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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:02 AM Original message |
Obama Tilts Toward Center, Irking Some Activists |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. I can understand why he is doing it |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So do I! Hey folks, do ya want to WIN in November? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Cause "Real People" LIKE Being Spied Upon? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Bullshit |
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clevbot (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Get a spine... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. he must play both sides of the tracks |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. How about standing up for what's RIGHT? Bullshit on getting elected based on what B*sh wants. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It is NOT 'necessary' for him to vote yes on the FISA bill. He could LEAD in action |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. You are probably right |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'd rather have a progressive House and Senate and a moderate President |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Progressive House and Senate...if the past 2 years are indication, we are not getting that. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. There is going to be a wave a Republican retirements |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. I am reduced to voting for the lessor of two evils ...again. The hope of change is gone. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That Hope (If It Ever Existed) Was Gone When Obama Brought in Donnie McClurkin |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. So now Obama is evil? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. The fisa |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. The "Center" as Defined by the MSM = Whatever Bush** Wants |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. People like to call themselves "conservative" but they aren't really and they don't |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. The Reagan generation made "conservative" cool - |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. I remember how Bush |
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riskpeace (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. This strategy seems like what some have |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. WTF??!! Is this Change We Can Believe In? |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. God..........Don't you people know how the game is played?. Do you want to win? |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I know... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. "centrist"? |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It means giving Bush what he wants |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Someone that I know that has been supporting Obama from the beginning |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. And that will hurt the "ethusiasm" advantage that we enjoy now |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Maybe for awhile. But as the reality of Obama v McCain looms |
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GihrenZabi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The problem is with how Obama ran |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I guess I'm lucky. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Sadly that is what happens when people build the pedastal to unrealistic heights. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. Waging war on our Constitution is running to the center? |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Kerry did the same thing in 2004..... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. I don't remember Obama running to the left of Clinton during the primaries... |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. Even Bush tacked to the center in 2000. And look how that turned out. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
36. So people are beginning to realize he is a politician? |
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