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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
21. You don't have to ask yourself which side Rmoney is on.
Thu Apr 5, 2012, 01:49 PM
Apr 2012

It's pretty much $$$elf-evident.

I don't like "lesser of two evils", either, but that's the way the system is set up.

These Democrats are the only game in town. Autumn Apr 2012 #1
Hasn't that been the plan all along? tex-wyo-dem Apr 2012 #62
I agree with everything you said Autumn Apr 2012 #75
it's funny paulk Apr 2012 #76
There was certainly a pretense... tex-wyo-dem Apr 2012 #81
It's amazing ProSense Apr 2012 #2
My rep, Nancy Pelosi, voted for it too. nt AtomicKitten Apr 2012 #4
after criticizing it paulk Apr 2012 #6
She thinks it's innocuous unlike the hair-on-fire folks AtomicKitten Apr 2012 #11
you always need to make it personal, don't you? paulk Apr 2012 #25
Bad Logic makes her upset. That is what it says. nt stevenleser Apr 2012 #54
makes Nancy upset? paulk Apr 2012 #55
the important point is not the bill necessarily paulk Apr 2012 #5
Really? ProSense Apr 2012 #8
More ProSense Apr 2012 #10
like I point out in the OP paulk Apr 2012 #12
Oh please ProSense Apr 2012 #14
Oh please paulk Apr 2012 #18
Wow ProSense Apr 2012 #20
Oh, and ProSense Apr 2012 #22
lolz Yeah, unions are just powerless powder puffs! JNelson6563 Apr 2012 #64
This has nothing to do with Obama's re-election. The post is about this piece-of-shit bill progressoid Apr 2012 #28
Our leaders can be as politic as anyone else bread_and_roses Apr 2012 #65
priorities marshall gaines Apr 2012 #38
So are you saying? zipplewrath Apr 2012 #15
pre-reagan? bart95 Apr 2012 #3
I agree, I have them pegged as early to mid nineties Republican-like Dragonfli Apr 2012 #19
I was thinking the same thing. It was during the Reagan Administration and his Voodoo economics RC Apr 2012 #66
I'd have to ask the same of you paulk. Swede Apr 2012 #7
Seems to me he is on Labors side, where Obama should be. Autumn Apr 2012 #9
what "Autumn" said paulk Apr 2012 #13
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #17
Shhhhh! That wasn't supposed to be common knowledge. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2012 #26
If there's proof, we should post it. nt msanthrope Apr 2012 #33
if it's "common knowledge" then I suggest you provide proof paulk Apr 2012 #34
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #39
They won't offer proof, just like the republicans they Autumn Apr 2012 #45
I could say that I'm surprised at the depths some of these people will go paulk Apr 2012 #52
MY Union decided a long time ago to support this president in his bid for another term. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #23
I belonged to a union for 20 years paulk Apr 2012 #27
And there is the irony. progressoid Apr 2012 #31
Wow that is ironic...for a political party to repeatedly undermine their own base of support. limpyhobbler Apr 2012 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author countryjake Apr 2012 #47
'no criticize party' bart95 Apr 2012 #16
it would be nice if someone could provide a timeframe where it would be acceptable.. frylock Apr 2012 #35
Hey pal, that thirty seconds of meany mean bashing could suppress a vote somewhere. Dragonfli Apr 2012 #61
+1...nt SidDithers Apr 2012 #72
You don't have to ask yourself which side Rmoney is on. KamaAina Apr 2012 #21
I'm inclined to vote for the person most likely to listen to valid criticism from the "left" ... TahitiNut Apr 2012 #73
Yep... Once Again The White House Screwed The Pooch... WillyT Apr 2012 #24
The side with the biggest donors. LetTimmySmoke Apr 2012 #29
+1 harun Apr 2012 #40
Yup. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #67
True! The proof is the billions Koch Bros and Karl Rove are spending to promote Obama emulatorloo Apr 2012 #74
but when it comes to corporations vs unions paulk Apr 2012 #77
"new" democratic party? how about the democratic party NOT run by liberals pasto76 Apr 2012 #30
OMG! 19 corporations on the board! How come the board isn't made up completely of unions? freshwest Apr 2012 #32
"We are disappointed -- and angry" progressoid Apr 2012 #36
Our party needs a progressive ass-kicking. I am sick to death of centrist & "bipartisan" BS. mother earth Apr 2012 #37
+1. anti-alec Apr 2012 #41
They are certainly guilty...love your moniker. :) mother earth Apr 2012 #43
How strange... chervilant Apr 2012 #42
that's the choice - the Democratic Party has moved way to the right and the Republican party has Douglas Carpenter Apr 2012 #44
And that is very useful, indeed, for those who own both of them. woo me with science Apr 2012 #48
yeah that's true. But what the hell else do we do? Douglas Carpenter Apr 2012 #56
Occupy, woo me with science Apr 2012 #60
the problem with the Democratic Party paulk Apr 2012 #78
I agree - the GOP has become the part of an inceasingly narrowly defined belief system and the Douglas Carpenter Apr 2012 #79
Again? n/t jtuck004 Apr 2012 #46
This is the new politics, and it really is brilliant. woo me with science Apr 2012 #49
I think only die hard democrats refuse to get it..everyone else gets it but doesn't know what to do xiamiam Apr 2012 #57
It's an airtight racket. nt Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #58
Du rec. Nt xchrom Apr 2012 #50
not on the side of labor. KG Apr 2012 #51
I haven't asked that question since the transition team was announced. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #53
They'll end up supporting the Dem ticket this November because there is no where else to turn. ThomThom Apr 2012 #59
Like most of us Doctor_J Apr 2012 #68
He sold us out on health care, war crimes, torture, Doctor_J Apr 2012 #69
Kick woo me with science Apr 2012 #70
K & R Better Believe It Apr 2012 #71
Now is not the time to point fingers. Stop picking on this president. Hotler Apr 2012 #80
around here upi402 Apr 2012 #82
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