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| 138. +1000 Bushies in drag. Or something like that. n/t |
| -President Obama? He's Just Not Relevant... |
JFN1 |
Nov-19-11 11:53 PM |
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Loud and clear! |
RegieRocker |
Nov-19-11 11:55 PM |
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Nov-20-11 01:44 AM |
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Silence is the tacit nod of acquiescence. |
Fumesucker |
Nov-19-11 11:56 PM |
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+10 |
emilyg |
Nov-20-11 12:04 AM |
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You think Hillary would support ows |
DonCoquixote |
Nov-20-11 01:16 AM |
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Good question. |
Amonester |
Nov-20-11 11:31 AM |
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That poster responded in another thread that Hillary was "smart" |
tabasco |
Nov-20-11 02:26 PM |
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which poster |
DonCoquixote |
Nov-20-11 05:56 PM |
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If our choice is between Obama and Newt or Mitt, we'd better get more enthusiastic |
Mimosa |
Nov-19-11 11:58 PM |
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+1. The GOP would certainly give us something to cry about. nt |
MADem |
Nov-20-11 12:00 AM |
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uhh, all the capitulating gave us something to cry about |
Donnachaidh |
Nov-20-11 12:34 PM |
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Yes, I do. The second term is the legacy-building one. |
MADem |
Nov-20-11 01:35 PM |
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Obama . |
sendero |
Nov-20-11 05:38 PM |
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It is my ardent wish that you are stunningly and overwhelming wrong about that. |
MADem |
Nov-20-11 10:22 PM |
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The only possible reason to vote for Obama |
Bluesbreaker |
Nov-21-11 11:28 PM |
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Problem is what will his legacy be??? The best far right wing president ever? |
cui bono |
Nov-20-11 07:01 PM |
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He will, I hope, have four more years to try and please you. NT |
MADem |
Nov-20-11 10:20 PM |
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Doubt it. I'm not the GOP or a Teabagger. n/t |
cui bono |
Nov-21-11 12:25 AM |
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Neither is he. Don't let your perfect be the enemy of the good. NT |
MADem |
Nov-21-11 02:36 AM |
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There was some capitulation on the part of the voters in the mid-terms |
bhikkhu |
Nov-20-11 05:01 PM |
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He's not saying that we shouldn't vote for Obama... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Nov-20-11 12:01 AM |
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what she said. vote holding my nose. I am a dem and don't apologize |
roguevalley |
Nov-20-11 12:45 AM |
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But why is a GOP president such a threat when all we hear on here is Obama couldn't do anything |
cui bono |
Nov-20-11 07:07 PM |
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Exactly - agree 100%. nt |
TBF |
Nov-20-11 08:17 AM |
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I agree. |
oldlib |
Nov-20-11 08:41 AM |
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This is what the corporate leaders want you to think. |
Fokker Trip |
Nov-20-11 07:22 PM |
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It's a ruse |
Bluesbreaker |
Nov-21-11 11:36 PM |
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I am truly beginning to wonder if it matters, given the outright control of the 1%... |
JFN1 |
Nov-20-11 12:11 AM |
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So true This slow death is torture. We've been had. |
tblue |
Nov-20-11 12:31 AM |
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Yes, I know exactly what you mean. |
Kaleko |
Nov-20-11 01:22 AM |
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Nov-20-11 12:48 AM |
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Damn skippy. |
JFN1 |
Nov-20-11 12:54 AM |
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or as newt the skank said: Get a job and a bath. Like he can |
roguevalley |
Nov-20-11 12:55 AM |
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Nov-20-11 02:37 AM |
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You know what I hate? |
PETRUS |
Nov-20-11 03:06 AM |
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Voting is irrelevant |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-20-11 12:14 AM |
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Nadia, I do understand. |
Mimosa |
Nov-20-11 12:27 AM |
