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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 06:24 PM
Response to Reply #38
40. Obama'a problem is that he allowed people to project on him what they want him to be.
Yet if you read his books or read his spwwches you see the centrist thematics throughout.
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  -I have not been Insulted. You Don't Speak for me! Perky  Sep-28-10 12:37 PM   #0 
  - AMEN! K & R  corkhead   Sep-28-10 12:40 PM   #1 
  - Thank you.  ellie   Sep-28-10 12:43 PM   #2 
  - Amen Perky! Very well said.  TheWraith   Sep-28-10 12:43 PM   #3 
  - As far as I'm concerned, if a person doesn't vote Dem, that person is NOT a Dem.  DevonRex   Sep-28-10 12:44 PM   #4 
  - Well said.  young but wise   Sep-28-10 12:45 PM   #5 
  - Let me add my K&R to this.  jaxx   Sep-28-10 12:46 PM   #6 
  - I am not insulted either.  nevergiveup   Sep-28-10 12:47 PM   #7 
  - K&R. I'm not sure if it's sensitivity or ignorance, but some are too quick to react.  Dawgs   Sep-28-10 12:55 PM   #8 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-28-10 01:19 PM   #12 
     - Are you voting for Democrats in the midterm.  Dawgs   Sep-28-10 01:23 PM   #15 
  - Well as part of the base it is my duty to deliver this reminder to you  mikelgb   Sep-28-10 01:10 PM   #9 
  - lucky you!!..but man many have been insulted!  flyarm   Sep-28-10 01:15 PM   #10 
  - Obama laid out his centrist, bipartisan worldview in his keynote address at the DNC in 2004  Hekate   Sep-28-10 01:19 PM   #11 
  - I heard the truth loud and clear..  flyarm   Sep-28-10 01:22 PM   #14 
     - HE WASN'T SPEAKING TO YOU.  Dawgs   Sep-28-10 01:25 PM   #18 
     - the hell he wasn't!! He was talking to Move-on and Unions that worked against Blanche Lincoln  flyarm   Sep-28-10 02:03 PM   #26 
        - No he wasn't he was talking about FDL and the other habitual nut jobs  grantcart   Sep-29-10 10:05 PM   #65 
           - The only people the President needs to fee committed to are the people ...............  Exilednight   Sep-30-10 06:17 AM   #69 
     - Don't call yourself names. It's not nice.  Hekate   Sep-28-10 01:26 PM   #19 
     - A rather extreme interpretation of the text, wouldn't you say? nt  Hansel   Sep-28-10 01:39 PM   #22 
     - stretching it just a tiny bit, isn't she?  Whisp   Sep-29-10 09:24 PM   #63 
     - Who 'exactly' called you that?  Raine1967   Sep-28-10 02:07 PM   #27 
  - On this, you speak for me too, Perky!  Phx_Dem   Sep-28-10 01:21 PM   #13 
  - Hear hear!  mzmolly   Sep-28-10 01:24 PM   #16 
  - Center Left? Try Right Wing agenda  Lorien   Sep-28-10 01:24 PM   #17 
  - He's Pro-choice  Perky   Sep-28-10 01:29 PM   #20 
  - Yeah just like he was against DADT. nm  rhett o rick   Sep-28-10 10:06 PM   #50 
  - Pro-choice, wants to end DADT, ended war in Iraq,  Dash87   Oct-04-10 07:15 AM   #108 
  - Where did this shit start?  Dr.Phool   Sep-28-10 01:38 PM   #21 
  - There have been quite a few people on DU making those  MadMaddie   Sep-28-10 08:17 PM   #41 
     - If there are people on here that are making those statements, then respond to them not to all.  rhett o rick   Sep-28-10 10:08 PM   #51 
        - When we respond to those individuals our responses  MadMaddie   Sep-29-10 09:39 PM   #64 
        - Yes Sp destructive it has 40+ net recommends  Perky   Sep-30-10 06:09 AM   #68 
           - Please tell me you arent posting for numbers of rec's. nm  rhett o rick   Sep-30-10 06:24 PM   #81 
              - Of course not and quit trying to deflect the point  Perky   Sep-30-10 11:09 PM   #83 
