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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:10 PM Original message |
Anyone else believe that we've been totally set up? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Corporate-friendly liberals are the "kapos" of our current situation |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. First: the filibuster rule could only be changed at the beginning of each session |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. 2nd: You need to name names rather than just say "Congressional dems" for it was only a handful |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. About 5-10 senate dems allowed the minority to rule with the filibuster.Usually only 1 or 2 |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. 3rd: "Reconciliation" could only be used for budget issues and only once per session. |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Senate dems could and should have changed the filibuster rule the1st day of this session |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. They did make an attempt. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #73 |
157. It was one of the worst failures |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #73 |
192. Note: The Reconciliation Act and the filibuster could have both been changed. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #192 |
205. I agree with you. This idea that just a handful allowed all the Puke "power" to show |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #192 |
300. They couldn't be changed during the year and Reconciliation |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #73 |
201. I understand your point about millionaires and older folks but.. |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #201 |
220. I wish I could disagree |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #220 |
272. Fair enough re:FDR - on the rest of your post tho agree 100%! |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
305. I don't believe that is entirely true. It is my understanding that Reconciliation |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
104. Didn't Obama push the idea of a "Superman" Lieberman running the show? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
304. It is my understanding that is just some people's opinion. Please post |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
230. Quislings is what they are... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. The voters annihilated the GOP in 2006 & 2008 |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. the voter is like a mouse between a cat's 2 paws |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
114. that's a very apt description.. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
152. ... |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
75. Hedge fund Democrats is good |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
105. Obama raised the GOP back from the ashes with "bipartisan" BS + kowtowing to them... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #105 |
178. exactly. and do you know why? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #178 |
277. Agree ... and I'm just rereading Wm. Greider's book "Who will tell the People?" from 1992 ... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #277 |
295. who will or can challenge obama? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #295 |
298. Sen. Bernie Sanders can run on a Democratic Partty ticket -- he's a better dem |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #105 |
271. Excellent. The GOP is destroying themselves as well as us, and |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #271 |
279. Rather than more Democrats walking away from the party as they did in 2010, think we should |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #279 |
289. I want us to fight in-kind. Right now, the Republicans count on us |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #289 |
297. The only way the right wing can rise is via political violence, stolen elections ,lies .... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
110. We should put a list together and replace them.... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well my attitude has always been that we have......... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. You have chosen to be a socialist only because the Democratic |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Nope. I've ALWAYS been an out and out socialist..... |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. Democratic Socialism ensures both our freedom AND our survival from the plutocracy |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #78 |
209. Agree........ |
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iowasocialist (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
116. Democratic Socialists of America |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #116 |
211. I've thought about it. I might be a little too.......... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #64 |
134. Well you |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #134 |
219. Yep. At some point EVERYBODY has to choose a side.......... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #219 |
256. Naw, the DLC Dems are having the time of their lives. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
281. Agree -- what advice do you have for us in 2012 -- ?? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #281 |
294. DAMN, you guys sure know how to flatter an ..... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #294 |
296. Remember that the debates are controlled now by a private corporation set up by the two parties!! |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #296 |
301. Well what I would HOPE would happen.......... |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's pretty much how I see it. |
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RandiFan1290 (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why buy one party |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
142. Two for the price of one! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Obama has said that change occurs through the efforts of a united people |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Who knew he had such a brilliant strategy for uniting us |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. He did say that the last election Nov. 2010 would "determine the course of the country". |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
158. There has never been a more united |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #158 |
257. Please see my post #12, directly above your reply. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
244. 81% are united to tax the hoarding class, but Obama fought against it. Fact is, in a |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
268. Ya know I thought we did a damn fine job of uniting to change this mess |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here's why: |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Very well laid out. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Until you figure out all the false assumptions you made, you won't understand what's going on. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Then tell me how the government is actually working |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. The house put out huge amts of great stuff |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You see the same posts with these errors,again and again. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Source information is wonderful, no? Here ya go: |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Impressive list. For an ass who wasn't even elected. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. Except the part where you are still confused about the senate rules. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
77. The filibuster is not a law. It is something the Senate chooses to do. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Then educate yourself |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #83 |
97. Sorry, dude, it is you spreading misinformation. Once per year means fiscal year. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #97 |
245. Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark. |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #245 |
253. +1... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
57. Deleted message |
Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:16 AM Response to Reply #57 |
160. It's so complicated we |
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bergie321 (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
71. The Senate |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
159. Utter bullshit. |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #159 |
216. Absolutely Agree... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
179. until you realize that the democrats have failed... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
199. Deleted message |
cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
226. If what you say is true, please explain what is REALLY going on then. |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. pay no attention to that donkey kissing that elephant behind the curtain! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. When I get really down |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. my favorite cartoon |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
264. Gary Larson |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Perfect! |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
117. Too perfect.. n/t |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
136. Do I laugh or |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
180. NO! that cartoon is utterly misleading (ironically). |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
242. I'm so stealing this. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. No matter who you elect, you get the same guy, because he or she will always answer to the same peop |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. ...... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. There may be two national political parties, but they feed at the same trough and by the same hand. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
161. That is why |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
266. You give a very succinct summary of the situation. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Exactly! nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. He's going on record as being willing to compromise. The more |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. We've already seen this movie |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Deleted message |
Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Wrong place. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I hope you are right, from the bottom of my heart. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
162. PLUS ONE! nt |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
255. I'd say.... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. alfredo, I am sorry, but your post is wishful thinking. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
99. So what's the "long range strategy" in accepting Republican framing... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #99 |
119. Republican framing only works on those who are already in their camp. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #119 |
163. I'm not buying it. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #163 |
232. Obama is not a Liberal, he never was. Why expect him to |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #119 |
208. Incredibly naive. Obama's 'fight' is like the Monty Python knight. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #208 |
236. Obama's actions are consistent with his past behavior. |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #236 |
273. And Clinton did...NAFTA is a huge reason we are in this mess. n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #273 |
299. I know. All our heroes are a mixed blessing. |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
111. The worse they look to whom? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #111 |
237. Obama has stayed popular, and the Republicans, especially |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. The situation is far worse than that. What you describe is just the icing on the cake. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. "Agent Mike, we got another one. Take him away". |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
120. You have summarized the situation precisely. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
164. Precisely. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #164 |
222. What I said up above I've been saying for 10 years |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
182. a poster after my own heart. excellent summation.... |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
210. This post is truth. -nt |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
303. Wish I could rec this post. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Let's not let the enablers off the hook. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Pre-emptive, programmed capitulation wears on people after |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. I knew something was up when they "reformed" the bankruptcy laws |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
165. There is no other |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
206. Yup, can't have too much of the prey wriggling out of the grasp of the predators |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
259. lets say that is the paln |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. Great post. Thanks. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. Are you saying the President Obama should try harder to "reach-out" to the business community? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Bwaa haa haa. You got it, leeroy! Thanks for the laugh. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
166. And we were the dopes. nt |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
36. Great post. We are sold out at every turn. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
144. Yea, right. n/t |
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cate94 (573 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. Unfortunately |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. I've been saying this since Jan. 20th, 2001 |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. It was Dec. 9, 2000 that did it for me. What I had believed since Reagan |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Reminds me of a great Jon Stewart quote: |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
42. Bill Hicks was right. n/t |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. Very good at rebuilding |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. JFK |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
172. You'd hope Progressives would issue their own warnings too |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
49. I think you neglect the role of institutional behavior. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
50. I knew BEFORE Obama |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
82. Nailed it. The endless succession of "reasons" and excuses |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
108. Systematic vs nonsystematic. |
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ctsnowman (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
124. I agree 110% |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
167. Accuracy. nt |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
263. Excellent post. |
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Drew Richards (507 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. good post |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. It is common sense 2 political parties which differ very little can't represent 310 million people |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
276. I hope that in a few years a new "LABOR PARTY" for US will ARISE! |
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USBlues (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. Oh I have felt betrayed for over year... |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. Passionate post! |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
