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In reply to the discussion: I have a question for the "There's no difference between Bush and Obama" crowd: [View all]hay rick
(7,612 posts)44. The similarities between the parties dwarf the differences.
High military spending.
No public option.
Too big to fail is too big to reform.
Can we add belief in the confidence fairy and the need for entitlement reform? Tune in tonight.
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I have a question for the "There's no difference between Bush and Obama" crowd: [View all]
11 Bravo
Feb 2013
OP
If that was the *actual* unified position of any particular "group" posting here
sibelian
Feb 2013
#6
They have to dissemble this point so that they can try to defend the indefensible.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#36
Exactly. God forbid that a politician's actions should have moral values if he's COOL.
sibelian
Feb 2013
#52
he meant at DU rather than the entire internet, but of course, you know that already.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#20
I tend to respond to people based on what they actually say, as opposed to what you may think ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2013
#21
his meaning was clear from the context. you were invited to link to some DU posts where
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#22
I choose not to play the "Link?" game. I've done so for my 11 years at DU. Particularly when ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2013
#29
Fwiw, I followed your advice and used google....and yeah, you were correct.
PragmaticLiberal
Feb 2013
#48
A more revealing question would be: how are the two political parties alike?
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#16
It's not off the top of my head...it's distilled from a previous rant or two for
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#47
Well you poor thing!! Having to talk to us evil Democrats then. You just shouldn't have to put up
DevonRex
Feb 2013
#51
I dont think anyone thinks that Pres Obama is a progressive. Certainly not the OP author.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#34
I have a better question. Why are Dick Cheney, George Bush, Rumsfeld and Rice not in jail?
Lint Head
Feb 2013
#26
There is no such "strawman" as a "There's no difference between Bush and Obama" crowd.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#33
People that don't live and breathe the situation room and natl. security briefings...
EastKYLiberal
Feb 2013
#56
"They see everything through Bush-era colored glasses, in which all military action is bad"
sibelian
Feb 2013
#60
easy to say when you don't have a special education student being forced to take
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#59