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Why I said I will vote |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-20-11 12:28 AM |
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Nov-20-11 11:32 AM |
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+1 googool n/t |
Admiral Loinpresser |
Nov-20-11 05:00 PM |
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Yup.. |
Owlet |
Nov-20-11 05:42 AM |
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No change will come "from the streets" |
treestar |
Nov-20-11 02:18 PM |
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Yeah, that's it |
a simple pattern |
Nov-20-11 03:27 PM |
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Protesting is a short cut? WTF are you talking about??? |
cui bono |
Nov-20-11 07:10 PM |
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What utter crap. |
woo me with science |
Nov-20-11 07:27 PM |
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Must be nice to be so comfortable |
tabasco |
Nov-20-11 04:54 PM |
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Nov-20-11 05:30 PM |
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Nov-20-11 07:12 PM |
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Oh, so we're suppose to vote for Fascist Lite? |
CoffeeCat |
Nov-20-11 08:57 AM |
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+1 nt |
Lorien |
Nov-20-11 11:34 AM |
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what CC said above! +100000! n/t |
Donnachaidh |
Nov-20-11 12:35 PM |
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Indeed! |
chervilant |
Nov-20-11 02:02 PM |
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Damn right! +1000! n/t |
bengalherder |
Nov-20-11 07:06 PM |
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The 99% should all write in "no confidence" for president. |
cui bono |
Nov-20-11 07:16 PM |
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I agree..there is enough time for someone to emerge to speak for the majority of us |
xiamiam |
Nov-20-11 07:27 PM |
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Well said. nt |
woo me with science |
Nov-20-11 07:29 PM |
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+1000,substantiative positive change in the US will NEVER occur under the current sham 2 party syste... |
stockholmer |
Nov-21-11 05:00 PM |
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Is the president helpless without massive majorities in both houses of Congress or not? |
Marr |
Nov-20-11 02:10 PM |
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Exactly what I've just been saying. You can't have it both ways. |
cui bono |
Nov-20-11 07:17 PM |
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You prefer a kinder, gentler fascism? |
immoderate |
Nov-20-11 03:58 PM |
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Start bitching to your Dino reps or primary them |
julian09 |
Nov-20-11 07:43 PM |
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Nobody runs against Debbie W-S. |
immoderate |
Nov-20-11 07:59 PM |
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Obama is also lethal. |
Admiral Loinpresser |
Nov-20-11 04:58 PM |
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Exactly, couldn't agree more. |
Fokker Trip |
Nov-20-11 08:00 PM |
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Really? |
Bluesbreaker |
Nov-21-11 11:25 PM |
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Obama is highly relevant ONLY |
tabatha |
Nov-20-11 12:01 AM |
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I need to ask you a question |
Angry Dragon |
Nov-20-11 12:13 AM |
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Obama does not give up. |
tabatha |
Nov-20-11 12:37 AM |
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You and I have completely different views on giving up |
Angry Dragon |
Nov-20-11 12:51 AM |
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He did not have to go out of his way to get the US entangled in more |
JDPriestly |
Nov-20-11 02:04 AM |
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Why would Obama have agreed to trade agreements |
Enthusiast |
Nov-20-11 10:56 AM |
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Quite possibly. |
JDPriestly |
Nov-20-11 12:57 PM |
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He can try to compromise! That would be new! |
ChairmanAgnostic |
Nov-20-11 06:31 AM |
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No, he doesn't "give up." |
woo me with science |
Nov-20-11 07:29 PM |
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Are you kidding? |
FedUp_Queer |
Nov-20-11 09:29 PM |
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he had one in 2008-2010 and he didn't do shit. JOBS were needed |
roguevalley |
Nov-20-11 12:51 AM |
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He did not. |
tabatha |
Nov-20-11 01:34 AM |
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bullshit. i am old enough to remember blue and yellow dogs |
roguevalley |
Nov-20-11 01:41 AM |
