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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:35 PM Original message |
You know what? We're really NOT "one America" |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. My take is the wealthy THINK there's One America, the rest of us know that isn't true. nt |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Who do you think gave Barack $100 million? |
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cynthia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Today I got an expensive glossy Obama "magazine" in the mail |
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mathewsleep (824 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. obama was referring to |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. that is the difference right there |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama believes that WE CAN BECOME one America. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. MichiganVote is right. That has never happened. More false hope from Obama |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Like I said, it's a nice VISION |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. MLK III : "My father was not driven by an illusory vision of a perfect society." |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. AMEN, redqueen.! nt |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Actually I was thinking of Obama's "vision" as the "perfect society"... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. He's no Utopian... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yes, we can... but not by pretending to have much in common with repukes. |
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ClericJohnPreston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. "courageous" |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Why would we WANT to be "one America?" |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. not defined |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Let Obama sell that vision to the Walton family. n/t |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Never has been. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's the hope....that we can be one America....... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm dealing with reality. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Edwards really hasn't done as much as you say....... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I hope that you don't support Gore as a candidate. (nt) |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. We've let dirty politics make us cynical. |
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ClericJohnPreston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Frenchie |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Tell Obama to sell that vision to the folks who live in gated communities. n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thank you! |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. OK, so who is lying? |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You can judge for yourself |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. We are so severely fractured, it's not even funny. And the Repubs |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. He's naive. Watch how quickly he slips when challenged into standard political |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. so, if there is no hope of "one america" why vote at all? Why prolong |
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ClericJohnPreston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. So |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. they are all snake oil salesmen if |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Edwards' message is FDR's message: "you were given a raw deal -- now, create a NEW deal! n/t |
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ClericJohnPreston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Obama's |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. So, what are your solutions? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. your last line speaks |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. "Empty retoric" or meaningless promises- |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. There are more than two Americas, and the next President is |
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stravu9 (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. Correct! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. Call Edwards and let him know right away..... |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. We are actual 50 little americas. n/t |
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