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In reply to the discussion: I'm Sorry... But I Gotta Ask... People Here Keep Saying We Have To Have The President's Back... [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)271. Appointing conservatives cant lead to goodness.
Sen Sanders also wouldnt have appointed the following conservatives, Lawrence Summers, Ben Bernanke, William M. Daley, Jeff Immelt, Alan Simpson, Dave Cote, Jeb Bush, Robert Gates, Gen Stanley McChrystal, Jacob Lew, Jeremiah Norton, Gen Petraeus, John Brennen, Chuck Hegal, Michael Taylor.
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I'm Sorry... But I Gotta Ask... People Here Keep Saying We Have To Have The President's Back... [View all]
WillyT
Jan 2013
OP
In democracies, it doesn't matter that the President has information we don't have; we are still
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#132
I think you might have covered two logical fallacies. Putting words in someone's mouth
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#150
my problem isn't with you trusting him, it's with you trying to shut down criticism from others
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#137
Bull crap!.....you easily are in the category of shutting down positive discussions re: Obama.
Sheepshank
Jan 2013
#207
The juries are a popularity contest - if you're popular you can say shit. If not, you get hidden.
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#283
You're a "cut and runner", now there's a neo-con meme I ain't heard in a while!!!!
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#109
This congress should just be sent home as unfit to serve. It would be a tremendous cost
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#108
i don't recall him asking voters to get his back. i recall him asking something different of us.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#95
"...the people he is trying to kill...are horrid people who have killed and
truth2power
Jan 2013
#77
Fix health care like he promised he would if we passed Obamacare crapsurance!!!!!!!
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#111
Homework Assignment for You: How many votes did "Obamacare crapsurance" pass by in both houses.
ellisonz
Jan 2013
#112
Obama said, ""If a mandate was the solution, we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#183
He was re-elected DESPITE the fact that the whiny Left/Libertarians infesting this site
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2013
#231
Take the progressive vote out of the equation and he lost. Fact is most of the issues
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#239
I'm a progressive. I have long given up calling myself a Liberal after FiredogLake and DKos
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2013
#248
OK... I'll Bite... The President Also Has The 14th Amendment, And (I Guess) The Trillion Dollar Coin
WillyT
Jan 2013
#19
What's the long view for the Patriot Act, indefinate detention and domestic surveillance?
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#250
I'm not sure, but neither of those things diminish my support for the president
Politicub
Jan 2013
#280
no, he's a citizen with an opinion, just like you. There's no analogy between computer programming
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#136
Beautifully, perfectly said. Especially the bit imploring the OP to "educate himself"
Number23
Jan 2013
#130
He has and does and will, imo. (aside) There are 3 branches of government, as you know.
pinto
Jan 2013
#14
WillyT, after four months of DU spitting venom at the newly elected president...
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#22
That's the basic point. What kind of world do people live in where one kicks and screams at
patrice
Jan 2013
#119
I accept, Cha...but it looks like we will have to fight the fight, along with cheerleading...
sheshe2
Jan 2013
#141
Holding public servants accountable is the responsibility of the people.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#34
Did you strike a nerve...sure. You just accused me of being corrupt...ie: a criminal! Really?
sheshe2
Jan 2013
#159
How CAN he have OUR back if we don't have his? The GOP is trying to erode his support and turn his
okaawhatever
Jan 2013
#37
We support him...he supports us, yes. And he is. So, what's your point? I don't get it.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#41
That's Me... Always "Whining" About The U.S. Constitution And Violations Of Oaths And Laws...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#60
And I Am So Glad You Are Amused... And Glad I Could Bring Some Joy Into Your Life...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#103
The operative word being "us." Not "me." "Us," as in the American citizens. Not Democrats,
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#192
HA! I thought I was the only one who noticed...have been noticing for some time n/t
Sheepshank
Jan 2013
#212
I don't know what this particular poster's complaints are. There are many complaints
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#190
That's a weak way to criticize Obama. No, I don't know what your complaints are.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#188
No matter what the ODSers say or do, I will NEVER turn my back on this president!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2013
#46
Good Point... What About Those Comfortable Shoes... Walking With Labor In Wisconsin ???
WillyT
Jan 2013
#56
So, basically, because he hasn't been able to do everything, he's not had our backs...
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2013
#179
I don't want the Prez, whoever he/she may be, getting involved in state politics. Not his job.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#194
Many people have learned from life that relationships need reciprocity & Have functioned under that
patrice
Jan 2013
#58
1 man, and 300 milion people sitting on their lazy asses, doing essentially nothing.
liberalmuse
Jan 2013
#61
The assumption that anyone who supports this President is engaging in a cult of personality is
patrice
Jan 2013
#90
President Barack Hussein Obama knows things you do not know, negative nellies & willyT.
hopemountain
Jan 2013
#98
When a post starts out, "So you think...." you know it has to be a logical fallacy.
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#206
Speaking of Bernie Sanders, his appointments would likely have been very different.
amandabeech
Jan 2013
#266
Not as embarrassing as the freeperlike attacks on a sitting Democratic President.
JTFrog
Jan 2013
#201
When the sitting Democratic President acts like a Republican I would hope he gets criticism.
Dawgs
Jan 2013
#236
Whoops. Just saw that the OP, after high-fiving every single post in this thread that shit on the
Number23
Jan 2013
#157
Noticed that too, huh? While all the while, WillyT's cheering squad bemoans the President's
Number23
Jan 2013
#249
Obama does have your back. It's the republican't part of Congress that's screwing us. Now they want
judesedit
Jan 2013
#230
Did the republican congress pick all of those Wall Street guys for his administration?
Dawgs
Jan 2013
#237
he releases his plans at the last minute and uses the time-crunch as an excuse to bow to neocons
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#268
Just curious, but how many of your 43,000+ posts have been rants against the President?....
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#278
I'm sorry I got here late WillyT. I wish I had been around to have your back...
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#281