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+1000 Bushies in drag. Or something like that. n/t |
cui bono |
Nov-20-11 07:21 PM |
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Always an excuse for not getting the job done |
_ed_ |
Nov-20-11 08:33 AM |
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I think Rachel Maddow understands what Obama is up against |
tabatha |
Nov-20-11 01:45 PM |
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Yes, I'm sure a corporate media star like Maddow |
_ed_ |
Nov-21-11 11:57 AM |
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.... |
chervilant |
Nov-21-11 12:21 AM |
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He had one of the most powerful mandates in history |
Enthusiast |
Nov-20-11 11:04 AM |
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Had it and pissed it away. |
russspeakeasy |
Nov-21-11 06:54 PM |
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Putting Congress aside, |
Admiral Loinpresser |
Nov-20-11 08:36 PM |
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HOPE v2.0 |
Electric Monk |
Nov-20-11 12:03 AM |
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awesome pic. isn't it amazing how many people see what is |
roguevalley |
Nov-20-11 12:52 AM |
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The One Percent can always afford to bribe/hire servants to play Obama's fools |
Divernan |
Nov-20-11 07:40 AM |
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+100000 nt |
woo me with science |
Nov-20-11 07:30 PM |
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I get a chuckle out of the ZOMG! Guy Fawkes!!11!11 brigade. |
bengalherder |
Nov-20-11 07:57 PM |
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I don't agree with this kind of discuss |
Hutzpa |
Nov-20-11 12:05 AM |
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Versus, what? |
JFN1 |
Nov-20-11 12:14 AM |
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To the uninitiated |
Hutzpa |
Nov-20-11 10:56 AM |
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Right now Obama is the best presidential candiate out there |
Angry Dragon |
Nov-20-11 12:16 AM |
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You think they aren't already? |
tblue |
Nov-20-11 12:21 AM |
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Powerless or complicit. |
Response |
Nov-20-11 01:48 AM |
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What do you think is happening NOW? |
CoffeeCat |
Nov-20-11 09:02 AM |
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Obama hasn't been relevant since he failed to take a stand and call the GOP's bluff over the debt |
steelmania75 |
Nov-20-11 12:05 AM |
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I don't think the GOP was bluffing...they would have let the US go into default..... |
Sheepshank |
Nov-20-11 12:19 AM |
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I just heard someone in the super committee |
tblue |
Nov-20-11 02:11 AM |
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you didn't hear it all then, john kerry said the republicans ASKED Obama to not get involved |
spanone |
Nov-20-11 11:03 AM |
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He's just not that into us. |
tblue |
Nov-20-11 12:16 AM |
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He's just not that into us...The mistake was thinking he ever was. |
SammyWinstonJack |
Nov-20-11 08:51 AM |
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and if/when Obama starts to defend/support OWS loudly then i bet 2/3rd of the people |
Bodhi BloodWave |
Nov-20-11 09:12 PM |
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He will go down in history as the great observer. |
Kablooie |
Nov-20-11 12:26 AM |
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President placeholder. A cardboard cut-out would be as useful. n/t |
gkhouston |
Nov-20-11 12:32 AM |
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He already is protecting the 1%. And before that he invited them into the WH. |
cui bono |
Nov-20-11 11:51 PM |
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Yet another driveby smear. |
cliffordu |
Nov-20-11 01:00 AM |
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Oh? |
Hardrada |
Nov-20-11 01:37 AM |
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OH!!! |
cliffordu |
Nov-20-11 01:38 AM |
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cliffordu, I love ya but how is it always someone else's fault |
roguevalley |
Nov-20-11 01:44 AM |
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My concern is that the independents will not vote |
Response |
Nov-20-11 01:52 AM |
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Name ONE thing he can do except make sound bites. |
cliffordu |
Nov-20-11 02:16 AM |
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I see a courageous, articulate, and passionate individual in you - |
JFN1 |
Nov-20-11 03:53 AM |
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He opposes our right to marry. Says God agrees with him. |
