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Wed Jan-07-09 03:37 AM
Response to Reply #52 |
| 61. It's also the only solution to health care that requires no extra money |
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Here's a clue--the Rethugs are absolutely opposed to anything he proposes in that area no matter what it is, so why not go for the solution that requires no more money from a seriously strapped government?
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| -Gotta Love that SANJAY GUPTA for GS pick! Gotta Love OBAMA! |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-06-09 11:10 PM |
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The same Gupta that looked like an ass attacking Michael Moore over Sicko? |
MessiahRp |
Jan-06-09 11:14 PM |
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You're supposed to forget about that. |
olkaz |
Jan-07-09 08:45 AM |
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That was the one time he really lost me |
HughMoran |
Jan-07-09 09:25 AM |
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I lost all respect for the guy after that...what a dick |
Roxy66 |
Jan-07-09 09:35 AM |
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Michael Moore isn't God |
LittleClarkie |
Jan-07-09 11:02 AM |
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Michael Moore is God |
HughMoran |
Jan-07-09 12:19 PM |
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Sorry. He's been demoted to Moses. |
LittleClarkie |
Jan-07-09 12:23 PM |
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No but neither is big Pharma and HMOs... however Gupta chooses to worship them |
MessiahRp |
Jan-07-09 12:37 PM |
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The issue isn't that Gupta called out Michael Moore |
uberllama42 |
Jan-07-09 01:38 PM |
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Yeah, the same fucker but unless |
zidzi |
Jan-07-09 12:55 PM |
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Moore told people to vote Nader over Gore. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Jan-07-09 01:29 PM |
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The Gupta nom if it comes would be one of the smartest that he'd have made imo |
TheDonkey |
Jan-06-09 11:14 PM |
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he's really cute too! |
Cash_thatswhatiwant |
Jan-06-09 11:15 PM |
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He's no Fareed Zakaria! :-) NT |
Clio the Leo |
Jan-06-09 11:16 PM |
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True dat! |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-06-09 11:39 PM |
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Fareed has my heart. |
Jennicut |
Jan-06-09 11:41 PM |
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Aye.... Quite the impressive chap! |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-06-09 11:52 PM |
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And that intervnew he did with Barack..... |
Clio the Leo |
Jan-07-09 08:52 AM |
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Great book.. |
WCGreen |
Jan-06-09 11:55 PM |
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Yup. He is very intelligent. I felt bad after the Mumbai attacks happened |
Jennicut |
Jan-06-09 11:57 PM |
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I remember that... |
WCGreen |
Jan-06-09 11:58 PM |
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THANK YOU Barack..... |
Clio the Leo |
Jan-06-09 11:16 PM |
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He'll be visible, Nobody can name any SG since Jocelyn Elders. |
NYC_SKP |
Jan-06-09 11:17 PM |
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that's not true, there was C. Everett Koop |
merh |
Jan-06-09 11:44 PM |
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all the folks who weren't paying attention till after 1989? |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-06-09 11:55 PM |
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I couldn't tell you who is the SG now. |
merh |
Jan-07-09 12:05 AM |
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Yes. I think the Surgeon General really has a Rank...... |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 12:10 AM |
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I just looked it up, it appears to be the uniform |
merh |
Jan-07-09 12:33 AM |
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Afaik, Koop was the first SG in years to actually wear the military uniform that goes w the office |
Hekate |
Jan-07-09 01:33 PM |
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Koop came before Elders. |
NYC_SKP |
Jan-06-09 11:58 PM |
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I recall |
merh |
Jan-07-09 12:02 AM |
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I'm lame.... |
NYC_SKP |
Jan-07-09 12:04 AM |
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No sweat |
merh |
Jan-07-09 12:08 AM |
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C. Everett Koop is a jack ass |
spiritual_gunfighter |
Jan-07-09 09:33 AM |
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Koop had the good grace to go with the evidence on legal abortion not harming women... |
Hekate |
Jan-07-09 01:27 PM |
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I can't quite see cute little Sanjay |
Terran |
Jan-07-09 04:39 PM |
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This could be one of his better appointments |
nevergiveup |
Jan-06-09 11:26 PM |
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I'm glad that you've figured all of this out. |
redstate_democrat |
Jan-06-09 11:27 PM |
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I like him. He'll do fine in that position. He's well respected. n/t |
firedupdem |
Jan-06-09 11:29 PM |
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He's pissing off all the right people. |
Hanse |
Jan-06-09 11:36 PM |
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FrenchieCat once again apologizing for Obama |
cboy4 |
Jan-06-09 11:39 PM |
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That's me. Better a lover than a hater....expecially when not required. |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-06-09 11:41 PM |
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And there's no need for an apology when Barack isn't sorry! n/t |
firedupdem |
Jan-06-09 11:44 PM |
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Thanks! That was taken a few months back on my 50th Birthday! |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-06-09 11:47 PM |
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There is NO way that you're 50 in that pic! |
Greyskye |
Jan-07-09 11:59 AM |
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Love your compliment, |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 12:45 PM |
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Much better to love than to hate |
Uzybone |
