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Obama channels Cornel West Enrique Dec 2012 #1
Yes sir, he did indeed vindicate Dr West me b zola Dec 2012 #2
Exactly! Wind Dancer Dec 2012 #18
I hear you. Phlem Mar 2013 #115
Does this mean he should be banned from DU? dogman Dec 2012 #3
"DU needs to work together to elect more Democrats and fewer Republicans..." - DU TOS grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #7
More like Grayson, Warren, and Sherod Brown etc etc etc think Dec 2012 #13
And his civil liberties stances would be adieu Dec 2012 #4
That's about right Flatpicker Dec 2012 #23
Pro-gay marriage, repealing DADT, equal pay for women, pro-choice all the way... phleshdef Dec 2012 #59
Not exactly JonLP24 Dec 2012 #62
FDR did worse. phleshdef Dec 2012 #63
Pro off shore drilling and drilling in Alaska. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #79
Wolves no longer protected. NCarolinawoman Dec 2012 #95
Oh yeah. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #96
Which has fuck all to do with civil liberties. You are attempting to argue like a Republican now... phleshdef Dec 2012 #99
You're the one who changed the subject. enlightenment Dec 2012 #101
Um no I didn't. Learn how to read a thread. phleshdef Dec 2012 #108
You don't remember Republicans chanting UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #102
Yes, and the problem is we voted for a progressive Democrat! Government is the people, and grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #5
yes! Ed Suspicious Dec 2012 #26
... some of us see him as a Moderate Republican NOW. Myrina Dec 2012 #6
S'wot I said TalkingDog Dec 2012 #47
BINGO! truebluegreen Dec 2012 #66
Yep. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #80
Jeez, are there any left? Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #83
Thank you, Mr. President. JHB Dec 2012 #8
Well, I voted For and took his fredamae Dec 2012 #9
Sure, but his comparison isn't really inconsistant with that. Bucky Dec 2012 #14
yes it was demwing Dec 2012 #37
Those remarks were directed at the Cuban American Community WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2015 #118
I recall when all those Rockefeller Republicans came out for gay marriage & legalized pot Bucky Dec 2012 #10
I appreciate Obama's honesty is these regards. /nt think Dec 2012 #11
President Obama ProSense Dec 2012 #12
Come on, now ProSense. You know that they won't read the entire passage for context. Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #25
It's a good statement, it's heartfelt, it's honest. Tom Rinaldo Dec 2012 #28
Obama's policies are actually very far to the right of Eisenhower MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #38
I think President Obama's ProSense Dec 2012 #42
He "gave" us health care reform? truebluegreen Dec 2012 #67
Here's the ProSense Dec 2012 #94
I remember that, too. kurtzapril4 Dec 2012 #51
Refreshing, too PurityOfEssence Dec 2012 #57
Yeah, the Republicans are the far right brentspeak Dec 2012 #31
Why don't John2 Dec 2012 #49
Sounds like he's announcing that Doctor_J Dec 2012 #15
The Third Way zipplewrath Dec 2012 #16
He's right about that FiveGoodMen Dec 2012 #17
I'm glad that even the Prez acknowledges the fact that CheapShotArtist Dec 2012 #19
1980's! Hell, I see him as a moderate Republican today. He's sure no Democrat. LoisB Dec 2012 #20
How About A Reagan Democrat? wellst0nev0ter Dec 2012 #29
He's the most liberal President ever!!! progressoid Dec 2012 #21
LOL! n/t kurtzapril4 Dec 2012 #52
lol ballaratocker Dec 2012 #77
You can take that to the bank. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #81
Don't blame Obama that a moderate GOPer in the 80s might be considered a leftwing liberal today andym Dec 2012 #22
And He Let The Reichwing Freaks Pull Him To The Right wellst0nev0ter Dec 2012 #30
No, he was there before he left college. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #85
Bookmarking Solly Mack Dec 2012 #24
James Carville said it in 2011 rcmooney Dec 2012 #27
which is one reason I vote Green in the 2000s.... mike_c Dec 2012 #32
Why are we bashing Obama here? cosmicone Dec 2012 #33
And yet. I didn't vote for any of them because, as moderate as they were, Dems were better. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #39