  - He got elected with a center-left agenda.  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-28-10 01:53 PM   #23 
  - Or Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton?  Perky   Sep-28-10 01:56 PM   #24 
  - Carter belongs to the first group. Clinton was one of the founders of the  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-28-10 03:09 PM   #30 
     - Wow! NEOLIB IMPERIALISM? Carter is responsible for the Religious Right?  Perky   Sep-28-10 03:48 PM   #33 
     - How old are you? Do you REALLY not remember him injecting  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-28-10 03:56 PM   #35 
        - So the Religious Right was the result of Jimmy Carter's faith?  Perky   Sep-28-10 04:03 PM   #36 
           - Google it. Then check back. nt  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-28-10 04:05 PM   #37 
              - UMmm..No. You Made the claim. Defend it with facts or sit back down N/T  Perky   Sep-28-10 06:21 PM   #39 
              - If you don't know what neo-liberalism is, why are you in this conversation?  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-30-10 09:38 AM   #76 
                 - Are you trying tp say that Neo-liberals are the same as new Democrats or DLCers?  Perky   Sep-30-10 05:52 PM   #80 
                 - they used to call it a brontosaurus  SwampG8r   Oct-01-10 01:43 AM   #88 
                    - LOL  RaleighNCDUer   Oct-01-10 08:14 AM   #90 
                       - thanu thank youk yo  SwampG8r   Oct-02-10 12:10 AM   #98 
                 - Some of us remember Carter...  Mimosa   Sep-30-10 11:33 PM   #85 
              - Yeah I thought not.  Perky   Sep-29-10 10:41 AM   #57 
     - interesting take  SwampG8r   Oct-01-10 01:40 AM   #87 
  - "FDR, Truman, Kennedy and LBJ"  boppers   Oct-01-10 04:17 PM   #95 
  - He pushed a left agenda and some of it was blocked by the Senate.  Radical Activist   Oct-04-10 03:54 AM   #107 
  - CORRECT  Skittles   Oct-04-10 04:14 PM   #109 
  - Absolutely spot on!  TreasonousBastard   Sep-28-10 02:00 PM   #25 
  - Haha. The base.  Wednesdays   Sep-28-10 02:08 PM   #28 
  - +1  onenote   Sep-28-10 02:45 PM   #29 
  - AMEN!!!!  uponit7771   Sep-28-10 03:11 PM   #31 
  - !  vaberella   Sep-28-10 03:11 PM   #32 
  - OUTSTANDING!!!!!  Tarheel_Dem   Sep-28-10 03:53 PM   #34 
  - Since your other thread about defining the "base" and who's a real Dem got locked, I'll say  slay   Sep-28-10 05:42 PM   #38 
  - Obama'a problem is that he allowed people to project on him what they want him to be.  Perky   Sep-28-10 06:24 PM   #40 
  - +1  proud2BlibKansan   Sep-28-10 08:35 PM   #43 
  - Your post is well stated, my sentiments exactly....  NorthCarolina   Oct-01-10 08:51 AM   #92 
  - K&R!!  firedupdem   Sep-28-10 08:22 PM   #42 
  - Damn Right! nt  Cognitive_Resonance   Sep-28-10 08:41 PM   #44 
  - K&R to the max!!  rury   Sep-28-10 08:41 PM   #45 
  - Unfortunately millions of others among our constituencies have a considerably different opinion  depakid   Sep-28-10 09:22 PM   #46 
  - I'm oblivious to the insult...  Sheepshank   Sep-28-10 09:34 PM   #47 
  - I rather agree with the way Greenwald put it today:  depakid   Sep-28-10 09:45 PM   #48 
  - And posts that the entire base is insulted are just fine?  Perky   Sep-29-10 04:14 AM   #53 
  - Well, certainly...  polmaven   Sep-30-10 07:28 AM   #72 
  - Why are you going on and on about this. Every day there is a similar post. You are upset because  rhett o rick   Sep-28-10 10:04 PM   #49 
