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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-21-09 01:34 PM
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85. The second is why I would not blame the first.
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  -For me, it may come to this - If prosecutions on torture do not happen NRaleighLiberal  Apr-21-09 07:06 AM   #0 
  - Agreed.  ThomWV   Apr-21-09 07:07 AM   #1 
  - question.  Soylent Brice   Apr-21-09 07:27 AM   #2 
  - I don't know what is next. I will reserve the right to decide later on - but just said  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 07:34 AM   #6 
     - okay.  Soylent Brice   Apr-21-09 07:51 AM   #12 
  - "... which means it really doesn't matter who is president anyway."  Blecht   Apr-21-09 07:30 AM   #3 
  - What I mean is that he is able to do highly relevant but much "smaller" (in terms of $$ and power)  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 07:32 AM   #4 
     - And I feel your frustration, too  Blecht   Apr-21-09 07:47 AM   #11 
        - Well said!  CrispyQ   Apr-21-09 09:40 AM   #14 
  - I am with you! If a lawyer can write a memo and say torture is not a crime  Lint Head   Apr-21-09 07:32 AM   #5 
  - just don't rob more than 183 banks within a one month period--could get tricky...legally  Supersedeas   Apr-21-09 11:52 AM   #57 
  - So Obama gets the blame.  Solomon   Apr-21-09 07:37 AM   #7 
  - Did you read what I wrote before you typed?  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 07:42 AM   #9 
  - for me, it's single-payer healthcare- anything less and he's lost my vote for next time.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 07:39 AM   #8 
  - Even though he never campaigned on the promise of single-payer healthcare?  Connie_Corleone   Apr-21-09 09:42 AM   #16 
  - Unbelievable, isn't it? Didn't campaign for it and can't wave a magic wand  DevonRex   Apr-21-09 09:43 AM   #18 
  - yep.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 10:55 AM   #21 
  - Good lord. Do you think Congress might have something to do with that?  DevonRex   Apr-21-09 09:43 AM   #17 
  - leadership starts at the top.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 10:56 AM   #22 
  - reading your posts makes me think you never voted for him in the first place...  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:19 AM   #25 
     - I worked many hours for him. Another shallow thinker. very disappointing.  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 11:20 AM   #27 
     - i wasn't responding to you, but you can shove the holier-than-thou shit.  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:23 AM   #32 
        - yep.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:26 AM   #36 
           - so you start with the ad homs when people get in the way of your whimpering?  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:33 AM   #42 
              - whimpering?  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:44 AM   #50 
                 - yes, the people threatening to bolt after less than 100 days are whimpering fools.  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:45 AM   #52 
                    - in your under-educated opinion perhaps...  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:47 AM   #54 
                       - you resort to name calling, why? did i spoil your faux righteous outrage?  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:50 AM   #55 
                          - name-calling? like "whimpering fools" perhaps? what a fucking hypocrite.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:52 AM   #56 
                             - only if you're a whimpering, 3rd party voting fool.... are you? whimpering is a verb, and if you  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:53 AM   #58 
                                - the point is- you're the only one who actually "called names" up to that point...  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:55 AM   #59 
                                   - "whiny little bitch"? you sound cross...  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:56 AM   #60 
                                   - nope- just amused by the silly monkey in the zoo...  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:57 AM   #63 
                                   - au contraire: dysfunctional press: "judgmental ass all the way." post 36  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:57 AM   #62 
                                   - i'm having a great day...  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:58 AM   #64 
                                      - "silly stupid monkey "? why i must have touched a nerve. have fun with all that 3rd party jazz.  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:59 AM   #65 
                                         - ralph?  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 12:01 PM   #67 
                                            - let's leave it at this: send me a PM when you start advocating a third party here.  dionysus   Apr-21-09 12:03 PM   #68 
                                               - from remedial vocabulary on to remedial civics- you're a regular whiz kid...  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 12:11 PM   #69 
                                               - not voting for prez at all, even cooler! you're my new righteous hero! armed with a dictionary even.  dionysus   Apr-21-09 12:17 PM   #70 
                                               - knowing the problems that you've displayed with vocabulary- it was the least i could do.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 12:24 PM   #71 
                                               - when you start your "let's not vote for president" campaign on DU, please let me know.  dionysus   Apr-21-09 12:45 PM   #73 