Jan-07-09 12:07 AM |
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My best friends are the ones who criticize me not those who compliment me no matter what |
thewiseguy |
Jan-07-09 12:29 AM |
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Good for you. |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 01:05 AM |
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We are not shitting on Obama. I still love him. |
thewiseguy |
Jan-07-09 01:18 AM |
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Cool! |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 01:19 AM |
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You have a lot of credibility in my opinion. When you criticize him |
JenniferZ |
Jan-07-09 09:22 AM |
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Zowie. |
TahitiNut |
Jan-07-09 12:31 AM |
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beautiful! |
Fran Kubelik |
Jan-07-09 08:47 AM |
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um... |
NatBurner |
Jan-07-09 09:47 AM |
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Preach it, girl! You are cracking me up!! |
Number23 |
Jan-07-09 09:15 PM |
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EVERYTHING is FABULOUS! |
Bluebear |
Jan-07-09 01:43 AM |
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It could be a whole lot worse...... |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 02:25 AM |
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I used to think primaries had consequences |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jan-07-09 02:34 AM |
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Was Obama supposed to get all of his people from outside of Government? |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 03:03 AM |
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What I expected was CHANGE from the polices of the last 28 years |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jan-07-09 03:11 AM |
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You expected change 14 days before inauguration......? |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 03:22 AM |
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I expect nominees that are SANE and capable of a different direction |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jan-07-09 03:33 AM |
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Yeah, OK. Continue to demand that Obama fulfill your wishes that he didn't run on. |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 03:50 AM |
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I don't think it's too much to ask |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jan-07-09 04:10 AM |
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Yeah......demanding and damning 14 days before his inauguration |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 04:17 AM |
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"....to heal the divides that have held back our progress." |
pnorman |
Jan-07-09 04:42 AM |
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Which is strange |
dmallind |
Jan-07-09 08:33 AM |
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Feelin' a but snarky are we? |
HughMoran |
Jan-07-09 09:30 AM |
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Sorry to dissapoit. :) |
Bluebear |
Jan-07-09 10:53 AM |
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I'm actually somewhere in the middle |
HughMoran |
Jan-07-09 11:11 AM |
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I can pick on your typos |
Bluebear |
Jan-07-09 11:13 AM |
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Yes, my name is undoubtably not "Hugh" |
HughMoran |
Jan-07-09 11:16 AM |
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sorry for the delay, we had freezing rain/ice all day |
Bluebear |
Jan-07-09 06:37 PM |
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It started raining/freezing rain just an hour ago and my outside thermometer says 24F |
HughMoran |
Jan-07-09 07:51 PM |
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Haven't you become quite the stick in the mud lately. |
HughMoran |
Jan-07-09 09:28 AM |
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the last one I liked was Jocelyn Elders |
ruggerson |
Jan-06-09 11:41 PM |
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It'll probably shut Blitzer up... |
Puzzler |
Jan-06-09 11:47 PM |
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Blitzer was stammering today..... |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-06-09 11:51 PM |
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"Cnn honored" |
redstate_democrat |
Jan-06-09 11:53 PM |
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You know that CNN has a biggo giant ego...... |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-06-09 11:57 PM |
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Once again, Obama has taken an influential potential critic |
pnwmom |
Jan-07-09 12:15 AM |
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he just might be kinda smart! |
firedupdem |
Jan-07-09 12:18 AM |
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He's a corporate shill! |
Enthusiast |
Jan-07-09 05:52 AM |
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I don't know about turning him into an ally |
blendermax |
Jan-07-09 02:39 AM |
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But who better than Gupta to answer those media pundits? |
pnwmom |
Jan-07-09 04:03 AM |
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Well, there is certainly a silver lining there. |
berni_mccoy |
Jan-07-09 12:27 AM |
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Pitiful. . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jan-07-09 12:44 AM |
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Please do not pity my op..... |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 01:06 AM |
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I pity the appointment . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jan-07-09 02:15 PM |
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Marcus Welby is too old, I guess. |
leftofthedial |
Jan-07-09 12:49 AM |
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That seems to be the story of his cabinet: co-opt your rivals, both in politics and in the media. |
Occam Bandage |
Jan-07-09 01:28 AM |
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Think Lieberman will be thinking about that when he has a choice |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 02:27 AM |
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The only real benefit I see is that when Obama rolls out his healthcare plan.... |
BlooInBloo |
Jan-07-09 01:33 AM |
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Well that is the silver lining in what is otherwise a rather large cloud. |
Raineyb |
Jan-07-09 02:03 PM |
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K&R, my dear FrenchieCat! |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Jan-07-09 01:50 AM |
