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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 08:27 PM
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8. i think that you can argue both sides...that he's being taken advantage of, and that he's
the one taking advantage...and neither reflect nicely b/c in the first case he's a not-so swift pol. in the second case, he's not on our side and therefore less than trustworthy. neither of these scenarios are flattering.
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  -I'm beginning to think Obama just isn't smart enough to be president letterwriter  Dec-09-10 08:13 PM   #0 
  - he's getting what he wants  Skittles   Dec-09-10 08:13 PM   #1 
  - Sounds like a Bill Frist type video diagnosis of Terry Shiavo  emulatorloo   Dec-09-10 08:37 PM   #24 
  - isn't "smart enough"?? ridiculous.  inna   Dec-09-10 08:15 PM   #2 
  - He's not stupid - rather he is complicit. nt  TBF   Dec-09-10 08:15 PM   #3 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-09-10 08:20 PM   #4 
  - I'm not sure you are a very good judge of what smart is then,  Bluerthanblue   Dec-09-10 08:23 PM   #5 
  - Of course hes smart... he fooled all of us.  OneTenthofOnePercent   Dec-09-10 08:33 PM   #16 
     - Well if he "fooled you" into voting for him over McCain, and you would vote to enable McCain if you  BzaDem   Dec-09-10 08:34 PM   #18 
        - Quit assuming shit...  OneTenthofOnePercent   Dec-09-10 08:36 PM   #22 
           - Huh? When did I state an opinion on the relative intelligence of Obama and myself?  BzaDem   Dec-09-10 08:39 PM   #27 
              - here...  OneTenthofOnePercent   Dec-09-10 08:45 PM   #30 
                 - That wasn't an opinion about myself.  BzaDem   Dec-09-10 08:55 PM   #32 
  - Oh he's smart all right; just too conflict averse to do anything.  FLAprogressive   Dec-09-10 08:24 PM   #6 
  - He's not lacking in intelligence. He's lacking in political vision.  Occam Bandage   Dec-09-10 08:27 PM   #7 
  - Agree.  bluestate10   Dec-09-10 08:31 PM   #11 
  - Good post.  bigwillq   Dec-09-10 08:33 PM   #17 
  - i think that you can argue both sides...that he's being taken advantage of, and that he's  nashville_brook   Dec-09-10 08:27 PM   #8 
  - +1  SammyWinstonJack   Dec-09-10 08:31 PM   #10 
  - Not smart/not tough/complicit?? It's all bad.  chimpymustgo   Dec-09-10 08:44 PM   #29 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-09-10 08:31 PM   #9 
  - +1000. nt  babylonsister   Dec-09-10 08:32 PM   #15 
  - I would say that most criticisms of Obama here are so uninformed that calling Obama stupid is really  BzaDem   Dec-09-10 08:31 PM   #12 
  - I like where this thread is going....  OneTenthofOnePercent   Dec-09-10 08:32 PM   #13 
  - You are okay with unemployment cutting off at 26 weeks?  dkf   Dec-09-10 08:32 PM   #14 
  - Obama should support that without putting the entire Social Security program at risk.  Better Believe It   Dec-09-10 08:34 PM   #19 
     - Good thing he is doing just that. n/t  BzaDem   Dec-09-10 08:35 PM   #20 
  - Have you bothered reading opinions of economists, re:  babylonsister   Dec-09-10 08:36 PM   #21 
  - You didn't hear? Now apparently economics as a science is just a scheme devised by rich plutocrats  BzaDem   Dec-09-10 08:37 PM   #23 
  - ridiculous. as are all such arguments about how "smart" people are.  Hannah Bell   Dec-09-10 08:38 PM   #25 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-09-10 08:38 PM   #26 
  - There is really only one way to clean the slate!  Bobbieo   Dec-09-10 08:48 PM   #31 
  - he's smart as a whip  spanone   Dec-09-10 08:41 PM   #28 
  - He's extremely smart  BeyondGeography   Dec-09-10 08:59 PM   #33 
  - Obama is not many things, but he's pretty damn smart.  undeterred   Dec-09-10 09:04 PM   #34 
  - I don't question his morals  letterwriter   Dec-09-10 09:38 PM   #35 
     - Well, I think the two are related.  undeterred   Dec-09-10 09:39 PM   #36 
  - He's a highly intelligent man and a quick learner  somone   Dec-09-10 09:41 PM   #37 
  - Locking  NRaleighLiberal   Dec-09-10 10:27 PM   #38 
 

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