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  -My apologies to the readers of this forum who attacked Obama . . . you were right. mistertrickster  Dec-20-09 08:41 PM   #0 
  - like somebody else said, we GLBTers were the canary in the  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 08:43 PM   #1 
  - Yup. Who knew that a guy who sounded so liberal could be so DLC? nt  mistertrickster   Dec-20-09 08:46 PM   #2 
  - the immediate adulation for somebody new on the scene  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 08:50 PM   #5 
  - I didn't 'get' it then and I don't 'get' it now. nt  Captain Hilts   Dec-20-09 09:06 PM   #16 
  - The speeches always seemed very contrived to me. n/y  QC   Dec-20-09 10:06 PM   #27 
     - i never really thought they were all that either but others do. I  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 10:11 PM   #29 
     - His speaking style always seemed very affected to me.  QC   Dec-20-09 10:17 PM   #31 
        - oh i am sure he got that preacher style at YALE.  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 10:41 PM   #39 
        - Oh, it's the preacher deal that made people get all swoony.  QC   Dec-21-09 12:00 PM   #57 
           - I rarely listen to his speechs , especially during the primary.  jonnyblitz   Dec-21-09 12:22 PM   #58 
        - I think he's a great speaker...  Jeffersons Ghost   Dec-21-09 05:52 PM   #63 
     - You didn't have them on loud enough  ruggerson   Dec-20-09 10:43 PM   #41 
        - Well, that and I had not partaken of the sacrement before listening.  QC   Dec-21-09 11:18 AM   #56 
  - Its not even DLC  Stinky The Clown   Dec-20-09 09:01 PM   #13 
  - Believe nothing that you hear and only  WhiteTara   Dec-20-09 10:18 PM   #34 
     - i completely agree with what you say in your subject line.  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 10:45 PM   #42 
  - I dunno... a lot of unionized teachers were chirping too. nt  Smarmie Doofus   Dec-20-09 08:54 PM   #9 
     - I am glad. they should be chirping considering what he wants  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 09:00 PM   #11 
        - They are. The Education forum is the only place on this entire site....  Smarmie Doofus   Dec-20-09 09:25 PM   #22 
           - i should look at the forum. I made one mild comment in the  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 10:07 PM   #28 
  - Thank you for this.  racaulk   Dec-20-09 08:48 PM   #3 
  - Is never fun to realize you've been played. I rec'd for you nt  laughingliberal   Dec-20-09 08:50 PM   #4 
     - Agreed, and thank you.  racaulk   Dec-20-09 08:51 PM   #6 
  - Rec  MNBrewer   Dec-20-09 08:51 PM   #7 
  - REC (nt)  queerart   Dec-20-09 08:54 PM   #8 
  - That was the knock on Obama before he was nominated. Political  mediaman007   Dec-20-09 08:59 PM   #10 
  - Thank you  NMMNG   Dec-20-09 09:00 PM   #12 
  - The brazen, cynical triangulation of the McClurkin fiasco tipped me off  QC   Dec-20-09 09:04 PM   #14 
  - that's when I learned how virulently nasty many of his hardcore  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 10:18 PM   #33 
     - That was the ugliest time I have seen in eight years on this site.  QC   Dec-20-09 10:23 PM   #35 
     - FIGHT  Kalun D   Dec-20-09 10:30 PM   #38 
     - it seems pretty bad now with the apologists vs the critics.  jonnyblitz   Dec-20-09 10:50 PM   #44 
     - We are now seeing a backlash against more than two years of incessant bullying.  QC   Dec-21-09 10:51 AM   #54 
        - the backlash is an interesting thing to behold. I love this thread.  jonnyblitz   Dec-21-09 12:23 PM   #59 
           - It's funny, but now that people are once again free to say what they have been thinking  QC   Dec-21-09 12:28 PM   #61 
              - some of them are surprising me. nt  jonnyblitz   Dec-21-09 05:58 PM   #64 
     - let me also add that i agree with what you said about it setting the  jonnyblitz   Dec-21-09 12:16 AM   #48 
     - DNC  Kalun D   Dec-20-09 10:27 PM   #37 
     - Yeah, I think I put more people on ignore that week than all of the primaries  BR_Parkway   Dec-21-09 05:58 AM   #49 
        - I only use PM ignore so i don't get hate mail. I am too nosey  jonnyblitz   Dec-21-09 12:26 PM   #60 
  - There are haters here who don't deserve an apology.  liberalmuse   Dec-20-09 09:05 PM   #15 
  - So...In Order To Deserve an Apology, You Can't Have Posted Previously What Everyone's Posting NOW  Toasterlad   Dec-20-09 09:58 PM   #26 
  - Steel yourself for the inevitable  customerserviceguy   Dec-20-09 09:06 PM   #17 
  - I hear you, but those folks are deluding themselves to think O can win re-election. nt  mistertrickster   Dec-20-09 10:13 PM   #30 
  - It will all come down to the state of the economy  customerserviceguy   Dec-20-09 10:27 PM   #36 
  - I respectfully diagree.  Betty Karlson   Dec-21-09 06:29 AM   #50 
     - Agreed, his heart is not in the right place  customerserviceguy   Dec-21-09 10:18 AM   #53 
        - Maybe Mrs Clinton was right:  Betty Karlson   Dec-22-09 08:42 AM   #65 
  - Thank you  noamnety   Dec-20-09 09:09 PM   #18 
  - As others have said  Hydra   Dec-20-09 09:11 PM   #19 
  - I saw this type of foot dancing  waiting for hope   Dec-20-09 09:15 PM   #20 
  - Shell Game  Kalun D   Dec-20-09 09:21 PM   #21 
  - And two and a half wars going at the same time.  Smarmie Doofus   Dec-20-09 09:46 PM   #24 
  - Thanks, it wasn't fun. We lost a lot of good members  mitchtv   Dec-20-09 09:35 PM   #23 
  - It's Different When It's An Issue YOU Care About, Isn't It?  Toasterlad   Dec-20-09 09:55 PM   #25 
  - Well, yeah . . . in the sense that they are all important to me, but I thought that O  mistertrickster   Dec-20-09 10:17 PM   #32 
  - In fact, now that I think about it, repealing DADT would be a fairly easy "win" for Obama  mistertrickster   Dec-21-09 08:20 AM   #52 
  - You don't become a transformative President through "bi-partisanship"  ruggerson   Dec-20-09 10:42 PM   #40 
  - I never bought the "he can't do everything at once" crap. And the "chess move" baloney  valerief   Dec-20-09 10:50 PM   #43 
  - Thanks, Mister T. No hard feelings!  readmoreoften   Dec-20-09 11:20 PM   #45 
  - Absolutely...  RetiredTrotskyite   Dec-21-09 12:00 AM   #46 
  - this is a great thread to read through, glad you started it.  jonnyblitz   Dec-21-09 12:01 AM   #47 
  - Recommend  TexasObserver   Dec-21-09 06:34 AM   #51 
  - i dont think i have ever attacked him.i have criticized him and other dem leaders plenty  La Lioness Priyanka   Dec-21-09 11:16 AM   #55 
  - No, it's still part of the intergalactic chess game he plays in the cosmos. You'll see. n/t  newtothegame   Dec-21-09 12:46 PM   #62 
 

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