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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 10:13 AM
Response to Reply #48
57. Thank you! They wouldn't have bothered with a coup
if Congress wasn't cooperating.

FDR had the luxury of a compliant Congress. Overwhelmingly compliant. He wouldn't have passed all he did in the first 100 days otherwise.
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  -The Untold Story Of The Actual Obama Record Pirate Smile  Oct-20-11 11:45 AM   #0 
  - K&R  JTFrog   Oct-20-11 11:52 AM   #1 
  - I wish I could rec this a thousand times.  Tarheel_Dem   Oct-20-11 11:56 AM   #2 
  - and the naysayers will be here in ...  intaglio   Oct-20-11 01:48 PM   #3 
  - Well said. nt  MH1   Oct-20-11 03:02 PM   #4 
  - Thanks. Recommend. nt  babylonsister   Oct-20-11 03:28 PM   #5 
  - The Untold Story Of The Actual Obama Record  dembat   Oct-20-11 03:40 PM   #6 
  - K&R  Hutzpa   Oct-20-11 03:42 PM   #7 
  - Thank you, Pirate Smile!  Kind of Blue   Oct-20-11 03:54 PM   #8 
  - Well as always it is those with all rights who are so willing to wait for  Bluenorthwest   Oct-20-11 03:55 PM   #9 
  - KnR  chknltl   Oct-20-11 06:55 PM   #10 
  - K&R n/t  livetohike   Oct-20-11 07:32 PM   #11 
  - Rec'd  Number23   Oct-20-11 10:01 PM   #12 
  - K&R 400 million times!!!!  rury   Oct-20-11 10:27 PM   #13 
  - kick  Pirate Smile   Oct-20-11 11:33 PM   #14 
  - He's a good man and a good president no doubt. n/t k/r  deacon   Oct-20-11 11:37 PM   #15 
  - Yes he is. I have no doubts about that either.  Whisp   Oct-21-11 03:33 PM   #79 
  - K&R n/t  Tx4obama   Oct-20-11 11:49 PM   #16 
  - He lost me until the part about dumping for anyone on the other side. However,  caseymoz   Oct-21-11 12:50 AM   #17 
  - What a party pooper!  clixtox   Oct-21-11 01:07 AM   #20 
  - I agree.  BigBearJohn   Oct-21-11 01:26 AM   #22 
  - Do you mind linking up to some of the lies you say he told?  Maraya1969   Oct-21-11 02:17 AM   #24 
  - How many?  caseymoz   Oct-21-11 03:14 AM   #27 
  - 10  Maraya1969   Oct-21-11 07:15 AM   #32 
  - I can give you 10 instances where he broke his promise for transparent government alone.  caseymoz   Oct-22-11 03:01 AM   #83 
  - usually you wont get a reply from that one  SwampG8r   Oct-23-11 10:50 PM   #91 
  - Continuing with 8-10  caseymoz   Oct-22-11 09:57 PM   #86 
     - Maybe you're just away and busy, but all I hear are crickets.  caseymoz   Oct-23-11 03:03 PM   #88 
  - Typical. How about all those "lies" that Obama tried to do but were  johnaries   Oct-22-11 12:38 AM   #80 
  - The ones I listed directly above were not blocked by Congress.  caseymoz   Oct-22-11 02:56 AM   #82 
  - delete- wrong place  caseymoz   Oct-22-11 02:47 AM   #81 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-21-11 08:22 AM   #39 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-21-11 12:05 PM   #69 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-21-11 12:11 PM   #72 
  - lies is not in that post  SwampG8r   Oct-23-11 10:46 PM   #90 
  - What can he do with Congress cutting his throat.  oldbanjo   Oct-21-11 08:58 AM   #45 
  - No, it's what he's done in the executive branch, himself, that bothers me.  caseymoz   Oct-22-11 03:53 AM   #84 
  - NO!! FDR had a 70% dem congress for a majority of his term...  uponit7771   Oct-21-11 09:31 AM   #48 
  - Thank you! They wouldn't have bothered with a coup  redqueen   Oct-21-11 10:13 AM   #57 
  - And Obama had both houses of Congress the first two years.  caseymoz   Oct-22-11 04:02 AM   #85 
  - +1  cui bono   Oct-21-11 10:12 AM   #55 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-21-11 11:48 AM   #67 
     - Is it just me. . .or is this forum being invaded by liberterian trolls?  MindandSoul   Oct-21-11 12:07 PM   #70 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-21-11 12:11 PM   #71 
  - If I could rec'd this over and over again, I would! K&R! eom  BlueCaliDem   Oct-21-11 12:55 AM   #18 
  - K & R  ellisonz   Oct-21-11 12:58 AM   #19 
  - K&R  Firebrand Gary   Oct-21-11 01:23 AM   #21 
  - No mortgage relief, no jobs program, more endless war  autorank   Oct-21-11 02:12 AM   #23 
