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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:48 PM Original message |
What kind of Democratic Presidential nominee makes Reagan/Nixon their model for foreign diplomacy? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. honestly, I think Obama should drop the Reagan references |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly. Why not use JFK? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. good choice |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That to me is a bigger gaffe than what Obama said. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. And you can only blame it on bad advice for so long |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Somebody who would do nothing to change US foreign policy which pisses off the world. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. i count three |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I clumped the last two together because it was done in one move by Nixon. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. oh, okay |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. the irony is |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Yep, you're right. Reagan did. Hizbollah said "jump" and Reagan pulled the Marines |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Of course before pulling the Marines out of Lebanon |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. And afterwards, promptly invaded Grenada to prove he was still a tough guy (nt) |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. I missed a good portion of the debate, |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Its in the post-debate spin battle. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Nixon in China is the most famous. |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Ok, I didn't realize this was going on between |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The whole thing is a tempest in a teapot. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. That Reagan "cut and ran" from Lebanon?? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ask the Clintons |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Now its the Clinton's fault that Obama's campaign seeks to associate him with Reagan? |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Thanks for the chuckle. eom |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. They were IN the White House |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. you're kidding, right? |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. better than Murdoch like yours or Bushie boy |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh yeah! Well Obama's a poo-poo head! |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. Obama is reaching to the other side. Just that. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I think its too early for that though. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Hillary is running as the next Commander in Chief, and Obama has realized |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I like that he has come back at her with both barrels. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. The answer, straight from Obama's pollster. Reagan=the model for "unity" and a "new politics"? |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Did Reagan not talk to the Soviets? |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That isn't what Obama's own pollster is talking about |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. "maybe that's the first thing that came to mind." So you incorporate it as a talking point? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. Another twisted interpretation thread by rinsd. How very *Rovarian* of you. nt |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Obama is doing that |
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