal_Stalwart71	Apr 2012	#50
Nice	mactime	Apr 2012	#9
Recommended.	H2O Man	Apr 2012	#10
I totally agree LynneSin! k&r	Little Star	Apr 2012	#11
I want him to take	EC	Apr 2012	#12
That would be the next logical step.	mainer	Apr 2012	#16
k&r	HappyMe	Apr 2012	#13
I knew Cory Booker in high school.	aikoaiko	Apr 2012	#14
did you really????	renate	Apr 2012	#35
I did. We competed in track against one another for two years.	aikoaiko	Apr 2012	#47
Isn't he a charter school supporter?	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#70
He is. Plus he received a bucket of Zuckerberg money.	aikoaiko	Apr 2012	#75
Yes.	freshstart	Apr 2012	#112
I expect to see more of the same: attacks on the public sector covered with a big "compassionate"	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#125
Now that's the kind of Christianity I could possibly embrace...	Fritz67	Apr 2012	#15
Booker's quote shows what real Christianity is supposed to be!	hamsterjill	Apr 2012	#24
Nearly everything this guy says makes sense...unlike the Governor of NJ.	FailureToCommunicate	Apr 2012	#17
Indeed	Sherman A1	Apr 2012	#19
powerful statement - a person who lives what he preaches.	rurallib	Apr 2012	#18
Wonderful quote.	sinkingfeeling	Apr 2012	#20
Couldn't be a greater contrast between him and that lout of a NJ governor. nt	Tommy_Carcetti	Apr 2012	#21
Never much cared for Vin Diesel	RZM	Apr 2012	#22
If Cory becomes POTUS,	Jamaal510	Apr 2012	#23
I saw him on the Ellen show yesterday	DesertRat	Apr 2012	#25
Henry Gates traced his family	xxqqqzme	Apr 2012	#65
This guy should be on a short list for 2016.	LongTomH	Apr 2012	#26
Booker/Warren or	dgibby	Apr 2012	#31
Agree! I like him very much.	one_voice	Apr 2012	#28
K&R nt	raouldukelives	Apr 2012	#29
Sounds more like a Buddhist than any christian i've ever known personally	Namvet67	Apr 2012	#32
You haven't known real Christians.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#36
There are theologians who infer Jesus was trained in Buddhism/Hinduism	TahitiNut	Apr 2012	#37
India	mntleo2	Apr 2012	#117
Interesting. I'll check into that.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#121
12 years in catholic schools....I have known MANY "christians"............90 % of them.....	Namvet67	Apr 2012	#116
Christian Left	wryter2000	Apr 2012	#33
+1	Smilo	Apr 2012	#56
"Let your lives speak"	Justpat	Apr 2012	#34
yes, & booker's life speaks of privatizing the public sector, giving public money to religious	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#126
Love and agree with the quote, but then there's this	Iwillnevergiveup	Apr 2012	#40
Yup.	KamaAina	Apr 2012	#45
People with good intentions who are wrong about a few things	MH1	Apr 2012	#119
Snappy and spot on Mayor Brooker! If you don't mind, I'm quoting you!	Ninga	Apr 2012	#41
K/R!	CakeGrrl	Apr 2012	#42
I was familiar with his name	hifiguy	Apr 2012	#43
I think so too	riverbendviewgal	Apr 2012	#44
Cory Booker has more charisma	VWolf	Apr 2012	#48
I like him too!	MoonRiver	Apr 2012	#49
Wow. That's really great. He gets it.	Butterbean	Apr 2012	#51
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. did a segment with Cory Booker on "Finding Your Roots".	Arkansas Granny	Apr 2012	#53
Congressman John Lewis on "Finding Your Roots."	blaze	Apr 2012	#106
It'd be soooooooooooo fucking cool if the Christian Left got behind & WON with their own candidate!!	patrice	Apr 2012	#54
Twitter	Wildfire1324	Apr 2012	#57
This atheist approves	Taverner	Apr 2012	#58
I agree, but first he needs to be Governor of New Joisey	joeybee12	Apr 2012	#59
Tim Ryan Ohio for me	Rambis	Apr 2012	#60
Good post Rambis, I must	bonniebgood	Apr 2012	#62
Tx Only one calling bushco liars (nm)	Rambis	Apr 2012	#63
Just found out yesterday he wrote a book about MIndfulness	soleft	Apr 2012	#79
First, unseat Chris Christie, then . . .	tilsammans	Apr 2012	#66
I definately think he should run in 2013. New Jersey needs a good man like Booker	LynneSin	Apr 2012	#68
Agree. I usually abstain from the fat jokes, but now . . .	tilsammans	Apr 2012	#74
