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You can see this in how "both" parties are willingly framing the voters' "message" this time out villager Nov 2014 #1
if the public sweeps in a wave of Democrats, the message is "we must compromise with GOP" yurbud Nov 2014 #6
Not wanting the shit sandwich = begging for unicorns! villager Nov 2014 #7
the DLCers should wake up with a unicorn head in their bed. yurbud Nov 2014 #17
"It's not personal -- it's business." villager Nov 2014 #20
Indeed. woo me with science Nov 2014 #114
Haha! whatchamacallit Nov 2014 #26
Plusses! maddiemom Nov 2014 #83
LOL! Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #210
ROFL! woo me with science Nov 2014 #256
heh. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2014 #127
+1 Marr Nov 2014 #43
And yet so many idiots yell at us Millennials for not voting. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #101
Just consider if all the left leaning non-voters voted swilton Nov 2014 #149
Isn't that the sad truth? nt laundry_queen Nov 2014 #157
you gotta be kidding!!! ollie4 Nov 2014 #153
Milennials are fairly low information on economics. geek tragedy Nov 2014 #196
I disagree about not voting.. Feron Nov 2014 #246
yep. You can choose between gay bashing or gay hugging. yurbud Nov 2014 #253
BINGO! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #254
This: CrispyQ Nov 2014 #2
+1. nt bemildred Nov 2014 #5
Absolutely. TPP, Keystone XL, Chained CPI... Marr Nov 2014 #45
Exactly! And I think THEY know that the people are finally catching on which is why sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #249
The oligarchs know people are catching on, woo me with science Nov 2014 #255
Andrew, not Chris Cuomo vi5 Nov 2014 #3
it's hard to disagree with that. yurbud Nov 2014 #4
I see lots of posts urging Obama to use his veto pen. Maedhros Nov 2014 #22
Oh yea? Tommy2Tone Nov 2014 #95
So far, he's only used it twice. Maedhros Nov 2014 #145
Can we hold you to that prediction? BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #167
Sure thing LiberalLovinLug Nov 2014 #178
Obama won't veto, because he doesn't want to be overridden Demeter Nov 2014 #191
Dems and Repubs provide cover for each other. CJCRANE Nov 2014 #8
yep. I heard on the radio Obama is finally going to ask for congressional approval for Syrian actio yurbud Nov 2014 #18
If You Think the Parties are The Same, Why are You Here? AndyTiedye Nov 2014 #74
I didn't say they're the same. CJCRANE Nov 2014 #87
People always side with whoever they pick as the good cop of the show. L0oniX Nov 2014 #226
the Democratic Party has a progressive wing and progressive history yurbud Nov 2014 #263
+10000 The longer and more closely you watch the game, woo me with science Nov 2014 #147
Sad to say...but, I got that same feeling from watching his Presser.. KoKo Nov 2014 #9
After watching the Pres, I've concluded he's a space alien that wants to sell us off to Rigel IV. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #10
I expect to be shipped to the soylent green factory any day now. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #11
After watching the President, I've concluded that... greatauntoftriplets Nov 2014 #12
Yup. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #13
born in Kenya JI7 Nov 2014 #19
No shit Capt. Obvious Nov 2014 #31
+1 sheshe2 Nov 2014 #54
Ya think? Bobbie Jo Nov 2014 #59
Well... sendero Nov 2014 #78
+1 MissDeeds Nov 2014 #181
Move? IronLionZion Nov 2014 #183
No.. sendero Nov 2014 #184
Love it or leave it, eh? Heard that before. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #205
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2014 #143
Yeah, those who think the President wanted this.. see nothing but Cha Nov 2014 #179
Tell me, Cha... Scootaloo Nov 2014 #192
Well, Cha, I'm a dog person. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2014 #218
They are probably some of the same people that didn't lift a finger to vote Stellar Nov 2014 #241
+1000 CakeGrrl Nov 2014 #262
Right, if you don't believe in the goodness and purity of PBO zeemike Nov 2014 #63
