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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
25. Better question would be how will the Obama administration react?
Sun May 6, 2012, 09:42 PM
May 2012

since Hillary works for it. Not sure why you think Obama is a puppet of Hillary. Do you think she is running this adminstration? Really strange OP, imo.

She will respond however Obama wants her to respond Autumn May 2012 #1
You're sure about that? Ken Burch May 2012 #3
yes maddezmom May 2012 #6
no rouge? HiPointDem May 2012 #52
yes maddezmom May 2012 #62
dunno, looks like she's wearing some in this snap: HiPointDem May 2012 #66
Of course I'm sure of it. Autumn May 2012 #14
Oh, you know. The all-powerful Hillary DevonRex May 2012 #16
Look at how Honduras and Haiti played out. Ken Burch May 2012 #19
I doubt President Obama is so weak-willed he allowed Clinton to lead him around obamanut2012 May 2012 #46
You have that right Autumn May 2012 #20
It makes me blush. Or is that marybourg May 2012 #65
i'm waiting for Bea to come in guns blazing on this one.... dionysus May 2012 #108
So am I. And I'd back her up 100% too. DevonRex May 2012 #109
Of course, Hillary Clinton is a loyalist to Obama obamanut2012 May 2012 #44
You left out the murder of Vince Foster... cthulu2016 May 2012 #2
I never thought she did that and I hate all the rw anti-HRC stuff. Ken Burch May 2012 #4
LOL DURHAM D May 2012 #10
You're laughing at the truth. Ken Burch May 2012 #18
Double LOL FSogol May 2012 #121
This message was self-deleted by its author sharp_stick May 2012 #5
What bullshit? Ken Burch May 2012 #9
I think our neoliberals will just ignore any European backlash against austerity. girl gone mad May 2012 #7
This is the right answer, imo. nt EFerrari May 2012 #51
Is this a joke that I'm not getting? DevonRex May 2012 #8
just your daily anti-dem campaigning, is all.... dionysus May 2012 #107
I swear I feel like I'm back in 2008 suddenly. DevonRex May 2012 #110
Does this comic book of yours come with drawings? jberryhill May 2012 #11
You'd have said the same thing in a discussion about Dean Rusk and LBJ in '67. Ken Burch May 2012 #24
LOL. This is absolutely absurd fantasy RZM May 2012 #12
You're assuming she won't shape that line. Ken Burch May 2012 #21
Holy Shit! cynatnite May 2012 #13
No, that's the implant Hillary put there back during the last DevonRex May 2012 #15
Holy shit dude. Starry Messenger May 2012 #17
Remember Haiti and Honduras Ken Burch May 2012 #26
I'm not excusing anything, but those countries are in our hemisphere. Starry Messenger May 2012 #28
These are *not* natural questions on a day such as this. Ikonoklast May 2012 #22
Remember Haiti and Honduras Ken Burch May 2012 #23
Yes, it would have obamanut2012 May 2012 #49
My point was the values WalMart represents, I wasn't saying it controls foreign policy Ken Burch May 2012 #56
Perhaps you need to read about her tenure on the Board obamanut2012 May 2012 #61
Oh, you thought so, too? aquart May 2012 #81
Better question would be how will the Obama administration react? maddezmom May 2012 #25
On foreign policy, to a large degree, yes. Ken Burch May 2012 #27
so you are calling Obama a puppet maddezmom May 2012 #29
This is some DevonRex May 2012 #30
It's just that I think I understand how power works. Ken Burch May 2012 #36
If Obama isn't free to "call the tune" on foreign policy, then who does? obamanut2012 May 2012 #53
None of the above. bvar22 May 2012 #115
What forces, Ken? Starry Messenger May 2012 #54
The Pentagon, big finance, corporate power Ken Burch May 2012 #57
That was during the Cold War. Starry Messenger May 2012 #60
Mayhaps the shadowy and elusive Hilderberg Group?! obamanut2012 May 2012 #58
OMG. Starry Messenger May 2012 #59
Pffft. Everyone knows it is the Hilluminati that hold the *real* power. Ikonoklast May 2012 #92
I think you are getting the Hilluminati confused with the Hassan Hil Sabbah Starry Messenger May 2012 #95
As if you've ever been invited to one of their gatherings. Ikonoklast May 2012 #97
Dark Forces jberryhill May 2012 #64
And a woman is the "larger force"? A WOMAN? IN AMERICA? aquart May 2012 #83
This has NOTHING to do with gender. HRC's gender is totally irrelevant to me and you know it. Ken Burch May 2012 #85
Hillary didn't leave the primary early tammywammy May 2012 #31
I amended it to "the race", not the primaries. My apologies on that point. Ken Burch May 2012 #33
You are right on, Ken. Webster Green May 2012 #35
I expected the response Ken Burch May 2012 #40
and sometimes a banana is just a.... banana cali May 2012 #93
Then she has been failing miserably at 'maintaining the status quo, forever', then. Ikonoklast May 2012 #55