I think his quote was 'sitting on their fat-asses collecting government checks'	LynneSin	Apr 2012	#82
Christie and Booker are allies	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#87
Evidently	ProSense	Apr 2012	#91
One issue	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#97
TWO THUMBS WAAAAAAAAY UP	Skittles	Apr 2012	#67
I think I do, too -- I think about that often when something comes up	gateley	Apr 2012	#94
In Which I Rain on Everyone’s Cory Booker Parade	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#69
Bingo	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#72
this thread is unbelievable. does anyone actually look into politicians' actions anymore, or	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#76
Obviously their hotness is most important	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#78
apparently no one wants to acknowledge the charges, more comments on cory's hotness.	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#86
The events of the last few days are indeed a lesson. n/t	demmiblue	May 2012	#131
You're criticisms are reasonable, but they are not coming from his constituency for the most part.	aikoaiko	Apr 2012	#105
And the fact that he's smokin' hot	B2G	Apr 2012	#71
corey booker attempts to privatize newark's water supply; privatize garbage collection; privatize	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#73
Cory Booker: A Clear and Present Threat to Public Education	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#77
Ding! Ding! Ding!	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#80
that's why we all loved reagan, movie-star good looks. more on booker:	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#81
Can't be president -- he isn't married	Mr. Sinister	Apr 2012	#83
But does he have a dog?	KansDem	Apr 2012	#92
they just hired them for the presidency. booker can too.	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#127
and he saved a women from a fire!	Liberal_in_LA	Apr 2012	#85
Inspirational. Kind of like Jesus. :-) nt	gateley	Apr 2012	#88
No thanks,,	butterfly77	Apr 2012	#89
and the third way dems.	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#104
I listened to his CNN interview after saving a person from fire, and I would not vote for him	Vehl	Apr 2012	#90
Who paid for this advertisement?	loudsue	Apr 2012	#93
May be next NJ Governor first	nradisic	Apr 2012	#96
No	freshstart	Apr 2012	#113
As an atheist I've always appreciated he's had to say	got root	Apr 2012	#98
He was featured on PBS's "Finding Your Roots"	Iris	Apr 2012	#99
Booker is a good guy	klook	Apr 2012	#100
if you consider union-busting, privatization of public services, charter schools & vouchers "good"	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#124
Good info, thanks	klook	Apr 2012	#130
HA! I was thinking - "wonder if it's Cory Booker..."	calimary	Apr 2012	#101
I attended a speach by him about 3 years ago.	jerseyjack	Apr 2012	#103
Terry Booker is awesome	Timbuk3	Apr 2012	#107
Erm...	Timbuk3	Apr 2012	#108
it sickens me to think the democratic party would run a candidate associated with privatization	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#128
I've thought that since I read about him saving a woman from a burning building. I didn't know yet	DesertDiamond	Apr 2012	#109
Amen brother!	rrHeretic	Apr 2012	#111
while some on the board are "oohing and aahing" this man	newspeak	Apr 2012	#118
+1. but none of the oohers is going to respond. if a candidate is smoking hot, talks a good game,	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#120
He is taking 100,000.00 from Nestlé	vanlassie	Apr 2012	#123
seems booker has been annointed by the "new democrats" & no one wants to hear.	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#129
I read through this thread trying to find out what the guy had done that was so great.	Prometheus Bound	May 2012	#132

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