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Zenlitened
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Wed Sep-15-10 06:58 PM Original message |
A bruising fight with republicans over the appointment of a solid, pro-consumer advocate... |
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ProSense
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reality: |
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Radical Activist
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. But it would make great political theater! |
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Zenlitened
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Sorry, didn't mean to imply that you should get your hands dirty or anything. |
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Zenlitened
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Because the battle itself would be meaningful. - n/t |
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Telly Savalas
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Wed Sep-15-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Would it? |
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Zenlitened
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Wed Sep-15-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I think there's a way to get beyond bickering bullshit punditry... |
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vaberella
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Wed Sep-15-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Even at a loss of a great mind you advocate for?! |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Huh? |
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Cosmocat
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Thu Sep-16-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. One major problem with this concept ... |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You're right. The media is mean. Avoidance and passivity is our best bet. |
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rufus dog
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Wed Sep-15-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Another Reality |
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arcane1
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I had the same thought |
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ProSense
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Well, you'll be happy when |
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Jackpine Radical
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well, for one thing, it puts political expedience ahead of |
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arcane1
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's a great point! |
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Zenlitened
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I'm confident the President has the skills to position all this in a way... |
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Arkana
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Wed Sep-15-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. It keeps her from having to sit in a hearing where Republicans lie and distort her record |
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FrenchieCat
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. LOL! |
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Zenlitened
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Wed Sep-15-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well-argued! |
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impik
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I agree with every word. |
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AtomicKitten
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Thu Sep-16-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. Best response on this thread. |
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alcibiades_mystery
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Wed Sep-15-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. You're talking about people who have thrown the judiciary into a crisis |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. The goal: Democrats taking a clear stand that shows the voters... |
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alcibiades_mystery
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. We're missing 20% of the judiciary |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I honestly disagree, I don't think a recess appointment... |
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gkhouston
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Wed Sep-15-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Dawn Johnsen? n/t |
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AtomicKitten
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Wed Sep-15-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's the reality: She can get in there immediately. |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Recess appointment. |
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AtomicKitten
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Thu Sep-16-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. A recess appt is the least best way to get around a protracted fractious Senate confirmation. |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. The confrontation would have served its purpose by then. |
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AtomicKitten
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Thu Sep-16-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Gee wiz, hmmmm, let's see, maybe the point was an end-run around the GOP obstructionists and Dodd. |
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Thu Sep-16-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
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Arkana
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Wed Sep-15-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. She got the job without the fight. |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. She didn't get THE job. As you noted, she got A job. |
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Arkana
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Thu Sep-16-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. We're not the ones bitching because we didn't get a massive floor fight. |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Talking politics = bitching now? |
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boppers
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Wed Sep-15-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hey, bruising fights are to be admired, right? |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Weak. |
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boppers
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Thu Sep-16-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Glorify violence, and live with the results? |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Meaningful. |
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killbotfactory
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. Sometimes political theater isn't as important as getting things done |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Sometimes positive political theater is necessary in order to get things done. |
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Uzybone
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. not sometimes...at all times |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I don't think you understand much about politics, if that's your POV. |
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impik
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. GO PROFFESIONAL LEFT! |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Better professionally left than professionally passive, I suppose. |
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Thu Sep-16-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
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dionysus
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Thu Sep-16-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. downside? fillibustering, no liz warren in a position. |
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Tarheel_Dem
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Thu Sep-16-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. That's it? The new complaint of the professional left is "not enough theater"? |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I don't think there's any risk of you having heard it all. |
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Tarheel_Dem
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Thu Sep-16-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Well, if you had a point, I admit it was totally lost on me. And judging by.. |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Sep-16-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It does have a "trampled by orcs" look to it by now, doesn't it? |
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