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No flames here. I'm pissed, too. Th1onein Jun 2013 #1
I could live with Dean backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #68
Dean/Warren would be the bomb! nradisic Jun 2013 #91
love both of them but geographic balance issues would prevent it carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #102
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if what is what he needs? backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #4
So Phlem Jun 2013 #7
Moooommm...! Hissyspit Jun 2013 #63
;0) Phlem Jun 2013 #79
Oh, puke. /nt Marr Jun 2013 #10
Authoritarianism sucks. I hope that with each passing day more and more people can disabuse stillwaiting Jun 2013 #17
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yeah someone who abandoned backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #20
betrayed kardonb Jun 2013 #69
Safe? From foreign enemies....maybe.....from domestically applied snappyturtle Jun 2013 #94
Obama and his Administration have done (and not done) enough to warrant the criticism stillwaiting Jun 2013 #21
His ruinous education policies which undermine the very foundation of democracy, duffyduff Jun 2013 #110
Now, that's funny. Fuddnik Jun 2013 #22
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Thank you! Coccydynia Jun 2013 #35
I don't think that is what people said. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #70
I'm not sure he was all that great in the Senate. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #71
Because we elected a PRESIDENT of a democratic republic Yo_Mama Jun 2013 #30
Are you sure he wasn't elected Supreme Leader? Coccydynia Jun 2013 #37
I wish I could rec a reply backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #39
I totally agree NoOneMan Jun 2013 #32
Sentient beings who are also intelligent Coccydynia Jun 2013 #38
Unfuckingbelievable TransitJohn Jun 2013 #33
Probably because Candidate Obama Coccydynia Jun 2013 #34
No, We didn't. quakerboy Jun 2013 #40
The "legalities" are also troubling... HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #3
THAT is so very true Yo_Mama Jun 2013 #31
Exactly. A warrant that covers every single person in the US... HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #78
All the jumping up and down will not correct this systemic Skidmore Jun 2013 #82
I agree, and the first step is publicity about what is going on Yo_Mama Jun 2013 #88
I agree. The problems are... HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #107
If you're talking about the Verizon thing ... brett_jv Jun 2013 #108
All of it. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #109
Let 'em flame away. 99Forever Jun 2013 #5
If he stopped this spying and droning tblue Jun 2013 #59
Good question... 99Forever Jun 2013 #60
"...the huge bucket of fail that this President has turned out to be." CrispyQ Jun 2013 #98
Same here, Crispy Q. No more lesser evils. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #100
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He is a socialist jsr Jun 2013 #14
Don't go for conspiracy theory stuff much, but wonder if HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #15
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I'd be tempted to follow your oh-so-tempting Occam's Razor HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #53
No. Obama doesn't get a pass like that. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #42
My post and your response illustrate but one of the evils of HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #44
Well Said! bvar22 Jun 2013 #50
Thank you. Like many on this board, I have been spending much time these HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #52
That was the day I changed my voter registration to "NO PARTY AFFILIATION". Fuddnik Jun 2013 #16
Another guy who didn't get his pony, huh? Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #36
Great way to put it........nt Enthusiast Jun 2013 #86
sigh.... KoKo Jun 2013 #114
+ at least a gazillion! chervilant Jun 2013 #58
Just because it's legal secondvariety Jun 2013 #8
I regret that I have but one rec to give abq e streeter Jun 2013 #9
Let me add one thing about the LEGAL side of this nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #11
nailed it FirstLight Jun 2013 #12
That is it, right there. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #101
We need a lot of things. Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #13
This is how nineteen50 Jun 2013 #19
Kick and Rec! Fuddnik Jun 2013 #23
The two party system is an illusion. CrispyQ Jun 2013 #25
The two party system is a tag team that advances its agenda by deception. Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #81
That's because neoliberal backers took control over both parties. duffyduff Jun 2013 #111
K and R! BobbyBoring Jun 2013 #26
Sorry, I don't believe this. kiva Jun 2013 #29
It seems believable enough to me quakerboy Jun 2013 #47
I expect someone who runs for, kiva Jun 2013 #96
Why even have a parliment? quakerboy Jun 2013 #118
*100 avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #80
Exactly. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #87
The Grassy Knoll is so old school. zeemike Jun 2013 #46
K&R MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #27
betrayal? You'd think he was your boyfriend or something. treestar Jun 2013 #41
one issue?Did you even read the OP? backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #43
Yeah. treestar Jun 2013 #48
so how does is work? backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #55
Its not that the president of the US is weak its that if one of the political parties wants to cstanleytech Jun 2013 #106
Obama could have let us know about the spying program much earlier JDPriestly Jun 2013 #76
This is the mother of all issues. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #72
It is the mother of all issues. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #89
K&R forestpath Jun 2013 #45
Flame thrower here Progressive dog Jun 2013 #49
+1. there's more on that list too. said he'd end the war & expanded it, said he'd close HiPointDem Jun 2013 #77
Yeah me too. Turbineguy Jun 2013 #51
You gave me a great tip about track bowling ball, so I will refrain. LOL. (this time) graham4anything Jun 2013 #54
I told you we rarely agree :) backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #61
I'm not pissed off, and I don't feel betrayed bhikkhu Jun 2013 #56
Dear backwoodsbob, tblue Jun 2013 #57
Dear tblue, RIGHT ON! Agony Jun 2013 #112
Why does our Constitutional Law Professor President now hate us for our freedoms? 90-percent Jun 2013 #62
whether they *are* blackmailing or not, they have the capability. they possibly even have the HiPointDem Jun 2013 #75
Excellent point! 90-percent Jun 2013 #84
a cheesy bad movie but there's lots of food for thought in it -- has the same scenario HiPointDem Jun 2013 #117
No, I'm pissed off about ALL of it. :-/ - K&R n/t DeSwiss Jun 2013 #64
Transparency blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #65
Change blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #66
Democrat(ic) blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #67
That's why I tuned out his speeches long ago. He doesnt walk the talk-at all. ErikJ Jun 2013 #73
But, he did keep his campaign promise to escalate the war in Afghanistan. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #74
He also took Michelle on a date, and got the kids a dog leftstreet Jun 2013 #104
Mostly if you didn't know you were voting for the lesser of two evils then........ nolabels Jun 2013 #83
but, but. what about the relaxed confidence, the great smile. the awesome wife and kids. and the abs KG Jun 2013 #85
Yup... nradisic Jun 2013 #90
I LOVE Hilton head backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #97
Government without the consent of The Governed is illegitimate.., Civilization2 Jun 2013 #92
Right You Are - When Politicians Make Promises They Don't Intend To Keep - There's A Place In ... cantbeserious Jun 2013 #93
With friends like these obxhead Jun 2013 #95
Secret Courts? whttevrr Jun 2013 #99
+1 Not Sure Jun 2013 #103
DURec leftstreet Jun 2013 #105
A healthy democracy is a transparent one Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #113
K&R FirstLight Jun 2013 #115
I just came back to respond to this thread a second time. You nailed it. nt Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #116
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