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Wed Dec-22-10 03:12 PM
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| Is it only me or does anyone else feel like these were not Obama's victories? |
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Senate democrats, sure but I remain furious at Obama for the tax cut compromise. Am I all alone. Is everyone else just drinking the celebratory kool-aid and forgetting the tax deal. We're still screwed people.
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| -Is it only me or does anyone else feel like these were not Obama's victories? |
jimlup |
Dec-22-10 03:12 PM |
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Dec-22-10 03:14 PM |
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START was Obama's victory and ending DADT is partly his and... |
Deep13 |
Dec-22-10 03:15 PM |
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They are his and their victories. He gets credit. Thems the breaks. You'll get over it. |
phleshdef |
Dec-22-10 03:16 PM |
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Tis the season... |
Scurrilous |
Dec-22-10 03:16 PM |
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Dec-22-10 03:16 PM |
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My parents are currently, barely, living on SS and Medicare(caid) |
justiceischeap |
Dec-22-10 03:19 PM |
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I am already there too... |
BrklynLiberal |
Dec-22-10 03:20 PM |
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Same Here |
Irishonly |
Dec-26-10 09:42 PM |
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You know that for a fact? Don't give up. We may have just gotten a second |
gateley |
Dec-22-10 03:21 PM |
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I look forward to being pleasantly surprised |
BrklynLiberal |
Dec-22-10 03:27 PM |
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You don't know for sure but you were selling a meme as fact? ~sigh~ |
vaberella |
Dec-22-10 04:06 PM |
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It just you and possibly a few others. |
Kaleva |
Dec-22-10 03:17 PM |
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Dec-22-10 03:17 PM |
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Hilarious. |
young but wise |
Dec-22-10 03:19 PM |
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*snort* |
DevonRex |
Dec-22-10 03:18 PM |
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I'm celebrating the most successful Congress since FDR times |
mcar |
Dec-22-10 03:18 PM |
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Dec-22-10 03:19 PM |
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Do you understand the meaning of the word "since"? |
phleshdef |
Dec-22-10 03:23 PM |
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It's been in the news recently |
mcar |
Dec-22-10 03:25 PM |
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I am very bitter about the hypocrisy |
Demeter |
Dec-22-10 03:18 PM |
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LOL |
Uzybone |
Dec-22-10 03:20 PM |
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Stay focused DU. Do No Credit Obama With Anything! |
cottonseed |
Dec-22-10 03:18 PM |
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whine whine whine ... |
JoePhilly |
Dec-22-10 03:35 PM |
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I'm not saying that. I'd be happy to credit Obama and I do credit Obama but... |
jimlup |
Dec-22-10 04:15 PM |
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The irony is |
niceypoo |
Dec-23-10 12:03 PM |
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You are indeed correct about that... |
jimlup |
Dec-23-10 02:37 PM |
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Yes...you are all ALONE. |
elizm |
Dec-22-10 03:19 PM |
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Dec-22-10 08:04 PM |
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These victories belong to all of us. |
Skinner |
Dec-22-10 03:19 PM |
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Ditto |
RockaFowler |
Dec-22-10 03:45 PM |
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Yep. |
Scurrilous |
Dec-22-10 04:11 PM |
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took the words outta my mouth. What victories he has led in achieving with Speaker Pelosi and |
Divine Discontent |
Dec-23-10 02:39 AM |
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The President always gets credit for bills passed |
liberal N proud |
Dec-22-10 03:21 PM |
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Without Obama's compromise, NONE of this would have gotten done... |
elizm |
Dec-22-10 03:22 PM |
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..... |
BrklynLiberal |
Dec-22-10 03:24 PM |
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None, zero, Zippo n/t |
Mid_FL_voter |
Dec-22-10 03:25 PM |
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It's only you... |
jenmito |
Dec-22-10 03:40 PM |
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Hey, who the hell are you replying to??? |
elizm |
Dec-22-10 08:50 PM |
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SORRY! I was reading (and agreeing with) YOUR post but meant to |
jenmito |
Dec-22-10 09:23 PM |
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Good to know! :) |
elizm |
Dec-22-10 09:39 PM |
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How about if they had been "Democrats" |
ProudDad |