  - Why do you define what Biden said as 'shutting up'? This is  babylonsister   Sep-29-10 06:15 AM   #54 
     - Precisely.  Perky   Sep-29-10 10:41 AM   #56 
     - I intend to support Democrats inspite of you that continue to tell me to "stop whining" and sit down  rhett o rick   Sep-29-10 05:22 PM   #60 
     - THE OP Never said that!  Perky   Sep-29-10 08:43 PM   #62 
     - You want to look at that?  RaleighNCDUer   Oct-01-10 08:36 AM   #91 
  - Nor do you speak for us.  JoeyT   Sep-29-10 02:56 AM   #52 
  - POLITICAL PURITY = ZERO SENSE OF REALITY  RBInMaine   Sep-29-10 06:24 AM   #55 
  - Hear! Hear!  HughMoran   Sep-29-10 10:50 AM   #58 
  - K & R  Scurrilous   Sep-29-10 11:21 AM   #59 
  - I have always supported Democrats* and will continue in spite of those that continue  rhett o rick   Sep-29-10 05:32 PM   #61 
  - nobody expected you to stop whining  grantcart   Sep-29-10 10:06 PM   #66 
  - When Democrats stop whining, the game is over. nm  rhett o rick   Sep-30-10 09:10 AM   #74 
     - Yes.. that's a Party Message that would resonate. "Democrats: the Party of Whiners"  Perky   Sep-30-10 09:34 AM   #75 
        - I guess it is all in how you define whine. Some try to define "speaking up" as whining in order  rhett o rick   Sep-30-10 10:36 AM   #78 
        - I don't have the slightest problem with vigorous debate within the party  Perky   Sep-30-10 11:23 AM   #79 
           - So who is the base? Why are we quibbling over that? It is a distraction from our goal of winning in  rhett o rick   Sep-30-10 11:21 PM   #84 
              - Same here, Rhett O Rick  Mimosa   Sep-30-10 11:37 PM   #86 
              - I appreciate all the kicks, but I think I have made myself abundantly clear in the OP  Perky   Oct-01-10 01:56 PM   #94 
                 - And I've made myself clear. You dont unify the party by attacking. nm  rhett o rick   Oct-01-10 11:32 PM   #96 
        - I'll take it over..."Democrats: the Party of Mindless Followers" n/t  PassingFair   Oct-02-10 10:23 AM   #103 
  - I am not sure some of us want to unite the Party at all  Perky   Sep-30-10 06:28 AM   #70 
     - That's my feeling exactly Perky. That's what Rahm has been trying to tell us. nm  rhett o rick   Sep-30-10 09:09 AM   #73 
  - I AM THE BASE. and I am ecstatic regarding Obama.  mkultra   Sep-29-10 10:10 PM   #67 
  - LOL- thanks for that  depakid   Sep-30-10 06:32 AM   #71 
  - I suspect your avatar guy isn't all that ecstatic over your hero.  jonnyblitz   Oct-01-10 05:24 AM   #89 
     - I suspect he sees you as a part of the right wing machine  mkultra   Oct-01-10 11:56 AM   #93 
        - Angry left is a figment of your imagination. Why are you trying to disrupt the Democratic Party? nm  rhett o rick   Oct-01-10 11:35 PM   #97 
           - its a product of someones imagination, thats for sure  mkultra   Oct-02-10 09:09 AM   #101 
  - +100. Thanks for speaking up. nt  DeschutesRiver   Sep-30-10 09:52 AM   #77 
  - Amen, Perky!  SeattleGirl   Sep-30-10 06:25 PM   #82 
  - Guess I'm just a petulant child for getting upset when I'm told to stop whining.  Vinca   Oct-02-10 06:53 AM   #99 
  - It's not personal, it's politics. It's important to win over the "New Dems" at the risk of lossing  rhett o rick   Oct-02-10 09:11 AM   #102 
  - Word  tallahasseedem   Oct-02-10 07:10 AM   #100 
  - Problem is, there is no center  niceypoo   Oct-02-10 11:20 AM   #104 
  - THANK YOU!!!!!  angee_is_mad   Oct-02-10 09:44 PM   #105 
  - I think he stands for taking the next step forward.  Radical Activist   Oct-04-10 03:53 AM   #106 
 

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