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Wed Aug-11-10 10:42 AM
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| 32. Now I want a Hot Pocket |
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 It's the cheese. Seriously though, I wonder what numbers they are looking at. That 85% "liberal approval" that keeps getting waved around...I wonder what that really reflects?
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| -If the Administration didn't agree with Gibbs, they would have said so |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:28 AM |
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One Would Think So...n/t |
Steely_Dan |
Aug-11-10 10:29 AM |
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Oh definitely. |
Starry Messenger |
Aug-11-10 10:31 AM |
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That's how I saw it, too |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:33 AM |
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I think they are playing a dangerous game. |
Starry Messenger |
Aug-11-10 10:36 AM |
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The swing voters I know are not voting dem or for Obama again. They think it's |
RKP5637 |
Aug-11-10 10:37 AM |
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neither are the ones I know. They are either looking for a third party or will stay home |
Lorien |
Aug-11-10 10:48 AM |
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It should be an interesting year, to say the least! |
Starry Messenger |
Aug-11-10 10:53 AM |
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Somehow, some think an economy can be run without employment and |
RKP5637 |
Aug-11-10 11:40 AM |
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Oh, I agree |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:38 AM |
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Now I want a Hot Pocket |
Starry Messenger |
Aug-11-10 10:42 AM |
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I had a very cheesy homemade bean burrito last night for dinner |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:45 AM |
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I agree. Swing voters don't hear that sort of thing anyway & |
TBF |
Aug-11-10 05:36 PM |
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DUer RainDog turned me on to a great documentary |
Starry Messenger |
Aug-11-10 06:14 PM |
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Why WOULDN'T the administration agree with Gibbs? Does Obama think he is like Bush? |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 10:32 AM |
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Damn, did that spinning make you dizzy?! |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:33 AM |
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That says much more about you (and your inability to read his comments) than it does about him. n/t |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 10:37 AM |
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I was talking about you, and the majority here seem to read the same way I do |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:39 AM |
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If that is true, that just indicates that the majority here are wrong (not that Gibbs was attacking |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 10:41 AM |
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giggle |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:46 AM |
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i have a friend like you, used to a be a total drunkard.. |
frylock |
Aug-11-10 11:08 AM |
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Interesting argument. So the Iraq war was a good idea because of its popularity? |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 11:10 AM |
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talk to obama.. |
frylock |
Aug-11-10 12:49 PM |
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More importantly, he was attacking Left ideas |
blindpig |
Aug-11-10 11:52 AM |
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He was attacking people who thought single payer is currently politically feasible. Not the idea. |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 11:56 AM |
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That's bullshit. |
blindpig |
Aug-11-10 12:06 PM |
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If a majority really favored single payer, they would elect Senators who supported it. |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 12:10 PM |
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That's hysterical |
blindpig |
Aug-11-10 12:34 PM |
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Not only did no such critter exist because they couldn't withstand |
bluethruandthru |
Aug-11-10 12:48 PM |
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And who chooses who makes it to the finals? n/t |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 04:31 PM |
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Those who have the money to float an election bid. |
blindpig |
Aug-11-10 04:48 PM |
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Last time I checked, voters in primaries chose candidates. n/t |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 04:58 PM |
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I don't mean to jump into a conversation... |
disillusioned73 |
Aug-12-10 10:30 AM |
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duplicate |
disillusioned73 |
Aug-12-10 10:30 AM |
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The corporate media. They control the public debate. eom |
NorthCarolina |
Aug-11-10 06:06 PM |
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BINGO! n/t |
ProfessionalLeftist |
Aug-12-10 07:12 AM |
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I disagree. If he supported single payer, there would be nothing wrong with saying so. |
rhett o rick |
Aug-12-10 10:43 AM |
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Hogwash. Gibbs didn't do or say anything that this administration |
EFerrari |
Aug-11-10 10:35 AM |
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Isn't that my point? Why is it surprising that Obama doesn't think he is like Bush, or that his |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 10:38 AM |
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Pathetic. n/t |
EFerrari |
Aug-11-10 10:39 AM |
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Why do you think you have a right to talk to posters like this? |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:40 AM |
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I'm sorry, I didn't realize I had to run my posts by you. |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 10:44 AM |
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You have to run your posts by ALL of us, just like we have to do the same |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:47 AM |
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Not really. I don't pretend bad interpretations by prolific posters are good interpretations just |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 10:51 AM |
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If ideas rise or fall on their own merits, then it's a waste of bandwidth |
EFerrari |
Aug-11-10 11:04 AM |
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I think its inappropriate to come up with an implausibly broad interpretation of someone's remarks |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 11:05 AM |
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guess what - it doesn't matter... |
lame54 |
Aug-11-10 10:46 AM |
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I'm of the opinion that it should go OUT of the bag (not in the bag). |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 10:48 AM |
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you are so wrong... |
lame54 |
Aug-11-10 11:00 AM |
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He was clearly criticizing people that think Obama is like Bush. |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 11:03 AM |
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not clear at all - the evidence is the many many pissed off people |
lame54 |
Aug-11-10 11:06 AM |
