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zalinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-11 09:03 PM
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36. This is not a cave.
I am no fan of Obama's, but this was not a cave. It was manners. To me, it is not a big deal. No one gets hurt. No one goes to war. No one goes hungry. No one loses their job. No one loses their house.

This is a yawn, compared to all the things he has ACTUALLY caved on.

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  -BREAKING: Obama agrees to Boehner's demands, will speak Thursday instead of Wednesday Tx4obama  Aug-31-11 08:24 PM   #0 
  - Obama Caves.....nt  global1   Aug-31-11 08:26 PM   #1 
  - If true, this is NOT a "cave"  Empowerer   Aug-31-11 08:30 PM   #6 
     - Craven cowardly bullshit  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 08:37 PM   #10 
     - I would have preferred that he just moved his speech somwhere else . . .  Empowerer   Aug-31-11 08:39 PM   #13 
     - this administration keeps making fundamental tactical errors  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 08:55 PM   #30 
     - You are missing the FACT that he wants to give the speech 'to Congress'  Tx4obama   Sep-01-11 12:07 AM   #63 
        - You are SO right.  secondwind   Sep-01-11 06:17 AM   #68 
     - And once again  Andy823   Aug-31-11 08:40 PM   #14 
     - Well...  Andy823   Aug-31-11 08:37 PM   #11 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-31-11 08:42 PM   #20 
     - A "child" . . . "hasn't got a clue?"  EffieBlack   Aug-31-11 08:44 PM   #24 
     - yeah I can be more patronizing: bumbling incompetent idiots.  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 08:46 PM   #26 
     - So the fact that  Andy823   Aug-31-11 08:48 PM   #28 
        - perhaps a list would help persuade me  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 08:57 PM   #33 
           - lol  woolldog   Aug-31-11 09:36 PM   #55 
           - I doubt it, but  Andy823   Aug-31-11 09:49 PM   #60 
     - I don't hate him  leftynyc   Sep-01-11 04:21 AM   #67 
     - I didn't know this. Anywho, it does make Bohner and friends look  Glimmer of Hope   Aug-31-11 08:38 PM   #12 
     - That's a good point  Empowerer   Aug-31-11 08:41 PM   #16 
     - I agree  Andy823   Aug-31-11 08:42 PM   #17 
     - you are right on. this CAVING stance is wrong. Boner controls the house  trueblue2007   Aug-31-11 09:10 PM   #41 
     - Because the house calendar has been so jam packed this session  stuckinarut   Aug-31-11 09:15 PM   #44 
  - i fucking give up all over again  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 08:27 PM   #2 
  - Of course he caves. The phrase "Obama agrees" is redundant after any use of "demands"  villager   Aug-31-11 08:28 PM   #3 
  - Oh boy - not again!  mazzarro   Aug-31-11 08:29 PM   #4 
  - Oh, NO.  CaliforniaPeggy   Aug-31-11 08:29 PM   #5 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-31-11 08:30 PM   #7 
  - The WH set themselves up for this one. Not surprised.  Parker CA   Aug-31-11 08:33 PM   #8 
  - If I had a nickel for every time Obama caved to the right, I'd have Koch brothers money by now.  LonePirate   Aug-31-11 08:33 PM   #9 
  - And if I had a nickel  Andy823   Aug-31-11 08:44 PM   # 
  - Thursday is the NFL football game.  woolldog   Aug-31-11 08:41 PM   #15 
  - Really?  Empowerer   Aug-31-11 08:42 PM   #18 
     - I won't be.  woolldog   Aug-31-11 08:53 PM   #29 
        - Go for it. But those who don't think that the first hour of a football game is more important  EffieBlack   Aug-31-11 09:05 PM   #38 
           - generally nobody watches these speeches  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 09:11 PM   #43 
           - Yes they will be  woolldog   Aug-31-11 09:15 PM   #45 
              - If Americans think a football game is more important than a major presidential address on jobs  Empowerer   Aug-31-11 09:39 PM   #56 
                 - if?  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 09:47 PM   #58 
                 - Oh, come on.  digitaln3rd   Sep-01-11 06:27 AM   #69 
  - It is NOT a cave. Because ....  Tx4obama   Aug-31-11 08:42 PM   #19 
  - Would you please say that again - and again - and again?  EffieBlack   Aug-31-11 08:43 PM   #21 
  - fine. It was a massively stupid blunder that makes us look weak and incompetent.  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 08:44 PM   #23 
  - I agree. Could they really be that unaware...  YvonneCa   Aug-31-11 08:45 PM   #25 
     - To whom?  EffieBlack   Aug-31-11 08:46 PM   #27 
     - Is THIS what really matters?  treestar   Aug-31-11 08:57 PM   #32 
        - Of course not. But it...  YvonneCa   Aug-31-11 09:03 PM   #35 
           - To the people, but not to Congress  treestar   Aug-31-11 09:08 PM   #40 
              - Do you understand nothing about...  YvonneCa   Aug-31-11 09:11 PM   #42 
  - Elsewhere on DU, I saw the specific part of the US Constitution cited.  pnorman   Aug-31-11 09:58 PM   #61 
  - +Infinity...but note how much Dems are helping the Right Wing along.  vaberella   Sep-01-11 12:10 AM   #64 
  - Lol @ DU hyper reaction, so the day after the GOP debate Obama gets primetime...  SadPanda   Aug-31-11 08:43 PM   #22 
  - Yeah, maybe this was all planned! 12 dimentional chess. Brilliant! nt  kelly1mm   Aug-31-11 08:57 PM   #31 
  - God. Four more years of an ineffectual president that always gives in to the GLOP or...  Kablooie   Aug-31-11 08:58 PM   #34 
  - This is not a cave.  zalinda   Aug-31-11 09:03 PM   #36 
  - Boner Backs Down Obama  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 09:07 PM   #39 
     - He's already proved that. Bad manners wouldn't change anything. n/t  zalinda   Sep-01-11 12:03 AM   #62 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-31-11 09:05 PM   #37 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-31-11 09:20 PM   #46 
  - I think you're a fucking piece of shit!  FrenchieCat   Aug-31-11 09:23 PM   #48 
  - Really? Mods? If this poster isn't tombstoned, I want my donations back  scheming daemons   Aug-31-11 09:24 PM   #49 
  - For the record, the ass who posted this was banned immediately.  Danger Mouse   Aug-31-11 09:40 PM   #57 
     - for the record: TY  Warren Stupidity   Aug-31-11 09:48 PM   #59 
  - Bye. nt.  Hosnon   Aug-31-11 09:26 PM   #50 
  - Another 'lib' heard from. n/t  Scurrilous   Aug-31-11 09:27 PM   #51 
  - That is terrible. Shame on you.  treestar   Aug-31-11 09:27 PM   #52 
  - Just remember... . it's not about RACE, right?  scheming daemons   Aug-31-11 09:27 PM   #53 
  - You lasted quite a while ....  Trajan   Aug-31-11 09:27 PM   #54 
  - how stupid and insignificant this whole thing is. shit, he didn't  Laura PourMeADrink   Aug-31-11 09:21 PM   #47 
  - Apparently the Repubs were aware of the scheduling and agreed to it.  vaberella   Sep-01-11 12:12 AM   #65 
     - A small correction.  Tx4obama   Sep-01-11 01:42 AM   #66 
  - Bwhahaha! Of course he does. What else is new? n/t  Ganja Ninja   Sep-01-11 06:53 AM   #70 
 

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