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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:27 AM Original message |
Just how bad was it when President Obama took office ? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think many here appreciate how bad it was. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I'm looking around... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. And many don't appreciate how totally fucked up it was about to become. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. It was a clusterfuck and FUBAR |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. To the second power. n/t |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. If you go by what some DUers say, everything was great and he screwed it up |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. it was really bad...its worse now..nt |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Do you think the President made it worse? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:55 AM Original message |
i think he should have supported the bankruptcy bill as he said he would do in the spring |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. So you think he has shown enough already to be judged? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. what makes you think he do anything differently from what he is already doing? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I think the first thing a drowning man looks for is something to grab onto... |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. more and more difficult, kentuck for us to change the system |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. What exactly did Obama do? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think most supporters would say... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. IMO he made it possible for the Democrats in congress to address the problems |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. i think you are way behind on information intake |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. OK, clue me in.. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. well, we could start with the Obama economic stimulus as well as the cash for clunkers |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Where have you been? Obama supported TARP aand proposed the Stimulus Bill |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Some perspective is needed and appreciated |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. "What have you done for us lately?" as they say in sports. Gratitude, if it exists, is short-lived |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And FDR is credited with saving the capitalist system in the 1930's... |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Absolutely, Kentuck. The despair is nowhere nearly as deep as it was under |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. The despair under ** was that we could do nothing to change anything. The despair under Obama is |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. the military has been entrenched in war for eight years...they don't give that up easily |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. Michigan is no better off. Unrec. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Well, really, isn't Michigan kind of a perpetual basket case? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. MI would be WORSE off were it not for the GM bailout, Cash-4-Clunkers and extended UI benefits |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. I know that *I* would be better if you didn't stalk me from thread to thread. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nicely said. Gladly rec'd because this does qualify as a great thread. n/t |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think President Obama championed some actions which avoided a worse catastrophe |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. How Bad For Whom? |
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elmerdem (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. good golly |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yet Another Magic Wand Argument. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. 'his (hopefully) one term administration'... |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Hi |
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elmerdem (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. are you kidding |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. You Haven't Presented Examples of Leadership. You've Presented Excuses. |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. If Obama is a one-term president, we'll have a REPUBLICAN next time. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. You Might Try Reading the Entire Post |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. And you didn't read my post. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. A year ago we thought... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. This is how bad it was |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Rec'd.... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's the same strategy they used when Clinton took office |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. if you are freezing to death in 30 below temps and someone warms you up to 32... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. Good post! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. Another reason why elections matter --> Oil shale investigation is encouraging |
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