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In reply to the discussion: Obama says he'd be seen as moderate Republican in 1980s [View all]DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)78. ''The truth of the matter is.....''
- Finally......
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What Eats Up 53 Cents Of Every Tax Dollar?
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What Eats Up 53 Cents Of Every Tax Dollar?
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grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#7
Pro-gay marriage, repealing DADT, equal pay for women, pro-choice all the way...
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#59
Which has fuck all to do with civil liberties. You are attempting to argue like a Republican now...
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#99
Yes, and the problem is we voted for a progressive Democrat! Government is the people, and
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#5
I recall when all those Rockefeller Republicans came out for gay marriage & legalized pot
Bucky
Dec 2012
#10
Come on, now ProSense. You know that they won't read the entire passage for context.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#25
Don't blame Obama that a moderate GOPer in the 80s might be considered a leftwing liberal today
andym
Dec 2012
#22
And yet. I didn't vote for any of them because, as moderate as they were, Dems were better.
Luminous Animal
Dec 2012
#39
"I don't think government can solve every problem". So if it's very wealthy people that you
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#36
So when a kid leaves school on Friday, and EVERYONE around them knows they won't have
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#48
Yeah, the hatred for anyone perceived as being to the left of Obama is palpable
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#61
No it's not it's a BAD thing. The country needs more than an 1980s Republican to face down
byeya
Dec 2012
#105
What we have gotten 'til now is not even moderate. It is right-wing.
woo me with science
Dec 2012
#50
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
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
Obama is closer to the policies of Reagan than the current Republicans
Joe the Progressive
Dec 2012
#114