Tarheel_Dem
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Fri Sep-17-10 07:49 PM
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| 36. I have a feeling the Koch Brothers might be slipping a couple of dollars to those two. |
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I think we all knew where FDL was headed the moment the teabaggers claimed her as one of their own. Pathetic. "Symbiosis", indeed.  |
| -Obama Mocks Public Option Supporters |
t0dd |
Sep-17-10 07:22 PM |
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WHAAAA! And the goblins will get |
babylonsister |
Sep-17-10 07:23 PM |
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Elizabeth Warren??? Who's that? On to the next manufactured outrage. |
Pirate Smile |
Sep-17-10 07:23 PM |
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Wow, only 2 messages into the thread before calling a thoughful post Obama-bashing |
CreekDog |
Sep-18-10 12:37 AM |
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Especially since what we got is not controlling premium increases, making insurance even less |
DailyGrind51 |
Sep-17-10 07:24 PM |
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Pffffffft. n/t |
Scurrilous |
Sep-17-10 07:25 PM |
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I think Obama should have also mentioned drug re-importation |
Captain Rock |
Sep-17-10 07:25 PM |
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Glenn Greenwald, |
ProSense |
Sep-17-10 07:27 PM |
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OFFS |
SoxFan |
Sep-17-10 07:28 PM |
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Wasn't this posted just a short time earlier? I'm pretty sure it was. |
MineralMan |
Sep-17-10 07:29 PM |
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It was locked. So, IBTL! |
babylonsister |
Sep-17-10 07:30 PM |
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Yes, I imagine so. Some folks can't pass on any opportunity |
MineralMan |
Sep-17-10 07:33 PM |
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And the good doctor relieved of his practice. nt |
blondeatlast |
Sep-17-10 07:55 PM |
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It was only a matter of time. |
babylonsister |
Sep-17-10 07:57 PM |
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Swell! Looking for work, volunteering in the meantime, |
blondeatlast |
Sep-17-10 08:16 PM |
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I'm okay, volunteering also, p/t job, hanging in there. nt |
babylonsister |
Sep-17-10 10:08 PM |
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I know you didn't intend it, but this has become a comedy thread |
Stinky The Clown |
Sep-17-10 07:29 PM |
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All the usual comedians have shown up. |
Dr.Phool |
Sep-17-10 10:32 PM |
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Glenn Greenwald: automatic unrecommend. n/t |
LoZoccolo |
Sep-17-10 07:30 PM |
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Rec. for Glenn Greenwald and everyone else who stands up for the American |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 08:06 PM |
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+100 and thank you |
inna |
Sep-17-10 11:18 PM |
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Honey, it is turning into -- |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Sep-18-10 01:55 AM |
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No, it's not just you. Glenn Greenwals eg, was always a respected |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-19-10 05:16 PM |
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In all fairness to Obama, I think they feel like they DID work their asses off for |
gateley |
Sep-17-10 07:30 PM |
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This kind of attack reminds me of how Fox news parses and |
kratos12 |
Sep-17-10 07:30 PM |
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Nice post. I like "Fox News School for Overstating Manufactured Political Attacks". |
Pirate Smile |
Sep-17-10 07:33 PM |
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+ |
Champion Jack |
Sep-17-10 07:36 PM |
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LOL |
Pirate Smile |
Sep-17-10 07:38 PM |
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What he said doesn't, IMO, rise to the level of mocking . . . |
MrModerate |
Sep-17-10 07:31 PM |
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I wasn't peeved about it until I learned he said it at a $30K a plate fundraiser. |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-17-10 07:39 PM |
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Oh come on. It wasn't like he was showing a video |
golddigger |
Sep-17-10 08:22 PM |
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LOL |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-17-10 08:36 PM |
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Unfortunetly and fortunetly. |
RandomThoughts |
Sep-17-10 07:33 PM |
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Good for Obama. He is not mocking them for supporting the public option: he is mocking them for |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 07:34 PM |
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Right. Why are we arguing over WHY President Obama was mocking the left |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-17-10 07:41 PM |
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He isn't mocking "the left." He is mocking a small subset of the left that will never be pleased |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 07:45 PM |
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If it's just the fringe left that is unhappy, why are Dems poised to lose their majorities this Nov? |
t0dd |
Sep-17-10 07:48 PM |
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Because independents are voting for Republicans 2-1, perhaps? n/t |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 07:57 PM |
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What is he going to do about Social Security? Is he going to come out strong |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 08:12 PM |
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If we're that insignificant then why bother mocking us? |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-17-10 08:22 PM |