118. The Constitution always supersedes. The Constitutional option is always operative. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #56 |
183. you shouldn't copy bzadem's posts. nt |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
59. I have got a harsh reality check for you |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I agree n/t |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
93. +100 |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
60. It's all Kabuki theater to me. nt |
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lastone (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
63. great thread |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
65. yep |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
69. nail meet hammer |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:49 AM Response to Reply #69 |
168. That's why they are here. |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
72. Good cop, bad cop. That's how I see it. nt |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. that's precisely what it is nt |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
113. I see more of a pacification program -- they split the masses using social |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #113 |
133. yep. great thread, btw. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. Do you remember how easily Gore and Kerry gave up. I pretty much figured it out then. Hell yeah |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
95. They're not only corporatising government, they're moving it into back rooms .... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #76 |
202. While I voted for Obama, I refused to campaign for or contribute to him because |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
79. knr nt |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
80. Yeah...It's pretty Obvious...but WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. Deleted message |
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #86 |
94. Sen. Bernie Sanders is more of a dem that many Democrats ... |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. I agree and would LOVE it if Bernie Sanders would run |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Well, maybe he'll change his mind ... there are still many others we can draft ... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:52 AM Response to Reply #98 |
169. Force Obama to answer for his actions? |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #169 |
261. Good - and sadly true point |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #94 |
146. You can try, but Bernie will be supporting Obama for President in 2012. n/t |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #94 |
204. So the only Senator to caucus with the Dems who is not a Dem is actually the only Dem? |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #86 |
145. Fuck Nader. n/t |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:14 AM Response to Reply #145 |
150. Care to elaborate? Do you think he's super sexy and want him badly? |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:35 AM Response to Reply #150 |
155. No, it means exactly what I said. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:04 AM Response to Reply #155 |
184. can't handle the truth, eh? |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #184 |
193. More like truthiness. n/t |
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M_A (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #86 |
194. Correct |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #86 |
203. Fuck lamer Nader and your destructive call for a third party. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #203 |
207. Fuck "elephants in donkey jackets" who expect blind loyalty to |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #207 |
225. Like ya! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #203 |
262. Deleted message |
Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #80 |
123. Seemed to me that clearly outlining the problem is a first step. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
81. Your underlying premise is wrong. Democrats could not have ended |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #81 |
137. "Your underlying premise is wrong." LOL, no it isn't - but looks like yours is. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #137 |
143. Yeah, I should have proofed that. But it doesn't change the fact |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:19 AM Response to Reply #143 |
149. pnwmom, if you have a source link where I could read about this information, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #149 |
251. Here you go. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #251 |
270. Thanks for posting that, but |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #270 |
278. You're right that a Senate doesn't have to abide by a previous Senate's rules. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
85. I do indeed feel that way - most of |
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azygous (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
87. We've had a silent coop |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #87 |
107. a silent coop: |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #107 |
122. Those are some quiet chickens. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #107 |
267. ... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
88. damn good piece. well said! |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
90. Well said .. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
91. Are we still expecting millionaire and multi-millionaire members of Congress to |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
92. Rahm Emmanuel is George HW Bush on the Democratic side. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #92 |
102. Agree re Rahm -- but obviously he and Obama are very close ... |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
96. I don't, but then again--I listened when Obama talked. |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #96 |
221. ...and unquestioningly believed every word he said |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #221 |
258. No, not really, but carry on with your blanket generalizations. |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #96 |
269. bull, rubbish, nonsense |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
101. Hell, we spent they last 2 years ramming GOP legislation through |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Agree -- !!! But how many here understand that -- ??? |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #103 |
109. It's changing. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #109 |
147. Yep, plenty of hate at the new DU. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:16 AM Response to Reply #147 |
151. Yeah mostly from you and your pointless "Fuck Nader n/t" shit |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:33 AM Response to Reply #151 |
154. I guess it's always a matter of perspective. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #147 |
215. I don't hate Obama. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #147 |
227. Observation: people who bring up "hate Obama", "President Palin", "pony", and "poutrage" |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #227 |
241. It's easier to be critical than correct. n/t |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #241 |
252. Some of my DU friends are so fixated on trying to sound all "protesty" ("truth to power") ... |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #241 |
260. And you're neither |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #227 |
265. Interesting that you didn't get a response to your query. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #227 |
282. +1000% --- Beautiful !!! k/r -- |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #227 |
302. Over the last 8 months or so here I'm finding some change. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #101 |
197. Let's get this straight. Over the last two years... |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #197 |
