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Liberalynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 06:45 AM
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  -Nervous Democrats say President Obama must be bolder on economy alp227  Aug-10-11 09:26 PM   #0 
  - Haters, obviously.  Wilms   Aug-10-11 09:40 PM   #1 
  - and after he is bolder...  dennis4868   Aug-10-11 09:43 PM   #2 
  - Then you call them out, over & over so the people know you are fighting for them  DJ13   Aug-10-11 09:47 PM   #4 
  - UNCARING?  dennis4868   Aug-10-11 09:51 PM   #7 
  - Speeches are not actions. Talk is cheap. nt  eilen   Aug-11-11 09:13 AM   #50 
  - Thank you. n/t  SusanaMontana41   Aug-11-11 10:04 PM   #92 
  - As President Elect, he promised to cut Medicare and OASDI, and, as President, he  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 02:30 PM   #59 
  - That's not why he's unwilling to take a stand  lbrtbell   Aug-11-11 01:06 AM   #36 
     - Yup, you nailed it!  Vidar   Aug-14-11 03:40 PM   #113 
  - Getting "No's" may help the public understand what's going on. . .  jimlup   Aug-10-11 09:47 PM   #5 
  - the public already knows what's going....  dennis4868   Aug-10-11 09:53 PM   #8 
     - But the majority of the public DOESN'T know about the  gateley   Aug-11-11 12:32 AM   #35 
        - Here's a one-liner that would help Obama and the congressional Dems, were they  coalition_unwilling   Aug-11-11 01:54 AM   #38 
        - Obama used that line in 2008, then went another direction. Would people believe him again anyway?  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 02:47 PM   #62 
        - +1  Liberalynn   Aug-11-11 06:45 AM   #45 
        - recommend 100%. but I will give the complainers one bone  okieinpain   Aug-11-11 11:11 AM   #52 
        - Agree - wow, do I agree! nt  gateley   Aug-11-11 01:59 PM   #56 
        - Lame stream media will call him names, no matter what. They're calling him weak now.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 02:49 PM   #63 
        - And that does not account for people who never even bothered to register.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 02:41 PM   #60 
        - Your post is SOOOOO spot on, I feel the same exact way..  disillusioned73   Aug-11-11 02:50 PM   #64 
  - What Senate filibusters? The phantom Republican "procedural filibusters" that Democrats permit?  Better Believe It   Aug-10-11 10:35 PM   #14 
  - I am so fucking tired..  sendero   Aug-11-11 05:29 AM   #42 
  - He couldn't  femrap   Aug-11-11 02:17 PM   #57 
  - It's not giving in when you're getting what you want.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 02:53 PM   #65 
  - Do you know how modern filibusters work?  killbotfactory   Aug-12-11 01:22 AM   #105 
     - Fine..  sendero   Aug-12-11 05:30 AM   #107 
  - You mean, take back the same seats we had January 2009 through January 2011?  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 02:23 PM   #58 
  - "They never loved him."  emilyg   Aug-10-11 10:42 PM   #15 
     - "And refused to be won over?"  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:31 PM   #72 
  - Peter Wallsten who earns his money dissing the President.  jaxx   Aug-10-11 09:45 PM   #3 
  - Brilliant...absolutely fucking brilliant...  russspeakeasy   Aug-10-11 09:48 PM   #6 
  - Bold? Are you kidding? Not a bold principled bone in his body.  mochajava666   Aug-10-11 10:02 PM   #9 
  - not bold for a black man to enter the white billionaires house? you sound like limbaugh  certainot   Aug-10-11 10:22 PM   #12 
     - Ouch. Actually, I was so proud that a black man was elected.  mochajava666   Aug-10-11 10:32 PM   #13 
     - did you ignore the opposition or underestimate it?  certainot   Aug-10-11 10:57 PM   #16 
     - Some might argue that having opposition...  primavera   Aug-11-11 12:30 AM   #34 
     - Opposition even has been known  Liberalynn   Aug-11-11 06:52 AM   #46 
     - That dog won't hunt..  sendero   Aug-11-11 05:34 AM   #43 
     - Believe it, or not, the bully pulpit also requires builing relationships with people  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 02:59 PM   #66 
        - That may be true...  sendero   Aug-11-11 06:44 PM   #81 
        - politics is different now  certainot   Aug-11-11 11:26 PM   #100 