You seem to think he's an evil asshole. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #65
See what I mean...the dichotomy again zeemike Nov 2014 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #72
What's described in the OP is pretty dickish and I associate dickish with being an asshole... Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #73
Well you associate wrong. zeemike Nov 2014 #80
Nothing I said is wrong. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #85
Only if you see in black and white. zeemike Nov 2014 #92
Just stop it. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #96
Well what is clear here to you are your own words zeemike Nov 2014 #109
LOL Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #111
The OP has always seemed to trash President Obama. I'm not surprised at all.. he would come Cha Nov 2014 #119
except when it's time for bipartisanship... yurbud Nov 2014 #250
I'm convinced that after 2008 they kidnapped the real Obama and replaced him... Odin2005 Nov 2014 #104
in my corporate experience, they offer the new CEO a very stark choice. magical thyme Nov 2014 #197
The reptilian agenda wins out again? L0oniX Nov 2014 #228
It is good to see clear, honest statements of what is being done to us. woo me with science Nov 2014 #14
They train the respective bases of each party to hate one another. Maedhros Nov 2014 #24
+1000000 Separate news networks, separate radio stations, separate call-in lines woo me with science Nov 2014 #32
So many are allowing their emotions to be played like a fiddle. Maedhros Nov 2014 #52
Yes..and, we hoped for better with the "freedom" the Internet Promised... KoKo Nov 2014 #234
a third of the country is convinced they are one lottery ticket away from being a have yurbud Nov 2014 #47
That's part of the disinformation being used to manipulate them. [n/t] Maedhros Nov 2014 #48
the reality is that most of those people are a few missed paychecks away from living in their car frylock Nov 2014 #115
+1 One Third of Americans One Paycheck Away From Homelessness woo me with science Nov 2014 #180
If their car isn't repo'd first. nt adirondacker Nov 2014 #258
lottery ticket = snake oil medicine show L0oniX Nov 2014 #229
Yes! Just an updated version of "You'll get pie in the sky when you die." RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #242
+1 leftstreet Nov 2014 #121
My last boss was very rightwing. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #208
It's important to realize that Republican voters are being fed the same type of horse shit Maedhros Nov 2014 #245
+100000! The goal is to distract us from this fundamental truth. Literally, at all costs. RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #240
+1 zeemike Nov 2014 #67
Well said. nt mother earth Nov 2014 #84
Republicans are depending on the media to help them put pressure on Obama. kentuck Nov 2014 #15
He has the veto pen, not the media vi5 Nov 2014 #16
I guess we will... kentuck Nov 2014 #23
This is where the rubber meets the road. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #211
Wanna bet he gives the store away.....in the name of 'bipartisanshit and compromise'? SammyWinstonJack Nov 2014 #128
Suckers bet vi5 Nov 2014 #150
I'm afraid you're right MissDeeds Nov 2014 #186
I don't think he will cheezmaka Nov 2014 #159
Astonished at your naivete Android3.14 Nov 2014 #55
I must be having a nightmare cause I landed at Faux News (nt) sunnystarr Nov 2014 #120
No, this is just another episode of As The Stomach Churns. Major Hogwash Nov 2014 #171
Besides, it's that episode they've already shown 100 or so times. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2014 #209
They depend on our trust in a system that doesn't exist anymore. woo me with science Nov 2014 #21
No Shit ... pbmus Nov 2014 #68
This corporate coup is spread worldwide now, and since b4 bu$h at that... Amonester Nov 2014 #155
heck, they were relieved in '10 when Brown won and ended the Supermajority: MisterP Nov 2014 #25
they talked as if they never had it: "We gotta get some Republican votes" for this or that... yurbud Nov 2014 #61
We Never Did Have a Working Supermajority AndyTiedye Nov 2014 #69