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Only those that choose not to vote (or vote 3rd party) in close districts would take the blame. |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 08:25 PM |
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So I guess you'd better get busy raising the enthusiasm level of those voters hadn't you? |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-17-10 08:35 PM |
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You are assuming it is possible or easy to raise an electorate's enthusiasm in the aggregate. |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 08:50 PM |
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Wow. Guess we should give up and go home then! |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-17-10 10:13 PM |
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Not really. There are many options to help sway elections. |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 10:19 PM |
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A majority of the American people supported a PO. So I guess you're right |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:09 PM |
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No, he wasn't mocking people who supported a PO. He was mocking people who thought a public option |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:17 PM |
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It WAS necessary for HCR to be worth passing. It was NOT necessary |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:24 PM |
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Actually, it was not necessary at all, your assertions to the contrary notwithstanding. |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:29 PM |
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Without a PO -- |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Sep-18-10 02:02 AM |
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To take a page from the late Molly Ivins... |
derby378 |
Sep-19-10 05:22 PM |
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He is mocking the 80% of the public who wanted a public option n/t |
eridani |
Sep-18-10 03:32 AM |
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You mean that small subset that represented over 70% of the population |
NorthCarolina |
Sep-18-10 07:22 PM |
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The zombie thread wasn't enough? |
janx |
Sep-17-10 07:35 PM |
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Oh, look, FDL? |
boppers |
Sep-17-10 07:36 PM |
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Unrecc'd. IMO it is divisive. |
AlinPA |
Sep-17-10 07:37 PM |
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No matter how many times this crap article is spammed here, it still does not lend itself... |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-17-10 07:38 PM |
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Greenwald links to Hamsher, and Hamsher links |
janx |
Sep-17-10 07:41 PM |
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I have a feeling the Koch Brothers might be slipping a couple of dollars to those two. |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-17-10 07:49 PM |
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Oooh, ouch! |
babylonsister |
Sep-17-10 07:58 PM |
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Bipartisanship, in Jane, is admirable. In President Obama...not so much. |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-17-10 08:04 PM |
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ACtually it's the other way around. Bi-partisanship is Obama's idea |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 08:19 PM |
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Well, we know he's not a card carrying teabagger. Fact of the matter is, |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-17-10 08:50 PM |
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You didn't answer my question. Why was Grover Norquist invited to speak |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:05 PM |
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Tarheel Dem did indeed answer your question. |
janx |
Sep-17-10 09:36 PM |
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No, s/he did not. I asked for an explanation of why Republicans |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-19-10 05:14 PM |
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All ideas on the table? Perhaps you should phone the WH? |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-17-10 09:57 PM |
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Sep-17-10 10:59 PM |
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Hi there. Your atrocious grammar aside, I can't stand either of them. |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-17-10 11:09 PM |
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I hope Jane Hamsher runs for President. She has all the answers nt |
CBR |
Sep-17-10 07:39 PM |
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No one was "mocked" and what he is saying is 100% accurate. |
phleshdef |
Sep-17-10 07:40 PM |
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Posting dishonest, divisive bullshit like this.... |
27inCali |
Sep-17-10 07:41 PM |
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Yep, and somebody I know already posted the FULL TRANSCRIPTS on DU |
USArmyParatrooper |
Sep-17-10 08:24 PM |
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I'm a Public Option supporter who disagrees with you |
Matariki |
Sep-17-10 07:45 PM |
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K & R nt |
laughingliberal |
Sep-17-10 07:46 PM |
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When none of us show up to work for him both this year and in 2012 |
jwirr |
Sep-17-10 07:48 PM |
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He's already accepted the fact that he may very well be a one termer. |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-17-10 07:52 PM |
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And that delay is one of the problems. Yes, I know we are not personally |
jwirr |
Sep-17-10 08:01 PM |
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So because it wasn't feasible to pass one taking effect now, we should have not passed it taking |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 08:06 PM |
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Here's wishing the best for you & your family. However, you witnessed |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-17-10 08:13 PM |