     - Is that why he maintained and escalated Bush's wars of choice?  FiveGoodMen   Aug-11-11 01:35 PM   #55 
        - That post made me stop breathing for a second.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:05 PM   #67 
        - yeah, spend a lot of capital pissing off all the republican generals, forget the economy  certainot   Aug-11-11 08:33 PM   #86 
     - Hillary would have been no better, perhaps worse.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 02:45 PM   #61 
        - Tell me about it. I was a John Edwards supporter. Silly me.  mochajava666   Aug-11-11 05:09 PM   #78 
     - Not as a servant.  grahamhgreen   Aug-10-11 11:28 PM   #19 
     - well, for instance, the koch's political 2x4 beats away 24/7 and the left is nowhere to be seen  certainot   Aug-10-11 11:43 PM   #20 
        - We can not defend policies we are ethically opposed to such as mandatory insurance from corrupt  grahamhgreen   Aug-11-11 12:03 AM   #25 
           - in all of those issues his position is weakened by the left ignoring RW radio  certainot   Aug-11-11 12:15 AM   #30 
           - Bull. He gave up the public option before the reform bill ever reached Congress.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:15 PM   #69 
              - he was hiding the WH visitors log because the GOP could have a field day with it  certainot   Aug-11-11 07:40 PM   #83 
                 - I have to agree with no elephants.  grahamhgreen   Aug-11-11 10:21 PM   #93 
                    - did you know hannity's radio show broadcast from the heritage foundation?  certainot   Aug-11-11 11:35 PM   #103 
           - +1  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:08 PM   #68 
           - good thinking. then we can get in another george bush and the country can then finally see how bad  certainot   Aug-11-11 07:25 PM   #82 
              - Really, we are just trying to get some firm promises on what he will do. For some  grahamhgreen   Aug-11-11 10:24 PM   #94 
                 - but that's part of the problem that relates directly to unchallenged RW radio  certainot   Aug-11-11 10:58 PM   #95 
                    - I have to agree RW hate radio is dangerous - it spurreed the genocide of Rawanda...  grahamhgreen   Aug-12-11 04:52 PM   #109 
                       - but it is the loudest bully pulpit- to stop it left has to protest the stations, shame the local  certainot   Aug-12-11 06:00 PM   #110 
                          - All Obama has to do is ask for a million people to march on DC for Medicare for All.  grahamhgreen   Aug-12-11 10:54 PM   #111 
           - so when reagan/bush was training death squads in central america dems didn't want to stop it?  certainot   Aug-11-11 08:13 PM   #85 
     - "you sound like Limbaugh"  tgal   Aug-11-11 12:22 AM   #32 
     - not a bold principled bone in his body? sounds like limbaugh to me- the kind of  certainot   Aug-11-11 07:40 AM   #47 
        - Actually, he didn't give up a boatload of money in law to be a community organizer.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:28 PM   #70 
        - Dupe  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:28 PM   #71 
     - "a black man to enter the white billionaires house"-that talking point memo tidbit from  Lorien   Aug-11-11 12:22 AM   #33 
     - cool  certainot   Aug-11-11 07:42 AM   #48 
     - *** IGNORE THE RACE BAITER ***  Maven   Aug-11-11 01:22 PM   #54 
        - what are you talking about?  certainot   Aug-11-11 07:43 PM   #84 
        - what the fuck are you talking about?  certainot   Aug-11-11 08:35 PM   #87 
        - what the fuck are you talking about?  certainot   Aug-11-11 08:36 PM   #88 
  - Rearranging the deck chairs.  swilton   Aug-10-11 10:16 PM   #10 
  - the problem is the collective 'left' never got his back from day one and the right does all messagin  certainot   Aug-10-11 10:18 PM   #11 
  - Yes, the left got his back, but he kicked the single-payer advocates out of the room and made back  grahamhgreen   Aug-10-11 11:26 PM   #18 
  - for 20 years 1000 radio stations have been making single payer virtually impossible  certainot   Aug-10-11 11:50 PM   #22 
     - Sorry, but the polls clearly showed a majority Of Americans want Medicare for All.  grahamhgreen   Aug-11-11 12:05 AM   #26 