wouldn't you think the most corrupt would also be most vulnerable to strong-arming? yurbud Nov 2014 #89
They Are, But they are Being Strongarmed By… AndyTiedye Nov 2014 #99
Then all of that legislation should have had funding tied to it Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #213
the DSCC gave, what $52M to retiring Senators? and they can only get corpo money with corpo ideals MisterP Nov 2014 #75
Your first two paragraphs are insane. JoePhilly Nov 2014 #27
+1 breath of sanity flamingdem Nov 2014 #33
Sadly ... JoePhilly Nov 2014 #42
I think the Dems had a super majority for 70 days, not 2 yrs...due to blue dog dems randys1 Nov 2014 #88
Actually, that includes the 5 or so blue dogs JoePhilly Nov 2014 #90
Worse than I thought... randys1 Nov 2014 #100
It was even worse than that. SunSeeker Nov 2014 #175
Actually, it was only 24 working days of a filibuster proof Senate majority. nt SunSeeker Nov 2014 #174
Did they need or use a supermajority to pass Health Care Reform? yurbud Nov 2014 #265
I'm betting you don't know the actually sequence of events ... JoePhilly Nov 2014 #269
I was actually asking a question yurbud Nov 2014 #271
yes, breath of sanity indeed nt steve2470 Nov 2014 #124
It will only get worse Andy823 Nov 2014 #35
yup ... DU's Combustible Hair Club is now in session. JoePhilly Nov 2014 #38
Guns? did i hear GUNS WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA randys1 Nov 2014 #102
Love that picture Andy823 Nov 2014 #126
Hair on fire club for men Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2014 #140
Lovin' attacks from the "left" that are flamingdem Nov 2014 #66
It think there is a contest Andy823 Nov 2014 #125
Just like Ted Cruz flamingdem Nov 2014 #131
this is pretty much what it is and they feel like the world agrees with them JI7 Nov 2014 #177
+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #36
+100. nt chowder66 Nov 2014 #37
who said he hated the country? I don't think feeling for the country motivates very many in DC yurbud Nov 2014 #49
I was just reading between the lines ... JoePhilly Nov 2014 #51
good and evil also have little meaning in Washington. There is what you get paid to do yurbud Nov 2014 #56
Clearly we're doomed. JoePhilly Nov 2014 #91
"Sometimes I can't believe the nonsense that gets posted around here." Number23 Nov 2014 #129
LOL Amonester Nov 2014 #156
+1 nt steve2470 Nov 2014 #163
I think they want total destruction. JoePhilly Nov 2014 #188
Yep, a Canadian recently said it well... stevenleser Nov 2014 #268
This thread should have been changed.... cheezmaka Nov 2014 #161
The stuff after the first two paragraphs wasn't meritorious either nt geek tragedy Nov 2014 #195
I liked the ebola line tucked into the middle all by itself. JoePhilly Nov 2014 #198
Especially since Obama smacked Cuomo down on that. geek tragedy Nov 2014 #199
If you take each Democratic candidate on their own ... JoePhilly Nov 2014 #200
'hates this country'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #215
I'm just reading between the lines ... JoePhilly Nov 2014 #216
Yep, no anti-Obama smear is too ridiculous to get widespread support here. stevenleser Nov 2014 #267
Obama shares a wide swath of ideological real estate with Republicans. pa28 Nov 2014 #28
The next couple of years will be very interesting. I think we will know Autumn Nov 2014 #29
No fuckin' shit. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #30
+1 Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #40
Which is why it's so important that our hatred for each other be stoked... woo me with science Nov 2014 #117
The Wait jalan48 Nov 2014 #34
The parties have fully merged. They don't want us to know. So they keep up the dog & pony show Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #39
Simplest and clearest summary I have seen yet. woo me with science Nov 2014 #53
Thank you. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #60
Nothing much changes when control of the government switches hands. Maedhros Nov 2014 #146
You think that the Republicans can keep a lid on all of the crazy they unleashed in 2009? 6000eliot Nov 2014 #41