Dec-23-10 11:33 AM |
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Credit where it's due. That's the problem with classifying him based on a handful of actions. |
jobycom |
Dec-22-10 03:24 PM |
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Today is a joyous day and I refuse to let anyone ruin it :) |
Tx4obama |
Dec-22-10 03:31 PM |
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What "victories"???? |
Milo_Bloom |
Dec-22-10 03:36 PM |
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What victories? LMAO. They were so easy, they were passed 10 years ago. Oh. Wait. |
DevonRex |
Dec-22-10 03:40 PM |
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Yes, what victories? |
Milo_Bloom |
Dec-22-10 04:12 PM |
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Pyrrhic at best |
yodermon |
Dec-22-10 04:25 PM |
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How Is |
DemocratSinceBirth |
Dec-23-10 05:04 AM |
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Because of what they cost. |
Milo_Bloom |
Dec-23-10 07:16 PM |
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Well I can say if it was just me and you |
DFab420 |
Dec-22-10 03:44 PM |
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I Wish DU Had A Special Section For Those Who Continually Bash President Obama |
DemocratSinceBirth |
Dec-22-10 03:49 PM |
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they do. it's called the graveyard. |
Aramchek |
Dec-22-10 03:51 PM |
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it's just you, dude |
Aramchek |
Dec-22-10 03:50 PM |
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No, that would mean that the OP was the only person to feel |
displacedvermoter |
Dec-22-10 04:02 PM |
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Yea, it's just you. You hate him so much, you can think straight anymore |
impik |
Dec-22-10 03:50 PM |
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I realize I am breaking the rules here, but What The Phoque is Wrong with You?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! |
stevenleser |
Dec-22-10 03:51 PM |
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Er eh, I prefer cake with icing rather than just sugar. |
jimlup |
Dec-22-10 04:04 PM |
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and a glass of hateraid to wash it down |
mkultra |
Dec-23-10 10:37 PM |
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No, actually not... |
jimlup |
Dec-23-10 10:44 PM |
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well, both sides hate, but your side isnt really welcome |
mkultra |
Dec-24-10 11:16 AM |
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Wrong again |
jimlup |
Dec-24-10 12:56 PM |
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actually, i just think your here to disrupt |
mkultra |
Dec-25-10 10:02 PM |
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I could say the same about you |
jimlup |
Dec-25-10 10:45 PM |
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"Well, yeah but........" |
Sheepshank |
Dec-22-10 03:52 PM |
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... |
SidDithers |
Dec-22-10 03:56 PM |
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ROFLMAO! |
stevenleser |
Dec-22-10 03:59 PM |
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Heeeeeeeeeeeeee. |
impik |
Dec-22-10 04:39 PM |
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Senate Dems passed the tax cut compromise, so it should be their failure?! |
vaberella |
Dec-22-10 04:05 PM |
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When you grossly overpay for something, it sure ain't a victory. |
Milo_Bloom |
Dec-22-10 04:14 PM |
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Dude you're completely ignoring the point of my post. |
vaberella |
Dec-22-10 04:41 PM |
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The difference would be that congress was shut out of the compromise process. |
Milo_Bloom |
Dec-22-10 04:47 PM |
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dona eis requiem |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-22-10 04:15 PM |
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Look, it's only fair |
zipplewrath |
Dec-22-10 04:23 PM |
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Did you see his comments in the news conference re: tax cuts? |
johnaries |
Dec-22-10 04:37 PM |
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God, what a glass-half-empty sad sort you are. Please, take an anti-depressant. |
RBInMaine |
Dec-22-10 04:58 PM |
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UNRECCED! |
rury |
Dec-22-10 05:14 PM |
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So real historic accomplishments are kool-aid to you? |
lunatica |
Dec-22-10 05:45 PM |
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Your entire argument is a non sequitur. Without the tax compromise, nothing else would have passed. |
tritsofme |
Dec-22-10 06:08 PM |
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Am upset about the tax break but its over we need to look forward. |
southernyankeebelle |
Dec-22-10 06:14 PM |
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Just like the Obama Administration has done on torture, |
displacedvermoter |
Dec-22-10 06:23 PM |
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Only if you view the glass as half empty, I view it as half full... |
Pistarkle |
Dec-22-10 06:19 PM |
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They were victories for Obama |
