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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 06:06 PM
Response to Reply #63
68. So I KNOW.
It's not a smear of Obama-it's a smear of me and his other supporters. And now you're calling me "irrational"? That's another smear on me.
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  -John Harwood just set the record straight to Cenk Uygur. jenmito  Nov-15-10 02:21 PM   #0 
  - No, the best he can get is NO TAX CUT EXTENSION for the rich.  damntexdem   Nov-15-10 02:24 PM   #1 
  - What happens to the top 2% is more important then what happens to the bottom 98%?  Pirate Smile   Nov-15-10 02:26 PM   #4 
  - Seems to me that taking 700 billion out of the pockets of the bottom  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 02:32 PM   #13 
     - Letting the 2% keep the tax break or let taxes go up for borderline poor people.  phleshdef   Nov-15-10 02:41 PM   #23 
        - Then let them all expire.  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 03:21 PM   #41 
        - Poor people don't have to pay Income taxes...  ProudDad   Nov-15-10 04:32 PM   #48 
  - So, because of the conservadems, you're no longer going to support the Dem. Party?  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:28 PM   #7 
  - One can support individual candidates without supporting the Party apparatus  saracat   Nov-15-10 02:32 PM   #14 
  - The poster didn't mince words:  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:39 PM   #21 
     - Still, my point is , support of the Democratic Party isn't the same as support of its principles  saracat   Nov-15-10 02:48 PM   #25 
        - He said what HE said-not what YOU said. n/t  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:51 PM   #27 
           - Well, all I am saying is that what I said is one "interpetation" of what he said.  saracat   Nov-15-10 03:13 PM   #38 
  - Democratic Underground supports Dems.  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 05:28 PM   #65 
     - The poster said:  jenmito   Nov-15-10 09:10 PM   #71 
        - Oh stop it with your little witch hunt. Think you're Stalin or something?  martymar64   Nov-16-10 06:26 PM   #83 
  - It's not like a penis extension. An entirely new bill is required to "extend" anything. eom  Billy Burnett   Nov-15-10 02:32 PM   #12 
  - actually, presidents have the power to pound senators and congressweenies  roguevalley   Nov-15-10 04:41 PM   #52 
  - That's fucking pathetic  Jackpine Radical   Nov-15-10 02:24 PM   #2 
  - If by "pathetic" you mean "par for the course."  RUMMYisFROSTED   Nov-15-10 02:25 PM   #3 
  - A tax cut for the first $200 K is a tax cut for EVERYONE making anything. The RICH WANT MORE  Vincardog   Nov-15-10 02:27 PM   #6 
  - That is absolutely true, and overlooked.  Jackpine Radical   Nov-15-10 02:53 PM   #30 
  - A tax cut at every level except their own.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Nov-15-10 02:55 PM   #32 
  - heck, they were already bringing most of the rich along for the ride  hfojvt   Nov-15-10 02:35 PM   #18 
     - The received wisdom is that the poor don't vote.  Jackpine Radical   Nov-15-10 02:55 PM   #34 
        - as long as the voters are motivated by self interest as well  hfojvt   Nov-15-10 05:11 PM   #61 
  - The anti Obama DUers....  dennis4868   Nov-15-10 02:26 PM   #5 
  - Yup...  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:29 PM   #8 
  - Exactly....nonsense worse works for them. n/t  vaberella   Nov-16-10 12:14 PM   #79 
  - Whatever he gets, if it includes tax cuts for the fat cats he needs to  Vinca   Nov-15-10 02:31 PM   #9 
  - He has to acknowledge the reality of the situation...  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:33 PM   #15 
  - He's going to have to do the same for the Democrats.  vaberella   Nov-16-10 12:14 PM   #80 
  - but as party leader with record majorities,  veganlush   Nov-15-10 02:31 PM   #10 
  - He didn't/doesn't because the conservadems care more about themselves than  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:34 PM   #17 
  - "31 of the 39 House Dems who voted against the health care bill....."  Clio the Leo   Nov-15-10 02:54 PM   #31 
  - Yep.  dreamnightwind   Nov-15-10 05:42 PM   #66 
  - What part of "We did not/do not/will not have the votes" dont you understand?  Dr Fate   Nov-15-10 03:21 PM   #42 
  - What part of "bully pulpit" do you need explained...?  ProudDad   Nov-15-10 04:36 PM   #50 
     - Some DUers have this fantasy that the "bully pulpit"  treestar   Nov-15-10 04:46 PM   #55 
        - Then you're saying that Obama did NOT want to do anything really Progressive  ProudDad   Nov-15-10 06:19 PM   #69 
           - Er, what?  treestar   Nov-16-10 09:33 PM   #89 
  - He hasn't because he has been to cowardly to use his power...  ProudDad   Nov-15-10 04:35 PM   #49 
     - Way overbroad and it has been explained many times that  treestar   Nov-15-10 04:47 PM   #56 