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I would not have killed the bill and I am glad it can help some but |
jwirr |
Sep-17-10 10:28 PM |
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And still waiting for all those "improvments" that were to follow. |
The Gunslinger |
Sep-17-10 09:15 PM |
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The law is the most progressive piece of social legislation even WITHOUT improvements |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:29 PM |
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There isn't a damn thing "progressive" -- |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Sep-18-10 02:09 AM |
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+1 |
area51 |
Sep-18-10 11:02 AM |
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Oh ffs... |
SidDithers |
Sep-17-10 07:51 PM |
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There's this thing called the Senate. Perhaps you've heard of it? |
ChimpersMcSmirkers |
Sep-17-10 07:55 PM |
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Is meeting with pharmaceutical lobbyists to scrap drug-reimportation part of the process too? |
t0dd |
Sep-17-10 07:56 PM |
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Has a deal been made on SS? |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 08:15 PM |
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Sep-17-10 08:06 PM |
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You didn't answer the question. This is a discussion board. And 'whining' is a |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 08:14 PM |
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Whining is definatly not a rightwing talking point word. It is instead often an apt description. n/t |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 08:23 PM |
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So what do you think Democrats ought to be saying, that they have not yet said |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:06 PM |
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I am not saying Democrats should be saying anything they haven't said. |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:10 PM |
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What have they said? I know what the PRogressive Caucus has said |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:19 PM |
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What happens in November actually has nothing to do with a petition by the progressive caucus that |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:26 PM |
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No Democrat should cut benefits period. I hope he is not planning to do that |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:33 PM |
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I am fully aware of the progressive caucus letter. A majority are not. |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:40 PM |
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What a majority of the American people know is that there is talk of cutting SS |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-19-10 04:44 PM |
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Whining is a RW talking point? Since when? |
Gman |
Sep-17-10 08:33 PM |
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Favorite word of rightwingers for 'lefties' since way back. |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:12 PM |
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+1 |
Fumesucker |
Sep-17-10 09:14 PM |
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"The" is also a favorite word of right wingers. So you should stop using it. n/t |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:18 PM |
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Would you like me to give you a list of their favorite words for liberals and |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:21 PM |
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You better stop using the word "the," or you will be emulating rightwingers. |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:22 PM |
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As I said, and you now appear to be backing away from your original |
sabrina 1 |
Sep-17-10 09:28 PM |
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"I would think that as a Democrat you would agree." |
BzaDem |
Sep-17-10 09:32 PM |
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Sep-17-10 08:21 PM |
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If that is true why is every Congressman distancing themselves |
doc03 |
Sep-17-10 08:08 PM |
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He did no such thing. This is more "WE'RE BEING PERSECUTED!" from the usual suspects |
Arkana |
Sep-17-10 08:28 PM |
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Sep-17-10 08:58 PM |
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It's too bad that public option supporters are also being ridiculed here on DU in this string. |
Better Believe It |
Sep-17-10 09:15 PM |
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Sep-17-10 09:23 PM |
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Sep-17-10 09:38 PM |
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"...to see the glass as half empty. (Laughter.)" |
unkachuck |
Sep-17-10 09:53 PM |
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Sep-18-10 12:21 AM |
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The public option will seem the least of anyones problems when GOP congress has to destroy the ... |
DemocraticPilgrim |
Sep-18-10 01:31 AM |
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Sep-18-10 02:32 AM |
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Well . . . isn't that special? Our pain and suffering is now comedy material. |
Vinca |
Sep-18-10 05:21 AM |
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+1000. One does not start negotiating by giving in immediately. At least |
BrklynLiberal |
Sep-18-10 06:57 PM |
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It would have been nice if he had noticed it did not pass thanks to the conservadems. |
Mass |
Sep-18-10 07:13 PM |
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Stop picking on Obama. Sniffle, sniffle |
Jakes Progress |
Sep-19-10 05:18 PM |
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