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kenfrequed

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30. Oh come on...

Reply to tridim (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 10:32 AM

Feb 2013

There are some salient points in that laundry list. Wouldn't it be better to point out the specific areas that are not true and acknowledge the places where we desperately need improvement? I mean, it might not sound as good as say... the caption under a lolcatz meme, but it would go closer to a dialogue.

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Obama's legacy/achievement: Destroying the Republican Party [View all] midwest irish Feb 2013 OP

Maybe. LWolf Feb 2013 #1

When exactly did President Obama dismantle anything liberal? graham4anything Feb 2013 #7

Your rant attributes things to me I never said, LWolf Feb 2013 #13

JFK and Bobby are LESS liberal than President Obama. LBJ was the #1 most liberal graham4anything Feb 2013 #14

Again, LWolf Feb 2013 #16

I 100% support Hillary Rodham Clinton as our 45th president, then Michelle Obama as our 46th. graham4anything Feb 2013 #18

I 100% support LWolf Feb 2013 #20

This site is about electing DEMOCRATIC presidents come Nov. 2016 graham4anything Feb 2013 #21

I don't really think LWolf Feb 2013 #22

I just cut and pasted the original post by the OP-NOWHERE is it talking about what you are. graham4anything Feb 2013 #25

Actually, LWolf Feb 2013 #36

The revolution was won in 2008. I am using the ProNoun Obama as an adjective,verb,or adverb. graham4anything Feb 2013 #38

I don't think that ther is anything new about centerist Democrats. nt Walk away Feb 2013 #34

A noble service to posterity Berlum Feb 2013 #2

And adopting most of their policies! woo me with science Feb 2013 #3

That would suck if it were true. tridim Feb 2013 #4

Wow! 99Forever Feb 2013 #26

Oh come on... kenfrequed Feb 2013 #30

That really does help. MuseRider Feb 2013 #5

nonsense. DCBob Feb 2013 #8

+1 and picking up where they left off. forestpath Feb 2013 #17

Obama serves the same role as Reagan... Bigbluebrush Feb 2013 #6

The Republican Party needs to die, as it is now. lunatica Feb 2013 #9

+1 Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #19

republicans control the house and senate. how are they "destroyed" nt msongs Feb 2013 #10

Uhm... kenfrequed Feb 2013 #31

I'll tell you what: when we can look back 10 years later and say... JHB Feb 2013 #11

That's what we thought in 1964. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #12

People should have begged LBJ to run in 1968. He would have beaten Nixon. graham4anything Feb 2013 #15

In much the same way the Rome destroyed Greece. nt Bonobo Feb 2013 #23

the republican party is alive and well in wisconsin dembotoz Feb 2013 #24

In reality, the GOP has not been destroyed. MineralMan Feb 2013 #27

Were it not for Gerrymandering... kenfrequed Feb 2013 #32

Perhaps, but you see, MineralMan Feb 2013 #35

this obit is premature, and any wounds were entirely self inflicted. KG Feb 2013 #28

If they are eventually destroyed, it will be by their own hand. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #29

I have never seen a party like the republicans who are made up of whiney babies who southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #33

Here's an excellent article from last September that I think suggests that you might be correct Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2013 #37