     - but those fucking senators let the screaming loud minority enable their filibusters  certainot   Aug-11-11 12:20 AM   #31 
        - Maybe they should  kimsarah   Aug-11-11 02:06 AM   #40 
        - but because the left ignores the radio they have allowed the alternate reality to be  certainot   Aug-11-11 07:49 AM   #49 
        - Also bull. The bull about the radio got shot down by the post about polls and  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:42 PM   #75 
           - you really think he doesn't want a good health care system for his kids future and the country and  certainot   Aug-11-11 11:02 PM   #96 
           - what polls? the whole beauty of 1000 radio stations is that you don't have to pay attention to pol  certainot   Aug-11-11 11:09 PM   #97 
     - Untrue. The radio stations have not been talking against single payer for 20 years.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:40 PM   #74 
        - i've heard it for 20 years, how the canadian system was commie, etc  certainot   Aug-11-11 08:47 PM   #89 
        - PS hillary care was a major talk radio's trophy, right up there with anita hill & impeachment  certainot   Aug-11-11 11:54 PM   #104 
  - The Left supports progressive policies and the pols that push them  eilen   Aug-11-11 09:18 AM   #51 
  - but there can be no national rational discussion of any major reform as long as the 'left' ignores  certainot   Aug-11-11 08:58 PM   #90 
  - Also baloney. BTW, you do know the opposite of the left is the right?  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:34 PM   #73 
     - yeah, here.... http://youtu.be/HnrfuTUlqVs  certainot   Aug-11-11 11:28 PM   #102 
  - Not nervous, angry Dems pushing the obvious solutions he refuses to enact.  grahamhgreen   Aug-10-11 11:24 PM   #17 
  - What solution has he vetoed? nt  killbotfactory   Aug-12-11 01:24 AM   #106 
  - I'm afraid that very little can be done on the jobs front...  Flatulo   Aug-10-11 11:47 PM   #21 
  - He could push for an affordable public option to boost entrepreneurship and job creation.  harun   Aug-11-11 12:00 AM   #23 
  - And Max Baucus will block it. n/t  BumRushDaShow   Aug-11-11 04:30 AM   #41 
  - I believe the problem is one of globalization, not lack of entrpreneurship. nt  Flatulo   Aug-11-11 05:53 AM   #44 
  - He could push for an affordable public option to boost entrepreneurship and job creation.  harun   Aug-11-11 12:00 AM   #24 
  - FDR didn't worry about how many incentives he had to shove at the private sector to get them to hire  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:47 PM   #76 
     - It's frustrating, isn't it? There is so much infrastructure to be (re)built here, but  Flatulo   Aug-11-11 06:21 PM   #80 
        - You are absolutely right. Well said.  mochajava666   Aug-12-11 01:40 PM   #108 
  - Could they have understated that any more?  hulka38   Aug-11-11 12:06 AM   #27 
  - How hard can it be to get out there and say "Jobs, jobs, jobs"?  McCamy Taylor   Aug-11-11 12:13 AM   #28 
  - No thanks.I've seen where "bolder" gets us on things with this POTUS:  AllyCat   Aug-11-11 12:13 AM   #29 
  - +1 That is always my first thought when I hear people urge him to do more.  No Elephants   Aug-11-11 03:53 PM   #77 
  - Why is the number of Seals being reported at 22? 17 died. Bad enough as is, but not 22.  SleeplessinSoCal   Aug-11-11 01:45 AM   #37 
  - These nervous Democrats  kimsarah   Aug-11-11 02:04 AM   #39 
  - +1, we have a long list of those that have earned a Primarying.  harun   Aug-11-11 11:14 AM   #53 
     - I was watching a panel on CSPAN around 2 am...3 men who write  Gin   Aug-11-11 05:58 PM   #79 
        - Unfortunately fear is the only language the GOP understands. Obama needs to start  harun   Aug-11-11 11:12 PM   #98 
  - The president's plan for the economy is already sealed by the debt-limit-crisis  indepat   Aug-11-11 09:24 PM   #91 
  - "Bolder" ... ?? Obama has been practically comatose on economy ....  defendandprotect   Aug-11-11 11:22 PM   #99 
  - Why doesn't he just get out the manual. The constitution, and in there, is a plan all laid out for  midnight   Aug-11-11 11:27 PM   #101 
  - Stop the endless wars.  sarcasmo   Aug-13-11 07:59 PM   #112 
  - Too late kids. Way too late.  Safetykitten   Aug-14-11 04:20 PM   #114 
 

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