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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-11 12:06 PM
Response to Reply #9
11. yeah, that's the way I'd describe it too.
Also, the President has created a global atmosphere that tells the Egyptian people that the US will NOT support Mubarak regardless of the situation. His less-than fully supportive of Mubarak words Friday night may have had as much impact as the Cairo speech itself.
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  -It all started with president Obama's speech in Cairo impik  Feb-01-11 10:27 AM   #0 
  - What horseshit  blindpig   Feb-01-11 10:33 AM   #1 
  - Then what was Iran?! n/t  vaberella   Feb-01-11 11:39 AM   #6 
  - Some want to think that all of this is "coincidental".......  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 12:09 PM   #12 
     - And SOME believe that  comsymp   Feb-01-11 12:19 PM   #14 
        - The beautiful thing about it is that you don't have to believe it.....  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 12:32 PM   #18 
           - You're still missing the point  comsymp   Feb-01-11 12:38 PM   #21 
              - Again, the beauty of it all is that you are allowed to believe what you want to.....  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 12:44 PM   #22 
                 - I think I can prove otherwise  comsymp   Feb-01-11 01:08 PM   #25 
                    - None of the articles you posted state how the 30 years of rule  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 01:15 PM   #27 
                       - Actually, they do - and you're contradicting yourself  comsymp   Feb-01-11 01:46 PM   #31 
                          - You providing the opinion of some doesn't offer proof, only possible consensus.....  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 01:52 PM   #32 
                             - Please stop trying to channel Miss Cleo  comsymp   Feb-01-11 02:05 PM   #33 
                                - I'm not the OP. I didn't say that "It all started with Obama's Speech".....  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 02:14 PM   #34 
                                   - No, you're just responding to statements that nobody is making  comsymp   Feb-01-11 02:24 PM   #35 
                                      - Actually if you read the responses, some called it horseshit, while others called it idiotic......  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 02:30 PM   #36 
                                         - And horseshit, it is  comsymp   Feb-01-11 02:42 PM   #39 
                                            - Great for you!  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 02:45 PM   #41 
  - Yes, but this is the latest spin to try to excuse the dismal  sabrina 1   Feb-02-11 02:05 AM   #45 
     - So, we have  leftynyc   Feb-02-11 01:35 PM   #55 
     - This country supported the dictator  sabrina 1   Feb-02-11 01:56 PM   #56 
        - I disagree  leftynyc   Feb-02-11 03:24 PM   #57 
           - You are in denial. We have financed these thugs for decades.  sabrina 1   Feb-02-11 05:09 PM   #60 
              - I don't need a history lesson  leftynyc   Feb-03-11 04:14 AM   #65 
     - Wouldn't you agree that it is multifaceted?  olegramps   Feb-03-11 07:57 AM   #69 
  - Egocentric and paternalistic. n/t  demmiblue   Feb-01-11 10:34 AM   #2 
  - The Egyptian people are the force behind their own revolution.  myrna minx   Feb-01-11 10:38 AM   #3 
  - You and the others are over-reacting!  RichGirl   Feb-01-11 11:01 AM   #4 
  - a little credit?  Enrique   Feb-01-11 11:46 AM   #8 
  - It makes sense for people who blame him for everything  treestar   Feb-03-11 08:16 AM   #71 
  - Facts are facts. The man who set himself on fire in Tunisia  sabrina 1   Feb-03-11 04:44 AM   #66 
  - I've seen plenty of tweets from Egyptians asking why Obama isn't standing behind his words  justiceischeap   Feb-01-11 12:18 PM   #13 
     - As folks disappointed in Obama, they can get in line......  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 12:35 PM   #20 
     - You haven't been following this story, have you? You don't seem  sabrina 1   Feb-02-11 02:19 AM   #46 
     - He'd be accused of meddling, too  treestar   Feb-03-11 08:19 AM   #73 