I don't think they are crazy, just thoughtlessly obedient to their corporate masters. yurbud Nov 2014 #58
"they do as little as possible, this time helped by Republican obstruction, until Zorra Nov 2014 #44
And the Republicans rigged it... ReRe Nov 2014 #220
This important thread has now been tagged "doubleplusungood" woo me with science Nov 2014 #46
sometimes they can do a whole sockpuppet thread, seemingly not realizing that no real people are yurbud Nov 2014 #50
Indeed. woo me with science Nov 2014 #57
+100 G_j Nov 2014 #76
all I know is I wasn't juror #1, lol magical thyme Nov 2014 #94
Thank you for posting this. :) woo me with science Nov 2014 #107
LMFAO ...best jury evah L0oniX Nov 2014 #230
wait, which post was the alert for? yurbud Nov 2014 #260
#46 magical thyme Nov 2014 #261
+1 Enthusiast Nov 2014 #187
Which is why Hillary needs to be kept far far away from the White House. (nt) w4rma Nov 2014 #62
+100000000 woo me with science Nov 2014 #135
Obama won, and got what he wanted? ProSense Nov 2014 #64
Hehehehehe, welcome back ProSense! Iliyah Nov 2014 #93
He reacted with glee AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #71
oh please DonCoquixote Nov 2014 #82
Apparently you missed his post election statements AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #86
and if he said Mopey DonCoquixote Nov 2014 #112
Oh boo hoo.. You sound like the WHPC.. they were upset that Pres Obama wasn't all down and dejected Cha Nov 2014 #118
++++++++++ to infinity and beyond (nt) sunnystarr Nov 2014 #123
Really, sunnystar! So sad for the posters on here and the WHPC Jackals who demand Pres Obama act Cha Nov 2014 #166
Nobody on here wants 'sad and dejected'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #217
Hmm. When we're not miserable.. flamingdem Nov 2014 #132
I'm always looking for silver linings, flamingdem and I think the President and his TEAM are on Cha Nov 2014 #168
As always, Cha is right on, groovy and far out. mimi85 Nov 2014 #139
Mahalo mims! Thanks to the amazing tweets posted on Cha Nov 2014 #169
You hit another one out of the park Cha Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2014 #142
Muchas Gracias, Yo Mama! Cha Nov 2014 #170
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2014 #144
Mahalo, uponit! Cha Nov 2014 #172
The past is prologue AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #176
"He reacted with glee" is a lie, a flat out ODS falsehood. nt geek tragedy Nov 2014 #194
Watch his post election news conference AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #248
Ugh.... Skidmore Nov 2014 #77
Did any of the losers say "We should have done a better job for the people"? jtuck004 Nov 2014 #79
+1 ...however "better job" may mean sucking up to the rich (people) for campaign money. L0oniX Nov 2014 #231
The best we can hope for AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #81
Cuomo = Obama blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #97
DLCers are Republican infiltrators and need to be all kicked out. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #98
The Dem party needs to embrace (go back to) FDR, progressive, populist principles L0oniX Nov 2014 #233
that's how the game is played alrighty stupidicus Nov 2014 #103
Well, now I'm depressed. redheaddem Nov 2014 #105
IMO the good news is that people *are* waking up. woo me with science Nov 2014 #108
Well said. zeemike Nov 2014 #110
I really, really hope Bernie runs. woo me with science Nov 2014 #116
A revolution is the right word. zeemike Nov 2014 #134
We now have a largely post-partisan, post-democratic, corporate government in this country. woo me with science Nov 2014 #106
yep. I would like to hear our DLC/Third Way friends tell us why so much trade, foreign... yurbud Nov 2014 #264
I think this is the most important thread on DU right now, woo me with science Nov 2014 #113
And people in California have woken up - they just do NOT know what truedelphi Nov 2014 #122
They are constantly refining the system, aren't they. woo me with science Nov 2014 #130
"it seems like" is the key phrase here AtomicKitten Nov 2014 #133