        - I guess you just don't understand "Hardball" politics...  ProudDad   Nov-15-10 06:22 PM   #70 
           - That's because there was a real filibuster in those days  treestar   Nov-16-10 09:31 PM   #88 
  - People would rather thaink Obama is a Republican than consider...  Ozymanithrax   Nov-15-10 02:31 PM   #11 
  - exactly nt  Clio the Leo   Nov-15-10 02:52 PM   #28 
  - he doesn't have votes because he doesn't try  veganlush   Nov-15-10 02:34 PM   #16 
  - Did you not see ANY of his MANY speeches where he  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:36 PM   #19 
  - After he started off caving to the blue dogs over HCR, what credible  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 02:41 PM   #22 
  - You obviously don't consider yourself an Obama supporter.  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:45 PM   #24 
     - He caved.  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 03:08 PM   #37 
        - He spoke out against tax cut extensions for the rich for months.  jenmito   Nov-15-10 03:15 PM   #39 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Nov-15-10 03:32 PM   #43 
        - Who said he can do no wrong?  jenmito   Nov-15-10 03:42 PM   #45 
           - OK, tell me what YOU think he's done wrong.  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 05:26 PM   #64 
              - Every time someone challenges me to tell them what I think he's done wrong, I tell them.  jenmito   Nov-15-10 05:54 PM   #67 
        - How about this?  ProudDad   Nov-15-10 04:38 PM   #51 
        - So you say.  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 05:25 PM   #63 
           - So I KNOW.  jenmito   Nov-15-10 06:06 PM   #68 
              - I didn't say 'you' - I said 'anybody'.  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-16-10 09:25 AM   #75 
        - Fighting and losing might do good for your ego but  JamesA1102   Nov-15-10 04:49 PM   #57 
  - yes, but the electorate  veganlush   Nov-15-10 04:26 PM   #46 
  - What is -  treestar   Nov-15-10 04:45 PM   #54 
  - Well said nt  JamesA1102   Nov-15-10 04:52 PM   #58 
  - he's the party leader. he could insist  veganlush   Nov-15-10 05:00 PM   #60 
  - Hahahaha.  vaberella   Nov-16-10 12:20 PM   #82 
  - Ignorance is bliss  treestar   Nov-16-10 09:35 PM   #91 
  - "Twisting Arms"?  bvar22   Nov-16-10 10:07 AM   #76 
     - sounds like the mob  treestar   Nov-16-10 09:34 PM   #90 
        - NO...  bvar22   Nov-17-10 10:00 AM   #92 
  - Where the do you get your information? Seriously. n/t  vaberella   Nov-16-10 12:15 PM   #81 
  - OK, which makes Obama look weaker?  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 02:38 PM   #20 
  - Cenk doesn't have to be correct, he just has to be LOUD...  Clio the Leo   Nov-15-10 02:50 PM   #26 
  - Exactly. And it's much easier to complain loudly than to govern. n/t  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:52 PM   #29 
     - Just like it's easier to complain on a message board...  Clio the Leo   Nov-15-10 02:55 PM   #33 
        - Yup...  jenmito   Nov-15-10 02:59 PM   #36 
  - Cenk is an asshat. n/t  Phx_Dem   Nov-15-10 02:58 PM   #35 
  - .  JTFrog   Nov-16-10 04:40 AM   #74 
  - THANK YOU. It is Obama's job to COUNT the votes, not to fight for them.  Dr Fate   Nov-15-10 03:18 PM   #40 
  - What part of "bully pulpit" do you need explained...?  ProudDad   Nov-15-10 04:29 PM   #47 
  - That you would even say, let alone believe, that just shows how bankrupt the 'centrist'  Greyhound   Nov-16-10 03:39 AM   #72 
  - The numbers: $48 for low income, $880 for middle class and $363,000 for top earners.  stopbush   Nov-15-10 03:38 PM   #44 
  - Now that's a patriotic statement...  ProudDad   Nov-15-10 04:42 PM   #53 
  - Thank you for the clarity. nt  RaleighNCDUer   Nov-15-10 05:19 PM   #62 
  - The problem is there are very few places in the media  JamesA1102   Nov-15-10 04:54 PM   #59 
  - The middle class will scream if you let their taxes go up. Period.  JoePhilly   Nov-16-10 10:42 AM   #77 
     - Then let them keep theirs. Problem solved, unless we have an excuse. I'll bet we do.  Dr Fate   Nov-16-10 11:46 AM   #78 
        - Blue Dogs are working with the GOP on this ... scare rhe middle class ...  JoePhilly   Nov-17-10 02:28 PM   #95 
  - K&R!  JTFrog   Nov-16-10 04:35 AM   #73 
  - jenmito...Have you ever done a "Google" of John Harwood?  KoKo   Nov-16-10 06:52 PM   #84 
  - When he's right he's right:  jenmito   Nov-16-10 07:02 PM   #85 
     - Do the GOOGLE!  KoKo   Nov-16-10 07:09 PM   #86 
        - YOU do it! And show me what you want to show me. n/t  jenmito   Nov-16-10 07:19 PM   #87 
  - How about this...NO TAX CUTS FOR ANYONE  Timmy5835   Nov-17-10 12:26 PM   #93 
  - Cenk of the "Obama is more conservative than Reagan" comment has zero credibility.  jefferson_dem   Nov-17-10 12:42 PM   #94 
 

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