218. Now that we continue the same legislation agenda |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #218 |
224. Work together in harmony? |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #224 |
231. That is noise. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #231 |
285. +1000% -- k/r |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #224 |
284. Problem is Dems supportive of the Repug agenda .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #218 |
283. +1000% --- k/r |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
106. Yes. No doubt about it. Conned. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
112. kick |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
115. Welcome to the Dog and Pony show. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
121. Ending the filibuster would have weakened the Republican minority... |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
125. R & K |
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a2liberal (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
126. I wish I could Rec this 1000 times |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Welcome to DU, a2liberal! |
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a2liberal (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #127 |
138. Thanks! (n/t) |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #126 |
148. Welcome back. n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #126 |
171. Yeah, you will meet with hostility. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
128. Nothing, I knew who I voted for when I voted for him. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:08 AM Response to Reply #128 |
173. There was a reason that McCain and Palin |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #173 |
185. agreed. nt |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #173 |
213. In retrospect which two better candidates could Repugs have picked to turn off voters? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #213 |
239. Yeah, the GOP candidates were |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #239 |
288. Yep..what you say...and the Think Tanks.. they rule. nt |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
129. I feel the need to primary most of them along with the POTUS |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #129 |
140. "the things they are doing to hurt us right now." - precisely, and this needs to be said |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
130. kinda |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
131. "So, WTF is going on?" |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
132. They're taking a dive: It's obvious |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #132 |
174. They took a dive in 2010 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
135. Deleted message |
watajob (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
139. Two words... |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
141. How can the 'left' evaluate dem success while being almost totally ignorant of the 'right's' most |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #141 |
175. That is why their long term |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #141 |
187. there is no question the media is part of the problem.... |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #187 |
235. the left wastes so much time analyzing in a rush-free political environment |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #141 |
189. + infinity!!!!!!!!!!! n/t |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
153. Obama is finished |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #153 |
246. +25! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
156. This is what I have tried to say. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
170. I "saw the light" in 2004 . . . |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #170 |
176. Exactly. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #176 |
188. and certainly not "progressive". nt |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
177. what you are seeing is the role of the democratic party... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
181. The phrase, "our President to radically stand up to corporate interests" presumes a great deal about |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
186. HUGE K & R !!! |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
190. If nothing else those two years galvanized in my mind that neither party is worth the spit |
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archiemo (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
191. This is exactly how I have been feeling. Thanks for posting. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
195. No doubt we've been duped, and there are minions hrere on DU that work to keep you from noticing. nt |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #195 |
223. So True! |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
196. Meh... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
198. The interesting thing is that they are not even keeping up the facade anymore - |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #198 |
200. You've just stumbled upon a fine illustration of the clear differences between Democrats and Repubs. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #200 |
214. Good on Reid, but why did Mr. Obama agree to a payroll tax "holiday" that undermines |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
212. the bankers |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
217. I Plce Some Of The Blame... |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
228. I Don't Think....I Know |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
229. I began to suspect something was up with "impeachment off the table" |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #229 |
233. Agreed. The corporations have paid them off. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
234. Good post |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
238. Ridiculous OP. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #238 |
240. LOL. Great post! |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
243. Top of the greatest page. The President has a re-election problem that will be dismissed by his |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #243 |
274. If he finishes Bush's "Spreading Freedom & Democracy across the ME..according to CATO/HERITAGE/AIPAC |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #274 |
286. Althought they will support him and his neo-con policies, they will NEVER vote for him, IMHO. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #286 |
287. Who will never support him? Obama/Hillar are courting the RW...there are the votes |
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Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
247. Has it occurred to folks |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #247 |
275. "We Folks" are just looking for our US Constitution to be Honored and for Truth, Justice and what we |
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Melissa G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
248. I do believe. Thanks for your post. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
249. Meh - fuggit. I don't give a rat's ass anymore |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #249 |
290. I understand what you say..been doing gardening for today..Something will come along.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #290 |
293. Let's hope so - but I think it will be another Empire that saves humanity |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
250. You're assuming that all Dems are the same. One of the hallmarks of being a Dem. is that it's a big |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #250 |
254. That would be a somewhat plausible argument if lobbyists representing wealthy |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #250 |
291. Sorry...but it REALLY IS FAIR to COMPARE. Dems threw away a new movement. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
280. Two Things... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #280 |
292. No "Change We Can Believe In" (campaign slogan) ...just "Move On" to the Future. |
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