In 2008, Obama went straight to work rescuing the Republican Party. His work is done. And only whereisjustice Nov 2014 #136
nonsense. DCBob Nov 2014 #137
You're right, it sounds crazy. ucrdem Nov 2014 #138
ALL the money is on Wall Street or buried offshore SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2014 #141
Precisely. DeSwiss Nov 2014 #148
Repubs don't like governing, and now they have to. alfredo Nov 2014 #151
K & R Thespian2 Nov 2014 #152
He may veto some or all, since he's not running again. Amonester Nov 2014 #158
At times I get the sinking feeling kacekwl Nov 2014 #154
That's your stomach..... DeSwiss Nov 2014 #203
The abject cowardice with which they all approached having the big majority was appalling. PeteSelman Nov 2014 #160
^^^THIS^^^ When they were a big majority they were like a deer in the headlights. L0oniX Nov 2014 #239
It's not cowardice. We are a sham democracy now. The parties are working together. woo me with science Nov 2014 #252
In 81 Reagan from the beginning let lose on the Democrats for "Thwarting the will of the people" Douglas Carpenter Nov 2014 #162
This is the situation Obama wanted? Really??? lexington filly Nov 2014 #164
Pragmatism is taking whatever situation you get, and turning it to your advantage bhikkhu Nov 2014 #165
I have to disagree with that, the POTUS needed the Dems to control Congress Rex Nov 2014 #173
That socialist is gonna git yer guns! IronLionZion Nov 2014 #182
Sorry, I'm not buying the multi-dimensional chess game thing, anymore. Paladin Nov 2014 #185
You noticed that, too? Demeter Nov 2014 #189
K&R. I get the exact same impression. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #190
Idiotic ODS drivel. No, Obama did not want those whose only goal is to derail his presidency geek tragedy Nov 2014 #193
Well Done, geek! "told him to stay away.." except in PA, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Cha Nov 2014 #201
BINGO! B Calm Nov 2014 #202
"Democrats ran away from him and told him to stay away" I wonder why. L0oniX Nov 2014 #238
What fucking nonsense. giftedgirl77 Nov 2014 #204
And people like this Bobbie Jo Nov 2014 #221
Seriously, it gets crazier every damn day. giftedgirl77 Nov 2014 #222
LMFAO L0oniX Nov 2014 #235
I agree MissDeeds Nov 2014 #206
Agreed. That was my first conclusion. Obama will betray liberals most horribly. EEO Nov 2014 #207
Of course.... Hotler Nov 2014 #212
You picked up on the foreshadowing in this novella. nt NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #214
+1 Sort of like reading a series of books by the same bad novelist. woo me with science Nov 2014 #223
Pretty much, it's all scripted OR or one heck of a coincidence that the 1% always end up with a win. NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #236
Bingo. Sadly. Myrina Nov 2014 #219
Agree. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #224
"Obama's" TPA and XL will get passed now maybe even SS CPI will get back on the table. L0oniX Nov 2014 #225
The game is rigged. Fearless Nov 2014 #227
Here comes the Haterade. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #232
Well Done, True Blue Door! The Conspiracy Theories are so pathetic.. but, I think this one Cha Nov 2014 #237
the "hater" talking point was lazy and stupid when the Bushies used it. yurbud Nov 2014 #259
I'm a little confused. What did you want Obama to say? Moonwalk Nov 2014 #243
kick woo me with science Nov 2014 #244
I love me some president obama, but i will be the first to tell you okieinpain Nov 2014 #247
kick woo me with science Nov 2014 #251
this clearly struck a nerve considering not just rec's and views, but DLC/Third Way/Blue Dog whining yurbud Nov 2014 #257
The facts are simply not with you. stevenleser Nov 2014 #270
so Obama ISN'T pushing GOP K-12 privatization agenda, isn't pursuing the same foreign policy, & TPP? yurbud Nov 2014 #272
If you ignore the several dozen points in the piece I posted, why should I address any of yours? nt stevenleser Nov 2014 #273
which post? yurbud Nov 2014 #274
kick woo me with science Nov 2014 #266
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