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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:34 PM Original message |
Huffington Post: Obama Backs Bill Giving Immunity To Telecoms |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here we go |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What's your take on it? n/t |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. I'm rarely disappointed because my expectations are so low. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. ! I'm another one with very low expectations |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. But he doesn't "back" immunity |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. He is backing the bill |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. You're right |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. "HOPING"!?!?!? Come on people "HOPING"!??!?! |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. It's incredibly lame. I hope you called his office. He needs to hear from us |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I think there is general confusion over the fact that this bill and the one it replaces |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. ...and the ones that "refused' their corp leaders were strung up on bogus tax charges and the compan |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. THERE'S NO Public value for this bill, and very LITTLE probability that the "immunity" part can be.. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. That's their headline... |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. How can HuffPo...? They read his statement carefully |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. The overwhelming question is, who in government sought immunity for the phone companies, and why? nm |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I think the question is that the companies failed to follow the appropriate steps to qualify |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Well, somebody on the GOP side is adamant that the telecoms should have "retroactive immunity",... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. It ain't just the GOP side, obviously. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I think it is simply the prospect of billions of dollars in legal fees and penalties |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Perhaps I suspect too much, but why would politicians be concerned about that... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I think the Democrat leadership feel that it gives the Republicans a national security |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Right, these companies have brigades of lawyers that know the law so the excuse of "Bush Said So"... |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. Funny, what Randi just read on the Radio does not match this statement. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. We know he's going to "back" it but we ALL know technically it's a VERY VERY long shot that the.... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Let's just screw Obama via all of his orifices......the media can |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Look, We're married to Obama and KNOW he's not perfect that doesn't mean that we don't hold him .. |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. The honeymoon's hardly over and he's already proving to be a spouse abuser... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Frenchie, if we don't make our voices heard, whose voice will Obama hear? n/t |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. "There is no spoon" |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. I have not read the bill |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. Have you forgotten Bush's "signing statements," Barack? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I'm thinking some sausage is getting made, He has to give back a favor for Pelosi. Like Keith O said |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. Next Friday Huffington post will be quoting Obama's bump numbers from Hillary joining Obama... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. I wrote to him |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. serious character issue for me here... |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Nuance is everything |
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