Wow. Hillary dropped out of the 2008 primary in exchange for total control of US foreign policy?... SidDithers May 2012 #125
have they really defied the oligarchs and germany, though? BOG PERSON May 2012 #32
SYRIZA is staunchly anti-austerity. Ken Burch May 2012 #34
i know they're anti-austerity BOG PERSON May 2012 #98
Just a small correction nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #37
That, too. Ken Burch May 2012 #41
Nothing. She knows the election changes nothing. hack89 May 2012 #38
Actually, it opens many possibilities for change. Ken Burch May 2012 #42
Those new and creative alternatives had better fit within the global economy and financial markets hack89 May 2012 #47
A pro-austerity party can do neither Ken Burch May 2012 #48
Not sure what you think money is. girl gone mad May 2012 #79
I know that spending more money than you have is a bad thing. hack89 May 2012 #94
spending more money than you have is the main way individuals expand their assets. HiPointDem May 2012 #103
But when your bills get so large that they consume a large and growing portion of your income hack89 May 2012 #106
spending on social benefits has a direct impact on the economy. so not sure what you're HiPointDem May 2012 #111
But if government tax receipts do not increase to cover those loan payments hack89 May 2012 #112
"LESS Regulation".... bvar22 May 2012 #116
Ok - do you at least accept the need for less corruption and tax reform? nt hack89 May 2012 #117
Are you missing a marble? Ruby the Liberal May 2012 #39
I was just getting out my DevonRex May 2012 #43
Okay - I'll hang onto it for now. Ruby the Liberal May 2012 #50
CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!! Lil Missy May 2012 #45
And alert Hugh Series while you're at it!!!1! Chorophyll May 2012 #124
She will go to her Fortress of Solitude jberryhill May 2012 #63
Bwa-ha-ha. Nominating for a DUZY - n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #73
And do you think the US should directly grant funds for Greek benefits? dkf May 2012 #67
I think the U.S. should make sure that U.S.-owned companies doing business in Greece Ken Burch May 2012 #68
But GREECE is the FLEA!! Who cares if someone looks delusional to them! Zalatix May 2012 #71
One of the most frugal benefit systems in the EU? Can you back that up? dkf May 2012 #72
Here's one measure, from the FAIR website: Ken Burch May 2012 #74
The Greek social safety net is very modest by European standards. girl gone mad May 2012 #80
Greece's generous pensions What makes Germans so very cross about Greece? dkf May 2012 #84
On a progressive website, you cite "The Economist"? Ken Burch May 2012 #87
This is what came up when I googled for Greek vs German pensions. dkf May 2012 #89
All that tells us is that Greece pays somewhat more for pensions than Germany Ken Burch May 2012 #127
Even from a neoliberal magazine.. girl gone mad May 2012 #91
I wish I could do a 'DUrec' for this comment! I'm 100% on board! LongTomH May 2012 #118
I think that Hillary and Bill will call their broker and pronto! JDPriestly May 2012 #69
That, too. Of course. Ken Burch May 2012 #70
Christ, she's still trying to wash the blood off her hands from 1,000,000+ coalition_unwilling May 2012 #75
Assuming she's the monster you think she is kenny blankenship May 2012 #76
Seriously this is a pancake on rabbit type of question RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #77
What the hell is a "pancake on rabbit type of question"? Ken Burch May 2012 #78
See: muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #88
Be careful DonCoquixote May 2012 #82
That has become pretty obvious in this thread by now. Ken Burch May 2012 #86
if Hillary says/does that then it will probably be because it's Obama's policy CreekDog May 2012 #102
She will unleash the Kraken NoPasaran May 2012 #90
Quickly now - get an email off to President Obama. DURHAM D May 2012 #96
You left out Colombia Oilwellian May 2012 #99
... progressoid May 2012 #100
Maybe re-invade Grenada. Mc Mike May 2012 #101
Care to explain Chicago "boy" shock doctrine? nt DevonRex May 2012 #104
Naomi Klein's '07 book. P. 61 on Milton Friedman. Mc Mike May 2012 #114
Ken: you may be right, you may not be. But I'm not ridiculing you. DisgustipatedinCA May 2012 #105
Thanks for the thoughtful post. Ken Burch May 2012 #126
I was hoping this would be a Text From Hillary Capt. Obvious May 2012 #113
Me too. I love those badass sunglasses. nt Chorophyll May 2012 #123
Hillary WILL support the interests of the IMF and the Global Banks. bvar22 May 2012 #119
What ever it turns out to be juice feast May 2012 #120
She'll carry out the orders given to her by her boss, the President of the United States. Arkana May 2012 #122
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