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Except that Michael Moore was 100% right about everything in SiCKO |
eridani |
Jan-07-09 02:04 AM |
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Well, single payer was not proposed during the election...... |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 02:21 AM |
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It's also the only solution to health care that requires no extra money |
eridani |
Jan-07-09 03:37 AM |
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Obama did not run on Single Payer health...... |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 03:58 AM |
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If enough people harass him about it, he may see the light |
eridani |
Jan-07-09 05:14 AM |
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Great choice, Obama. I couldn't be more pleased. |
lamp_shade |
Jan-07-09 04:01 AM |
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This is the longest Facetious reply chain ever. |
StClone |
Jan-07-09 04:45 AM |
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I'm afraid he'll try to talk Obama out of Universal Healthcare |
Hell_If_I_Know |
Jan-07-09 04:57 AM |
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What other TV talking heads could he award cabinet positions too? |
PuraVidaDreamin |
Jan-07-09 06:08 AM |
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Surgeon General is NOT a cabinet position - it's more of a PR job |
LynneSin |
Jan-07-09 08:34 AM |
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Anyone who knows about the role of Dr Koop |
Bluenorthwest |
Jan-07-09 09:18 AM |
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Yup, AIDS and tobacco |
LostinVA |
Jan-07-09 10:28 AM |
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Thanks For Writing That |
Crisco |
Jan-07-09 11:25 AM |
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No I don't gotta love it. |
Sentinel Chicken |
Jan-07-09 06:41 AM |
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At least Medical Cannabis |
LostinVA |
Jan-07-09 10:28 AM |
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I'm starting to come around on Gupta |
Politicub |
Jan-07-09 08:18 AM |
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Yes it was a very Machiavellian move by Obama......I approve. nt |
Phoonzang |
Jan-07-09 08:20 AM |
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Surgeon General is a PR position but here's another smart move I think.... |
LynneSin |
Jan-07-09 08:33 AM |
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Perhaps then Rush Limbaugh ought to be his press secretary. |
endarkenment |
Jan-07-09 08:37 AM |
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Frenchie, even you don't love this pick as much as you're letting on. |
Kristi1696 |
Jan-07-09 08:40 AM |
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Obama recognizes the role of star power |
JaneQPublic |
Jan-07-09 08:49 AM |
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You've got a couple of good points, Frenchie. Gupta makes me nauseaous and has for quite some |
K Gardner |
Jan-07-09 09:22 AM |
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To think, they slammed Obama as a celebrity |
Alcibiades |
Jan-07-09 09:34 AM |
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Check and mate. I think Gupta's a great choice. |
Phx_Dem |
Jan-07-09 10:20 AM |
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'Apparently, only open gay people can create diversity.' - What a shitty thing to say. |
Bluebear |
Jan-07-09 11:03 AM |
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It's called sarcasm, look it up. |
Phx_Dem |
Jan-07-09 03:05 PM |
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It is a great choice from a public relations standpoint. Agreed. |
IsItJustMe |
Jan-07-09 10:53 AM |
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I think Gupta will be a good mouthpiece and he'll probably be okay |
Vinca |
Jan-07-09 11:01 AM |
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That is such an asinine analysis |
Echos Myron |
Jan-07-09 11:23 AM |
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You have the right to your opinion, and I won't even call it |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 12:40 PM |
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Making Nancy Grace Attorney General would be a devastating 1-2 knockout! |
flvegan |
Jan-07-09 12:46 PM |
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Meh...I was actually thinking more along the lines of "Judge Judy" - |
bullwinkle428 |
Jan-07-09 01:19 PM |
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Yeah, but she's syndicated. Frenchie wants the cable news folks behind Obama, |
mycritters2 |
Jan-07-09 02:08 PM |
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Catherine Crier -- also a judge and liberal |
LostinVA |
Jan-07-09 03:06 PM |
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Appoint a liberal? |
flvegan |
Jan-07-09 03:20 PM |
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I know -- but, she is kinda cute! |
LostinVA |
Jan-07-09 03:39 PM |
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Yeah, we all know what YOUR cabinet would look like. |
flvegan |
Jan-07-09 03:41 PM |
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Angelina Jolie could be Head of Immigration |
LostinVA |
Jan-07-09 03:45 PM |
#135 |
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By the time you were done, Bill Clinton would be a saint in comparison. |
flvegan |
Jan-07-09 03:50 PM |
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Maybe as White House Photographer? |
LostinVA |
Jan-07-09 08:39 PM |
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I so thought |
zidzi |
Jan-07-09 12:52 PM |
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I agree with all the criticism of Gupta - I also suspect that he will do well as SG |
grantcart |
Jan-07-09 01:31 PM |
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I think that the selection of Dr. Gupta will have it's advantages. |
Veganistan |
Jan-07-09 01:35 PM |
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I love how it's pissing off the woos. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Jan-07-09 02:18 PM |
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That is a bonus. |
Veganistan |
Jan-07-09 07:24 PM |
#139 |
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Fuck this strategy bullshit - pick someone qualified- forget the chess game |
lame54 |
Jan-07-09 03:08 PM |
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He is qualified. That ain't the problem....... |
FrenchieCat |
Jan-07-09 03:37 PM |
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Uh, did Obama pick him for his initials? SG for SG? |
JFKfanforever |
Jan-07-09 07:33 PM |
#140 |
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