bigwillq |
Dec-22-10 06:33 PM |
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A President always credits credit for what passes |
karynnj |
Dec-22-10 07:26 PM |
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Obama is thinking in terms 2012... |
Creative |
Dec-22-10 08:18 PM |
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I give him a split card ...... |
Exilednight |
Dec-22-10 08:41 PM |
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How is DADT not his? |
SpartanDem |
Dec-22-10 10:51 PM |
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Basically everything deemed wrong and shat upon on this site is His. |
vaberella |
Dec-23-10 12:46 AM |
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That's not true. The START treaty is a good treaty and I give him credit for that. n/t |
Exilednight |
Dec-23-10 06:14 AM |
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I give credit on DADT to |
Exilednight |
Dec-23-10 06:14 AM |
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It's only you. |
Pisces |
Dec-22-10 08:42 PM |
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I have major problems with |
tomg |
Dec-22-10 09:13 PM |
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It's you. And you're screwed because you won't get a tax cut? |
babylonsister |
Dec-22-10 09:35 PM |
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It's you. I'm sure there are others that will denigrate this president. |
Ikonoklast |
Dec-22-10 09:46 PM |
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So blame him for everything and then never give him any credit? |
krawhitham |
Dec-22-10 11:46 PM |
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Interesting you should say this. My mother said President Obama would be the next David Dinkins. nt |
vaberella |
Dec-23-10 12:47 AM |
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It's just you. |
Greybnk48 |
Dec-23-10 12:33 AM |
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Not just you. |
avaistheone1 |
Dec-23-10 02:24 AM |
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Funny. |
ZombieHorde |
Dec-23-10 05:50 AM |
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And if DADT, START, and the 9/11 health bill had failed, |
NYC Liberal |
Dec-23-10 11:29 AM |
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I Completely Agree With You... |
WiffenPoof |
Dec-23-10 11:32 AM |
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DADT was a good thing. |
ProudDad |
Dec-23-10 11:32 AM |
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"Fluff"? |
Ikonoklast |
Dec-23-10 12:44 PM |
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it's just you. these are definitely Obama wins |
tnvoter |
Dec-23-10 12:28 PM |
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You are not alone. |
harun |
Dec-23-10 02:30 PM |
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Thank you... |
jimlup |
Dec-23-10 02:36 PM |
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For many DUers, the situation is not black and white. For many of us, whether or not President |
ZombieHorde |
Dec-23-10 03:54 PM |
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+1 |
jimlup |
Dec-23-10 05:05 PM |
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If they hadn't passed they would have been his failures |
cherish44 |
Dec-23-10 04:18 PM |
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at this point I'll take them |
Skittles |
Dec-23-10 10:45 PM |
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Yeah but just think for a moment if we hadn't gotten them. |
jimlup |
Dec-24-10 10:11 AM |
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If none of these had passed you would have said he failed miserably as a leader. |
vaberella |
Dec-24-10 10:22 AM |
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But everyone knows that it is Congress that passes laws! |
displacedvermoter |
Dec-24-10 11:33 AM |
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I'm fully aware of that Congress passes the law. |
vaberella |
Dec-24-10 12:42 PM |
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At the rate we're going people are happy for any win they can get. |
craigmatic |
Dec-24-10 12:05 PM |
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My part in these victories is that I trusted Obama.... |
RichGirl |
Dec-24-10 12:56 PM |
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I think that we... |
WiffenPoof |
Dec-24-10 01:04 PM |
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Without President Obama's Agenda and his pushing |
MadMaddie |
Dec-24-10 01:36 PM |
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And I'm sure all those millions of unemployed Americans who get to live for another 13 months agree. |
Arkana |
Dec-24-10 10:16 PM |
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Er eh, I absolutely agree but that is fairly irrelevant to the Obama situation. |
jimlup |
Dec-25-10 10:39 PM |
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Any more such victories and we are undone. |
Hardrada |
Dec-24-10 11:33 PM |
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It goes like this. |
Jakes Progress |
Dec-25-10 12:00 AM |
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Hilarious |
BklnDem75 |
Dec-25-10 10:55 PM |
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You completely missed the point. |
Jakes Progress |
Dec-26-10 07:26 PM |
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