  - Still bought and paid for. Still letting $$ make the decisions  sheldon   Oct-21-11 02:41 AM   #25 
  - "no jobs program..."  hue   Oct-21-11 08:49 AM   #43 
     - Its no use folks like that will blame Obama...  SkyDaddy7   Oct-21-11 09:37 AM   #50 
        - No, not unless she were executed like al-Awlaki, or died in prison after secret arrest.  caseymoz   Oct-23-11 01:54 AM   #87 
  - I can't recommend this enough  RFKHumphreyObama   Oct-21-11 02:50 AM   #26 
  - +infinity!!!! K&R  BumRushDaShow   Oct-21-11 04:49 AM   #28 
  - He's been trying so hard. It breaks my heart to see the media skewer him.  Harriety   Oct-21-11 05:59 AM   #29 
  - The Bailout has NOT been repaid. That repayment claim is a RW talking point and, of course, a lie.  fasttense   Oct-21-11 06:32 AM   #30 
  - That's a great chart, thank you. nt  MannyGoldstein   Oct-21-11 07:56 AM   #36 
  - This should be it's own thread.  Pacifist Patriot   Oct-21-11 08:27 AM   #40 
  - But But, Erin Burnett told us we made 10 billion on the bank bailout  Jim_Shorts   Oct-21-11 10:12 AM   #56 
  - another Obama apology/excuse piece.......  bowens43   Oct-21-11 07:10 AM   #31 
  - The content of your reply is, IMHO, bullshit.  NYC_SKP   Oct-21-11 07:27 AM   #33 
  - Some of us think that we're in the midst of a total economic collapse  MannyGoldstein   Oct-21-11 07:54 AM   #34 
     - And placing all this at Obama's feet is what, helpful? accurate? ridiculous?  NYC_SKP   Oct-21-11 08:19 AM   #38 
     - It's not about blaming Obama for what has happened, it's about making him be responsible  cui bono   Oct-21-11 10:16 AM   #58 
     - Unemployment, poverty, and food insecurity have increased under Obama  MannyGoldstein   Oct-21-11 03:27 PM   #78 
     - +1000, for a nice reality check  stockholmer   Oct-21-11 11:28 AM   #64 
  - "Someone venting without knowing the facts"  grantcart   Oct-21-11 09:57 AM   #53 
  - Obama is leagues above any other candidate in every way. eom  hue   Oct-21-11 07:55 AM   #35 
  - I totally agree. K&R.  ClassWarrior   Oct-21-11 07:57 AM   #37 
  - and that is exactly why the US is fucked, on so many levels  stockholmer   Oct-21-11 09:34 AM   #49 
  - K&R  shellgame26   Oct-21-11 08:28 AM   #41 
  - True  BigD_95   Oct-21-11 08:43 AM   #42 
  - K & R  nevergiveup   Oct-21-11 08:50 AM   #44 
  - Hey!! Where'd you get that handle??!  ClassWarrior   Oct-21-11 09:06 AM   #46 
     - I too first came to DU in 2004.  nevergiveup   Oct-21-11 09:42 AM   #52 
  - K&R  tropicanarose   Oct-21-11 09:29 AM   #47 
  - pure rot -----> "the banks would pay us back the entire bailout and then some"  stockholmer   Oct-21-11 09:39 AM   #51 
  - The only "delusional" thing is pretending like reality is something completely else.  TheWraith   Oct-21-11 01:07 PM   #77 
  - Nice that in a study the media disses him 6 times to every 1 positive time nt  flamingdem   Oct-21-11 10:04 AM   #54 
  - God, what a fucking relief to read this after wincing through some of the other threads in DU today  NBachers   Oct-21-11 10:31 AM   #59 
  - WHAT FUCKING RECOVERY??!! I don't know where you live, but where I live there is  bertman   Oct-21-11 10:41 AM   #60 
  - I irrigate wounds with raw sewage.  12AngryBorneoWildmen   Oct-21-11 10:54 AM   #61 
  - Just enough false to undermine the point  zipplewrath   Oct-21-11 10:55 AM   #62 
  - GITMO  JEB   Oct-21-11 11:08 AM   #63 
  - Because of Congress.  Pirate Smile   Oct-21-11 01:03 PM   #76 
  - "fired the first salvo of the Arab Spring" - WTF?!  moodforaday   Oct-21-11 11:37 AM   #65 
  - Oh wow it's story time  LittleBlue   Oct-21-11 11:37 AM   #66 
  - That's a lot of presiding... is that the same as presidenting?  Cronus Protagonist   Oct-21-11 11:54 AM   #68 
  - Only 150-some recs in 24 hours for such an important perspective.  SpankMe   Oct-21-11 12:42 PM   #73 
  - Caught up in a dysfunctional system  libinnyandia   Oct-21-11 12:49 PM   #74 
  - That is the problem  Hutzpa   Oct-21-11 12:58 PM   #75 
  - Hugh Kick  mikekohr   Oct-23-11 10:17 PM   #89 
  - Nice  ismnotwasm   Oct-24-11 02:16 AM   #92 
 

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