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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:09 PM Original message |
Poll question: Dems calling for Geithner to be fired--aren't they shooting themselves in the foot? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Better question, what would it's effect be on the country? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. +1 |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Honestly, I think it could only get worse under new management |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. "Stay the Course" ?? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Geithner.. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Geithner needs to go. He was a bad choice from Day One. Summers, too. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think they failed, but I think that they could be working better. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yes -- well said. nt |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't give a flying fuck what the right wing says |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. +1 |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. The "elf" |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Firing Geithner is a step in the right direction. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Hey Swamp Rat!! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Other: Not sure. None of us liked the idea of Geithner from the git-go, but |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Elliott Spitzer? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. There are several people who could do a really good job, |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. He'd be a good pick too. |
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bikingaz (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. krugman - are u serious? He just theorizes - has no real job |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Don't worry about it -- it's not like I have any say in the matter. Perhaps, since |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Elizabeth Warren is up to the job. |
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BrotherLove (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. She would definitly be looking out for us lower lifeforms, would be a nice change for once |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. I'd definitely have her on the short list |
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bergie321 (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. You are correct |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I get it |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's not a "meme," it's an observation of the actual world |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Dems need |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Geithner has proven himself to be the wrong man for the job. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. His team DID fail. nt |
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TheWebHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. if the far right and far left both want Geithner fired |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Not really. If the so-called "centrists" are the only ones who like him then he's clearly a |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. That piece of shit funneled money from the taxpayer into Goldman's coffers |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I hate that, BUT GS paid all the money back with interest |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. They paid back the TARP |
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TheWebHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. read this |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. No, it's not past at all for all the people who are losing their homes. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. Geithner and Summers need to go - it is a bi-partisan fact. nt |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Get rid of him!! nt |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Ed Schultz Text poll results 11/19/09 |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Can't blame the state of the economy on just 1 guy!! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. You make an excellent point. nt |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's a right wing meme, all right |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. They didn't fail in any way. They got the money exactly where it was supposed to go. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
44. Admitting a mistake--especially a HUGE ONE like the hiring of Geithner and Summers |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. Nope. Obama did that when he hired him. nt |
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