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Just because people are pissed off doesn't mean they interpreted his comments plausibly. |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 11:09 AM |
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Please identify the "small group of the left"... |
ljm2002 |
Aug-11-10 11:48 AM |
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You really don't think such a group exists? Plenty exist HERE who think that. |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 11:53 AM |
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Okay, got it... |
ljm2002 |
Aug-11-10 02:27 PM |
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The problem isn't necessarily the posters. He was attacking the "professional left" |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 05:11 PM |
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Then we're back to the original question... |
ljm2002 |
Aug-11-10 05:54 PM |
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Thom Hartmann is one example. |
BzaDem |
Aug-11-10 06:25 PM |
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Quote, please. n/t |
ljm2002 |
Aug-11-10 06:57 PM |
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Yup -- |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Aug-11-10 10:32 AM |
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Looks like it. And then the problem is, what do you do with knowing that. n/t |
EFerrari |
Aug-11-10 10:32 AM |
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Excellent question -- what do we do, knowing that? |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:34 AM |
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That makes me mournfully sad. |
myrna minx |
Aug-11-10 10:44 AM |
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I know. |
EFerrari |
Aug-11-10 10:57 AM |
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You concentrate on giving the WH a Congress they truly can complain about. |
glitch |
Aug-11-10 08:40 PM |
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Recommend |
xchrom |
Aug-11-10 10:33 AM |
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Of course they agree with him |
Autumn |
Aug-11-10 10:33 AM |
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Gibbs wasn't asked to pull over on the side of the road to resign, thats for sure. -nt |
Poboy |
Aug-11-10 10:34 AM |
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Oh, snap |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:35 AM |
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Whoa, well put. |
Starry Messenger |
Aug-11-10 10:39 AM |
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HA! Perfect! |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Aug-11-10 10:40 AM |
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THE HORROR! n/t |
LoZoccolo |
Aug-11-10 10:34 AM |
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I think General McChrystal's comments to Rolling Stone |
myrna minx |
Aug-11-10 10:35 AM |
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That's actually another excellent point I didn't think of |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:36 AM |
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Having spent decades in the corp. world if I had ever done anything like that I would |
RKP5637 |
Aug-11-10 10:36 AM |
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'Zactly. n/t |
EFerrari |
Aug-11-10 10:38 AM |
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Yup, exactly |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:42 AM |
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+1. nt |
Lorien |
Aug-11-10 10:50 AM |
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Of course they disagree |
killbotfactory |
Aug-11-10 10:38 AM |
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You can have a cool Halloween party with all those strawmen |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 10:44 AM |
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Strawmen? |
killbotfactory |
Aug-11-10 04:33 PM |
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Yep - K&R nt |
LaurenG |
Aug-11-10 10:39 AM |
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Depressing. |
mmonk |
Aug-11-10 10:40 AM |
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Yup. Rec. |
VMI Dem |
Aug-11-10 10:48 AM |
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There is tacit approval |
mike r |
Aug-11-10 10:54 AM |
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how 'inartful' of them... |
Barack2theFuture |
Aug-11-10 10:58 AM |
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Absolutely. k/r |
Bluebear |
Aug-11-10 11:07 AM |
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WH says "the feelings Gibbs described were shared by the president": |
mike r |
Aug-11-10 11:19 AM |
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Well, there you go! |
Poboy |
Aug-11-10 11:20 AM |
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Well, there it is. nt |
Starry Messenger |
Aug-11-10 11:27 AM |
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This statement almost shocks me |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 01:36 PM |
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They are the most powerful people in the world, so I have no sympathy for their complaints. |
closeupready |
Aug-11-10 02:44 PM |
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I think he was directed to say it. Remember the gay activist heckling Obama? |
Touchdown |
Aug-11-10 11:54 AM |
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Hmmmm.... all very interesting..... |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 01:35 PM |
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The administratiion DOES agree with Gibbs. Bill Burton said so: |
LWolf |
Aug-11-10 11:55 AM |
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Rahm, as Chief-of-Staff, picked most of them. Of course they agree. (nt) |
w4rma |
Aug-12-10 01:53 AM |
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Gibbs' statement *was* a political pitch. |
Marr |
Aug-11-10 12:19 PM |
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Obama has been openly critical of the 'cable news and pundits' |
Whisp |
Aug-11-10 12:21 PM |
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'The country's problem is not the economy or jobs or perpetual wars |
Barack2theFuture |
Aug-11-10 02:46 PM |
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dirty hippies need to take a fucking bath |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 05:01 PM |
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If President Obama had said something, anything, criticizing the remarks... |
Danger Mouse |
Aug-11-10 04:34 PM |
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The WH has affirmed that he agrees with Gibbs |
LostinVA |
Aug-11-10 05:01 PM |
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I'm beyond feeling disappointed at this point. |
Danger Mouse |
Aug-11-10 09:15 PM |
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By what channel would the Administration signal it's true intentions? |
Canuckistanian |
Aug-11-10 08:30 PM |
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I think it's a sista souljah moment |
RainDog |
Aug-11-10 08:34 PM |
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They are too busy trying to quash the Wikileaks thingy? |
L0oniX |
Aug-11-10 08:38 PM |
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They obviously welcome our anger at them. So give them what they want. |
w4rma |
Aug-12-10 01:48 AM |
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rec 92. As I mentioned before, I believe it is a tactic to gain support from the center-right. nm |
rhett o rick |
Aug-12-10 09:34 AM |
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I agreed with your post in your thread |
LostinVA |
Aug-12-10 10:35 AM |
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Yes I saw. I am reiterating the point in various similar threads. nm |
rhett o rick |
Aug-12-10 10:44 AM |
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Good, because it's a good point |
LostinVA |
Aug-12-10 10:52 AM |
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Well into the 3rd news cycle and no word that anyone in the WH considered this even a poor... |
laughingliberal |
Aug-12-10 10:19 AM |
#104 |
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