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DFab420 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 12:28 PM
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31. Because that's the narrative of the moment? That Obama is disheartening and disappointing in every
thing he does?

Because it's easy to post something like "I found his answer disheartening" then provide no context?

I doubt very much you'll get a better reason then those two.
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  -So Obama got mic checked just now in NH and handled it well. . . wndycty  Nov-22-11 11:30 AM   #0 
  - Yup-he was looking at them, listening patiently, telling those who were chanting "OBAMA! OBAMA!"  jenmito   Nov-22-11 11:36 AM   #1 
  - I was wondering when they would get him...LOL loving the mic check...  glowing   Nov-22-11 11:36 AM   #2 
  - A little different from the days of shrubbo  sharp_stick   Nov-22-11 11:38 AM   #3 
  - Remember "Free Speech Zones"?  Proud Liberal Dem   Nov-22-11 01:45 PM   #41 
     - Oh yeah I remember them  sharp_stick   Nov-22-11 03:22 PM   #44 
        - Is that on your "bucket list"?  Proud Liberal Dem   Nov-22-11 04:17 PM   #47 
           - That it is, as is Cheney's  sharp_stick   Nov-22-11 08:07 PM   #52 
  - "Young people like the ones here today, including the ones who were just chanting at me, you're the  jenmito   Nov-22-11 11:40 AM   #4 
  - this is a big difference between obama and w  reggie the dog   Nov-22-11 12:21 PM   #21 
     - Now THIS I agree with. n/t  jenmito   Nov-22-11 12:22 PM   #24 
        - wow, imagine that,  reggie the dog   Nov-22-11 12:24 PM   #26 
           - Yup-how 'bout that.  jenmito   Nov-22-11 12:25 PM   #28 
  - Details?  Cali_Democrat   Nov-22-11 11:46 AM   #5 
  - He treated them respect and let them have their say. . .  wndycty   Nov-22-11 11:51 AM   #7 
     - Who is they? What did they say to Obama? What was going on at the time?  Cali_Democrat   Nov-22-11 11:57 AM   #10 
        - He was having a rally and occupy wall street folks tried to mic check him . . .  wndycty   Nov-22-11 11:59 AM   #11 
        - Thanks. n/t  Cali_Democrat   Nov-22-11 12:27 PM   #29 
        - Here's the video:  ellisonz   Nov-22-11 03:43 PM   #45 
  - "So a lot of folks who've been down in New York and all across the country, in the Occupy Movement,  jenmito   Nov-22-11 11:49 AM   #6 
  - But what did the mic check protesters say as he spoke?  tblue37   Nov-22-11 12:11 PM   #17 
     - All I could hear before the crowd drowned them out was, "Mr. President, over 4,000 people  jenmito   Nov-22-11 12:21 PM   #22 
     - The pro-Obama folk apparently turned on the Mic checkers and  coalition_unwilling   Nov-22-11 07:41 PM   #50 
     - Here's video and text of the note:  ellisonz   Nov-22-11 03:44 PM   #46 
  - He'll have more to say soon enough.  The Doctor.   Nov-22-11 11:54 AM   #8 
  - Oh snap I missed  Hutzpa   Nov-22-11 11:55 AM   #9 
  - I wouldn't use the word well. link to video  andyrowe   Nov-22-11 12:02 PM   #12 
  - Check out my posts #4 and 6. Those quotes weren't in the clip you posted. n/t  jenmito   Nov-22-11 12:05 PM   #13 
  - Tell me why his response was disheartening. . .  wndycty   Nov-22-11 12:09 PM   #16 
  - Because that's the narrative of the moment? That Obama is disheartening and disappointing in every  DFab420   Nov-22-11 12:28 PM   #31 
  - I thought his reply was revealing because if he ran for these people  eilen   Nov-22-11 07:42 PM   #51 
  - Obama Gets Mic Checked, Tells Protesters: ‘You’re The Reason I Ran For Office’  ProSense   Nov-22-11 12:06 PM   #14 
  - I am sure he prepped for it  wndycty   Nov-22-11 12:07 PM   #15 
  - As I'm sure the Repubs. who were mic checked did, too...  jenmito   Nov-22-11 12:14 PM   #18 
  - ^^^TRUTH^^^  wndycty   Nov-22-11 12:19 PM   #19 
  - Yes.  mcar   Nov-22-11 12:20 PM   #20 
  - Exactly  Cigar11   Nov-22-11 12:22 PM   #23 
  - Exactly. n/t  jenmito   Nov-22-11 12:24 PM   #27 
  - i agree in principle  reggie the dog   Nov-22-11 12:29 PM   #33 
  - For sure.n/t  vaberella   Nov-22-11 01:40 PM   #40 
  - i should hope so  reggie the dog   Nov-22-11 12:23 PM   #25 
     - Why should he debate them, they are not necessarily on opposing sides. . .  wndycty   Nov-22-11 12:28 PM   #32 
        - that is a great idea  reggie the dog   Nov-22-11 12:37 PM   #35 
  - classy, dignified response by the president.  jefferson_dem   Nov-22-11 12:41 PM   #36 
  - "got mic checked"? What does that mean??? nt  tblue   Nov-22-11 12:27 PM   #30 
  - really?? People yell out "Mic Check" which is the start of the human microphone.  DFab420   Nov-22-11 12:29 PM   #34 
     - So how does it work at as transitive verb?  treestar   Nov-22-11 04:18 PM   #48 
        - I tried to look it up in Urban Dictionary.  tblue   Nov-23-11 03:40 AM   #56 
           - LOL!  treestar   Nov-23-11 09:06 AM   #57 
  - Couldn't Hear  pmorlan1   Nov-22-11 12:44 PM   #37 
  - He sure handled it better than he did when GLBT and AIDS  Bluenorthwest   Nov-22-11 01:28 PM   #38 
  - I disagree with you. I thought he handled the GLBT and AIDS protests well.  vaberella   Nov-22-11 01:50 PM   #42 
  - When has he told protesters to "take it elsewhere?"  great white snark   Nov-22-11 02:06 PM   #43 
  - Kick  politicasista   Nov-22-11 01:38 PM   #39 
  - I heard the AP report it on the radio just now and  savalez   Nov-22-11 07:06 PM   #49 
  - The media would pee in its pants if they could turn OWS against this Prez....  FrenchieCat   Nov-22-11 08:09 PM   #53 
  - It seemed pretty clear "mic checkers" were getting booed...  high density   Nov-22-11 08:19 PM   #54 
  - I love it when they do the mic check. Obama handled it respectfully.  craigmatic   Nov-22-11 08:30 PM   #55 
 

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