Bluenorthwest |
Nov-20-11 08:21 AM |
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That's not true. He's voiced |
ecstatic |
Nov-20-11 09:01 AM |
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He opposes marriage equality, and says he does so because |
Bluenorthwest |
Nov-20-11 10:27 PM |
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I think you're awesome, Clifford! |
onpatrol98 |
Nov-20-11 07:54 PM |
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I really enjoyed reading that. I don't agree, but it was a damn |
russspeakeasy |
Nov-21-11 06:59 PM |
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OMG! |
Hardrada |
Nov-20-11 01:45 AM |
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Party all night long, baybeees. |
cliffordu |
Nov-20-11 02:21 AM |
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Who's doing the drive-by smearing aroud here? |
JFN1 |
Nov-20-11 01:53 AM |
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I have yet to see any real defense of Obama. |
tblue |
Nov-20-11 02:08 AM |
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See #39 |
cliffordu |
Nov-20-11 02:23 AM |
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+1000 n/t |
JTFrog |
Nov-20-11 09:15 AM |
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Nov-20-11 02:31 AM |
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Don't quote Thomas Carlyle. He was kind of a right-wing jerk, wasn't he? |
Prometheus Bound |
Nov-20-11 03:15 AM |
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So? Words of wisdom come from genuinely surprising places. |
JFN1 |
Nov-20-11 04:04 AM |
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I don't know how he used that quote. |
Prometheus Bound |
Nov-20-11 04:39 AM |
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Not only are they duty bound to protect the constitution, but |
midnight |
Nov-20-11 04:56 AM |
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Politicizing OWS is not what WE want!! |
Major Hogwash |
Nov-20-11 05:12 AM |
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No, but verbal support would be appreciated. |
Cherchez la Femme |
Nov-20-11 08:52 AM |
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Supporting people's right to protest peacefully is not politicizing OWS. |
cui bono |
Nov-20-11 11:56 PM |
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Nov-20-11 06:14 AM |
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Kurt Vonnegut |
sulphurdunn |
Nov-20-11 07:56 AM |
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Plus one! nt |
Enthusiast |
Nov-20-11 11:15 AM |
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+1 |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-20-11 12:38 PM |
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A great post! |
hulka38 |
Nov-20-11 08:02 AM |
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Obama made himself irrelevant... |
CoffeeCat |
Nov-20-11 08:47 AM |
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+!!!!!!!!!! |
KoKo |
Nov-20-11 06:22 PM |
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Yes. OWS was necessary, because Mr. O. can't, or won't |
russspeakeasy |
Nov-21-11 07:01 PM |
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The world outside DC is really roiling and churning and gaining speed. |
Magoo48 |
Nov-20-11 08:51 AM |
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Then why are you and other haters so obsessed with him? |
ecstatic |
Nov-20-11 08:59 AM |
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cuz he is wasting space that could be used by someone |
dameocrat67 |
Nov-20-11 05:42 PM |
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Obama is getting us right where the republicans want us |
Autumn |
Nov-20-11 09:11 AM |
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IMHO all politicians are irrelevant to OWS |
TNLib |
Nov-20-11 09:24 AM |
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if obama spoke out in favor of OWS, the same people who demand he'd get involved would *immediately* |
dionysus |
Nov-20-11 11:21 AM |
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He shouldn't speak out in favor of OWS, but he should speak out |
Amonester |
Nov-20-11 11:41 AM |
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Exactly. He spoke out very clearly in favor of the people of Egypt. |
cui bono |
Nov-21-11 12:09 AM |
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Stale? You use that moldy-ass talking point and call the OP stale? |
Union Scribe |
Nov-20-11 10:36 PM |
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K & R. Well put! nt |
Lorien |
Nov-20-11 11:21 AM |
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The right wing noise machine thanks you for perpetuating yet another bullshit meme. |
Arkana |
Nov-20-11 12:49 PM |
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Standing up against corporatist Dems... |
CoffeeCat |
Nov-20-11 04:59 PM |