For what I can remember a 1980's republican could Third Doctor Dec 2012 #56
I feel the same way you do. Liberalynn Dec 2012 #65
Excuse me, quoting is now bashing? JackRiddler Dec 2012 #89
Because he admitted he's a Republican Doctor_J Dec 2012 #90
well no shit frylock Dec 2012 #34
I'd like to know which "moderate" Republican he thinks he's like. forestpath Dec 2012 #35
"I don't think government can solve every problem". So if it's very wealthy people that you jtuck004 Dec 2012 #36
You don't care about context? demwing Dec 2012 #40
So when a kid leaves school on Friday, and EVERYONE around them knows they won't have jtuck004 Dec 2012 #48
This thread is a great study in sociology/psychology MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #41
Yeah, ProSense Dec 2012 #43
Yeah, the hatred for anyone perceived as being to the left of Obama is palpable Fumesucker Dec 2012 #61
The site of you in this thread UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #82
Nice Phlem Mar 2013 #116
Really? Holy cow, I had no idea. I mean that is an amazing observation. Safetykitten Dec 2012 #44
wtf he admits it??!! limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #45
Pretty well-known before he ran in '08... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #87
He says that like he thinks its a good thing tularetom Dec 2012 #46
It IS a good thing WestCoastLib Dec 2012 #58
No it's not it's a BAD thing. The country needs more than an 1980s Republican to face down byeya Dec 2012 #105
Disagree. The country hasn't shifted, but......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #107
What we have gotten 'til now is not even moderate. It is right-wing. woo me with science Dec 2012 #50
^^^This^^^ UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #84
More of this ! Phlem Mar 2013 #117
Well isn't that just fucking swell. Fearless Dec 2012 #53
I think more than a few people view him as trying to impose socialism NewJeffCT Dec 2012 #54
and the only way 1/3 of the people believe that shite newspeak Dec 2012 #69
I imagine he's trying to defuse the GOP rhetoric defacto7 Dec 2012 #55
Then he should have run as one. Octafish Dec 2012 #60
In some ways Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #64
uh, if he would have said like an eisenhower republican, I might have been more impressed newspeak Dec 2012 #68
So, wouldn't that position him as generally against the Social Safety Net? NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #70
They wanted me PPR'd for saying he was a Republican UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #86
And anti-union and anti-public school Doctor_J Dec 2012 #91
dam..i`ve been saying that for a few years now. madrchsod Dec 2012 #71
As Bill Maher said.... lbrtbell Dec 2012 #72
Everyone on this thread is missing the saddest part ... dawg Dec 2012 #73
don't really need to go back to the 80's Skittles Dec 2012 #74
That's kind a funny! Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2012 #75
So, since the election is over, can we criticize him now? /nt Ash_F Dec 2012 #76
''The truth of the matter is.....'' DeSwiss Dec 2012 #78
He said this to marginalize wacko republicans and attract independents but pampango Dec 2012 #88
He is not a Liberal democrat Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #92
So I guess you're not a fan of FDR. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #97
A big fan. I believe Obama would govern differently pampango Dec 2012 #111
Yeah well that sucks workinclasszero Dec 2012 #93
I see him as a moderate Republican now. ozone_man Dec 2012 #110
Do something about that, Mr. President! tabasco Dec 2012 #98
Well then Steerpike Dec 2012 #100
Uh--oh. bvar22 Dec 2012 #103
Not as I remember rock Dec 2012 #104
Where's the action behind the campaign promise that he'd walk the picket lines with strikers byeya Dec 2012 #106
I was blocked from the Barack Obama Group for posting this article there. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #109
To be fair DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #112
The Repubs just got their asses handed to them by listening to their fringe Number23 Dec 2012 #113
Obama is closer to the policies of Reagan than the current Republicans Joe the Progressive Dec 2012 #114
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