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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 03:40 PM Original message |
"This is a knife-fight." |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Its a paraphrase of an Obama campaign line |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If only Obama had played smash mouth politics his first 2 years |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. ...he'd have a 20% approval rating, no accomplishments, and we'd have a Republican come 2013. |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He cut deals and accomplished things, like healthcare and a myriad of others ... |
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SharksBreath (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. You would be wrong. So if Bush is on trial everyday he would be at 20%. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Republicans didn't control anything the first two years. Attacks on Republicans |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. actually, they effectively controlled the senate. our "60" votes was a mirage. |
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SharksBreath (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The mirage is that the Dems needed 60 votes. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. that's a cool story bro, but you don't understand cloture rules. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No, you don't understand that it is an excuse. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Cloture rules don't matter if you can convince your opposition to roll over and play dead. |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Which is a line from "The Untouchables" |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Obama: "And if they bring a gun to a fight, we bring a spork." |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Reason plays a very small part anymore. Look up the writings of George Lakoff. |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. the left lets RW radio dominate framing and messaging with think tank-coordinated repetition |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. Which is why "bully pulpit" stuff is BS. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. that's only true if the bad guys are a real majority, or close to it. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. There is plenty of value in it |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. How can you say |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. No actual progress would have arisen from it |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Let me tell you a story. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You seemed to have missed it |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Wrong. Camp Wellstone 101: You're not talking to convince the diehards. You'll never... |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, and that actually works |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. limbaugh and spawn have the bully pulpit- not obama- and the left not only doesn't know it |
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