     - Telling people not to protest through violence is "condemnation", how?  vaberella   Feb-01-11 12:51 PM   #24 
     - When I spoke of 'subtle condemnation' I wasn't referring to the Egyptian people  justiceischeap   Feb-01-11 01:09 PM   #26 
     - Ahhh...understood.n/t  vaberella   Feb-01-11 01:19 PM   #28 
     - It's patronizing and insulting. They didn't need any lectures  sabrina 1   Feb-03-11 08:34 AM   #75 
     - Egypt has been around for thousands of years.  olegramps   Feb-03-11 08:08 AM   #70 
     - Do they think Obama is their President?  treestar   Feb-03-11 08:17 AM   #72 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-01-11 11:32 AM   #5 
  - Actually, it isn't an insult......nor is the post idiotic.  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 12:00 PM   #10 
     - That was then. And it gave them false hope, as they have  sabrina 1   Feb-03-11 05:35 AM   #67 
  - to be fair to Brian Williams and whoever wrote the Examiner article  Enrique   Feb-01-11 11:45 AM   #7 
  - No doubt Obama's speech helped, but "It all started....." is way over the top.  yellowcanine   Feb-01-11 11:56 AM   #9 
  - yeah, that's the way I'd describe it too.  Clio the Leo   Feb-01-11 12:06 PM   #11 
  - Is there another President?  Safetykitten   Feb-01-11 12:22 PM   #15 
  - "Single payer"? How about the public option when he had the votes?  Dawgs   Feb-01-11 12:26 PM   #17 
  - I agree. He failed at HCR on every front.  Safetykitten   Feb-01-11 12:32 PM   #19 
  - You don't know the facts if you agree with that. Since the facts stated by the poster are WRONG. n/t  vaberella   Feb-01-11 01:30 PM   #30 
     - How are my facts wrong? Proof?  Dawgs   Feb-01-11 02:37 PM   #37 
  - List the votes for the Public Option in the Senate.  FrenchieCat   Feb-01-11 12:47 PM   #23 
  - Here you go.  Dawgs   Feb-01-11 02:38 PM   #38 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-01-11 01:30 PM   #29 
     - History? You know that it only needed 50 votes, right?  Dawgs   Feb-01-11 02:42 PM   #40 
  - You expect one person to do that?  treestar   Feb-03-11 08:21 AM   #74 
  - That is a BRILLIANT talking point! This must drive the Republicans CRAZY!  metapunditedgy   Feb-01-11 12:25 PM   #16 
  - 'Tear down this wall'  Rosa Luxemburg   Feb-04-11 08:09 PM   #76 
  - I am one of the most consistent Obama supporters on this site, and even I think this stretches truth  Godhumor   Feb-01-11 03:19 PM   #42 
  - You can't say for sure if there's a connection between the speech and the current situation in Egypt  Cali_Democrat   Feb-01-11 03:22 PM   #43 
  - I do think his speech- and his election and presence in Egypt- added a lot, but I doubt  old mark   Feb-02-11 01:46 AM   #44 
  - Lol, holy shit  Union Scribe   Feb-02-11 04:09 AM   #47 
  - I want to see the reponse when Egypt goes full on looney tunes fundamentalist.  Safetykitten   Feb-02-11 08:55 AM   #48 
  - Why must you dishonor prophets in their own land? Why?  QC   Feb-02-11 09:01 AM   #49 
  - Just substitute "Reagan" and "Tear down this wall!", and VOILA!  bullwinkle428   Feb-02-11 10:55 AM   #52 
  - It is the new talking point. Whenever you see the same  sabrina 1   Feb-03-11 05:37 AM   #68 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-02-11 10:13 AM   #50 
  - And people are dying in Cairo right this minute while the White House expresses dismay.  rug   Feb-02-11 10:18 AM   #51 
     - Freedom after 30 years of dictatorship is never easy.......  FrenchieCat   Feb-02-11 12:12 PM   #53 
     - Do you mean this dictator?  rug   Feb-02-11 01:07 PM   #54 
        - Great pic. Says it all  jeanpalmer   Feb-04-11 09:42 PM   #77 
     - What more do you want the WH to say?  JuniperLea   Feb-02-11 04:51 PM   #58 
        - All aid immediately yanked upon the government opening fire.  rug   Feb-02-11 05:03 PM   #59 
           - Poof! Aid has been pulled...  JuniperLea   Feb-02-11 05:26 PM   #61 
              - You're making quite a leap from withdrawing support for him to killing him.  rug   Feb-02-11 05:57 PM   #62 
                 - Well excuse me if I extrapolated killing from your mention of "opening fire"  JuniperLea   Feb-02-11 06:22 PM   #63 
                    - Who else would the government fire upon but the thousands demonstrating against it?  rug   Feb-02-11 07:34 PM   #64 
 

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