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Bobbie Jo

(14,341 posts)
221. And people like this
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 10:55 AM
Nov 2014

continue to wonder why they're not taken seriously.

Faux News has nothing on this bunch.

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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