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In reply to the discussion: Before you jump on Obama over the Monsanto amendment, take a minute and read this [View all]MineralMan
(146,393 posts)31. Yes, indeed it was.
The portion of the bill being complained about was introduced by a Democrat, too. What's that about?
Perhaps it doesn't do what the advocacy sites say it does, eh? I read it. I don't see that it does much of anything, really. I think it's way overblown.
Finally, I think trashing the President over signing a bill that was voted for by every Democratic Senator except one is pretty weird. Really I do. But, never mind...
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Before you jump on Obama over the Monsanto amendment, take a minute and read this [View all]
WilliamPitt
Mar 2013
OP
C'mon dion. Don't beat me up. I'm not the one who posted a blatant hitpiece with glaring omissions
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2013
#8
Understanding how things work and, hence, what our personal commitment to specific outcomes must
patrice
Mar 2013
#5
Don't feel bad about it. Your life is a success story. Everyone has triggers.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#131
If you're not providing them info that looks bad for Obama, they generally don't read it.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#16
Hmm. Disruptive post by newbie accusing DUer of being 1% which has nothing to do with the subthread.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2013
#82
Could it be the fact that he has had a Democratic Senate for the entire time -and a Democratic House
karynnj
Mar 2013
#115
Vetoing an entire spending bill over that one amendment and causing a possible govt shutdown...
Comrade_McKenzie
Mar 2013
#13
Which is why no one like Doc will ever sit inside the Oval Office. We had the chance to elect an...
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2013
#27
Lol, no one has ever succeeded in silencing me, so where you are getting this
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#78
"And please post a comment of mine stating that 'people are trying to silence me'."
Sheepshank
Mar 2013
#81
Well, you already failed to produce your 'victim' posts so it's probably a waste of
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#94
"to conflate all of this with the current bill is disingenious...to say the least."
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2013
#101
Well, you seem to be unable to point to the words in the rider that are so objectionable.
jeff47
Mar 2013
#88
Good catch MM. Another of DU's internet legends shot all to hell. I wonder if it changes anything
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2013
#30
Perhaps I was unclear in my post.. I have been telling them that they cannot hold this over the
glowing
Mar 2013
#61
Or appreciate the fact that there was a deadline or the government would be shut down.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#90
Is this what "activism" has become? I mean, what separates the left from the teabaggers now?
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2013
#98
Yes, the themes are exactly the same. May be in this book which I haven't read yet:
freshwest
Mar 2013
#103
Thanks fresh, I've been out of the loop for a few days, had a family emergency. I've bookmarked....
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2013
#125
The communication is there. Get on the OFA email list and contact your representatives regularly.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#109
I appreciate this but there will be some who will still argue the obvious with you.
grantcart
Mar 2013
#37
Risk a government shutdown over a toothless rider that will die in six months.
WilliamPitt
Mar 2013
#45
Thanks. And those finger pointing need to change Congress next year and state governments quickly.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#92
Recipe for successful DU OP: hide facts, misquote and add hyperbolic outrage
emulatorloo
Mar 2013
#56
My God, Obama is likely going to be blackmailed by a veritable passel of poisoned pills: when will
indepat
Mar 2013
#60
That's an excuse, not a reason. It's it's always the same excuse used to screw us.
grahamhgreen
Mar 2013
#86
I don't agree. Imagine if they had attached an abortion ban in the same way.
limpyhobbler
Mar 2013
#104
^This^ What if someone put in a bill stripping the pre existing clause from the ACA?
Autumn
Mar 2013
#114