                                               - everyone's entitled to make their own decisions...  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 05:05 PM   #89 
                                   - OH SNAP  Lilith Velkor   Apr-21-09 01:02 PM   #75 
                                      - he forgot he posted post 36 i guess  dionysus   Apr-21-09 01:15 PM   #77 
                                         - Are you telling me to not vote Democratic?  Lilith Velkor   Apr-21-09 01:28 PM   #83 
                                         - no, the guy i was arguing with is threatening to not vote for president next time because he's angry  dionysus   Apr-21-09 01:33 PM   #84 
                                         - who said "let's" ??? i simply said that I won't be voting for him if we don't get single-payer...  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 05:08 PM   #90 
     - that's your prerogative.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:23 AM   #33 
     - it's your prerogative to simper and whine about your unrealistic expectations too  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:25 AM   #35 
        - "simper and whine"????  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:27 AM   #38 
           - yes, thank you, i meant whimpering. thank you for making me remember the correct word  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:32 AM   #41 
              - and now that you've had your remedial vocabulary lesson...  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:43 AM   #48 
                 - now you question my intelligence because i questioned your whimpering? strange that  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:44 AM   #51 
                    - i question your intelligence because of your poor vocabulary skills.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 11:46 AM   #53 
     - Yep, since he never promised single payer to begin with. I think the poster is  DevonRex   Apr-21-09 01:02 PM   #74 
        - oh they're riled up today for sure!  dionysus   Apr-21-09 01:18 PM   #80 
        - i never said that he did.  dysfunctional press   Apr-21-09 05:15 PM   #92 
  - Careful What You Wish For...  KharmaTrain   Apr-21-09 07:42 AM   #10 
  - And not even 100 days in, our fearless Dems are thinking of  babylonsister   Apr-21-09 09:35 AM   #13 
  - Single Issue Voting is a Great Idea  NeedleCast   Apr-21-09 09:41 AM   #15 
  - This is not single issue voting. This is about what really goes on behind the scenes -  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 11:21 AM   #30 
     - The Way You Phrase It Above Seems Pretty Single Issue  NeedleCast   Apr-21-09 11:26 AM   #37 
        - Do you understand the consequences of not following through on torture?  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 11:29 AM   #39 
           - Yeah, I think it is an issue  NeedleCast   Apr-21-09 12:30 PM   #72 
  - Just ask'n...are we taking everything into account with this?  Norquist Nemesis   Apr-21-09 10:12 AM   #19 
  - It is underneath, and the whole picture, that I fear is really rotten.  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 11:20 AM   #29 
  - you are entitled to your little temper tantrum. But why DU allows it to remain posted is a mystery.  KittyWampus   Apr-21-09 10:16 AM   #20 
  - this is not a little issue. This is the fabric of our Democracy. Think a bit deeper.  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 11:19 AM   #24 
  - It was this type of thinking by Nader voters that got us Bush in the first place  Freddie Stubbs   Apr-21-09 11:08 AM   #23 
  - Wrong. You are comparing apples and oranges.  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 11:19 AM   #26 
  - bull fucking shit  frylock   Apr-21-09 02:44 PM   #87 
  - in for you voting a  pnutbutr   Apr-21-09 11:20 AM   #28 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-21-09 11:22 AM   #31 
     - awww, now you have to start calling people assholes because some aren't impressed with your  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:37 AM   #44 
     - It was supposed to be funny  pnutbutr   Apr-21-09 11:37 AM   #45 
        - you call out their whining and it really pisses them off.  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:42 AM   #47 
  - We should make politicians work for our vote. K&R  Tierra_y_Libertad   Apr-21-09 11:24 AM   #34 
  - Thank you. I am appalled at some of the responses here - sound like Bush apologists, or worse -  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 11:30 AM   #40 
     - no, some people are sick of the ceaseless, constant, never-ending whining. about *everything*  dionysus   Apr-21-09 11:34 AM   #43 
     - Whining is not my history. This is unique in my reaction to it. sorry if I've annoyed you.  NRaleighLiberal   Apr-21-09 03:28 PM   #88 
     - As am I.  Individualist   Apr-21-09 11:44 AM   #49 
  - As opposed to whom, though?  Orsino   Apr-21-09 11:38 AM   #46 
  - I understand.  mmonk   Apr-21-09 11:56 AM   #61 
  - Please check out the Move-on petition on this DU page. Sign it. They are gathering  MasonJar   Apr-21-09 12:01 PM   #66 
  - If the criminals get away with it because nobody dares prosecute  WeDidIt   Apr-21-09 01:07 PM   #76 
  - Its hard to say, He is leaving room though..  Fendius   Apr-21-09 01:15 PM   #78 
  - For me it's not a litmus test - I look at everything.  TBF   Apr-21-09 01:17 PM   #79 
  - I'm as cynical and left as anyone I imagine  personman   Apr-21-09 01:25 PM   #81 
  - Me, too.  closeupready   Apr-21-09 01:26 PM   #82 
  - The second is why I would not blame the first.  omega minimo   Apr-21-09 01:34 PM   #85 
  - If no prosecutions come  conscious evolution   Apr-21-09 01:44 PM   #86 
  - If Spain refuses to prosecute, I'm boycotting Spain.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Apr-21-09 05:10 PM   #91 
  - So, summarizing: you will not vote for him next time.  DutchLiberal   Apr-21-09 05:25 PM   #93 
 

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