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When they really should be thanking you for your blindness and aid in |
cui bono |
Nov-21-11 12:11 AM |
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It didn't have to be that way. |
bvar22 |
Nov-20-11 01:07 PM |
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I believe it was "Yes WE can" |
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin |
Nov-20-11 01:47 PM |
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Nov-21-11 12:22 AM |
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Nice! |
snot |
Nov-20-11 01:58 PM |
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Obama 2012 - cuz its relevant |
jpak |
Nov-20-11 01:10 PM |
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He is entirely relevant to those who are complaining that |
treestar |
Nov-20-11 02:17 PM |
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Keep repeating that. |
Union Scribe |
Nov-20-11 10:38 PM |
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Plenty of people will |
treestar |
Nov-21-11 11:27 AM |
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What ? |
russspeakeasy |
Nov-21-11 07:06 PM |
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K&R n/t |
DeSwiss |
Nov-20-11 03:00 PM |
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I heard the same thing about a recent progressives's seminar. |
Peregrine Took |
Nov-20-11 04:52 PM |
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What EXACTLY are you trying to say here? |
Number23 |
Nov-20-11 04:52 PM |
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Rec #100 n/t |
MissDeeds |
Nov-20-11 05:16 PM |
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I respectfully disagree with you |
lindalou65 |
Nov-20-11 05:17 PM |
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unrec twinkles...nt |
SidDithers |
Nov-20-11 05:33 PM |
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Nov-20-11 10:45 PM |
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139 recs as I post this, by the way.... |
Bluenorthwest |
Nov-20-11 10:48 PM |
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Ain't democracy grand...nt |
SidDithers |
Nov-21-11 07:08 AM |
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our pres, is a hundred times better than B*sh any day, however, why else do you the crackdown on OWS |
Divine Discontent |
Nov-20-11 05:40 PM |
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Is this sarcastic? |
Fokker Trip |
Nov-20-11 08:08 PM |
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hyperbole much? Obama isn't even a hundred times better than Clinton. |
provis99 |
Nov-20-11 08:37 PM |
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He's truly NOT the ISSUE...Whether he or Crazy Repugs are Elected in 2012 |
KoKo |
Nov-20-11 06:19 PM |
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K&R. I like that quote by Tommy C. nt |
Chef Eric |
Nov-20-11 06:36 PM |
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Nov-20-11 06:38 PM |
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Obama is no friend of progressives... or working people.. or families... |
lib2DaBone |
Nov-20-11 07:11 PM |
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"Relevance" - very important idea |
Terry in Austin |
Nov-20-11 08:15 PM |
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"Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me." |
polichick |
Nov-20-11 08:29 PM |
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just one of many nonrelevancies |
paulkienitz |
Nov-20-11 08:29 PM |
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words matter. |
piratefish08 |
Nov-20-11 10:23 PM |
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Chances are great that the economy is about to take a new dive |
abelenkpe |
Nov-20-11 11:38 PM |
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"Not Disappointed in Obama" |
summerintx |
Nov-21-11 12:08 AM |
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Not only is he not relevant, he is in a legacy building mode of failure. |
Safetykitten |
Nov-21-11 08:38 AM |
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Obama is running the country; OWS can only achieve anything if it becomes relevant to politicians. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Nov-21-11 05:34 PM |
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You're irrelevant nt |
lillypaddle |
Nov-21-11 06:01 PM |
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that's all you had to bring? |
DisgustipatedinCA |
Nov-21-11 06:07 PM |
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glad I could help |
lillypaddle |
Nov-21-11 07:25 PM |
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it sounds like you're blaming obama for the left's own collective failure to recognize the right's |
certainot |
Nov-21-11 06:31 PM |
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He has the option. |
Rex |
Nov-21-11 07:02 PM |
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wtf |
roman7 |
Nov-21-11 07:03 PM |
#189 |