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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:25 PM
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Did I accidentally click on Drudge??
I hardly recognize all of these stupid posts about Obama and his cabinet picks. Are these hidden trolls coming out to fuck with our happiness over our new President?? Or is this a whiny bunch of second guessers ready to pounce on our new President Elect and dissect his every move.

Nonsense about the schools he and Michelle are choosing, leaks and so forth. I must have logged onto freeperland.

I for one wish those of you attacking Obama would SHUT THE FUCK UP!! until, at least he has taken office.

I voted for the Harvard Magna Cum Laude for a reason, I don't know about the rest of you but I do know that Obama is the smartest person in the room.

Have at it fools.
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:26 PM
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1. it's a DISCUSSION forum. Therefore we have the permission to DISCUSS.
geez.
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Doityourself Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:27 PM
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3. Well I wouldn't call some the shit here...discussions! But that's just me. n/t
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:29 PM
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5. well lots of us our discussing the issues. We might not always agree with you however.
Edited on Tue Nov-18-08 05:30 PM by mucifer
Some people are a bit more rude than they should be but once most are just discussing the topics of the day and we have opinions and this is the forum for it.
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:31 PM
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8. Discuss is not the term I would use for what I am seeing.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:56 PM
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16. "Discussion"
Uh huh...
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 08:57 AM
Response to Reply #16
42. "Discussion Trolls"
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skiddlybop Donating Member (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:27 PM
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2. Apparently not,
but millions of people accidentally clicked on DLC and Clinton and Bush Dog Democrat and Lieberman when we voted for Obama.

How's that?
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Why Syzygy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:09 PM
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22. Exactly.
I never would have gone out of my way for the DLC!!! And now they are calling the shots?
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:28 PM
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4. Nah it's just DU going back to it's normal state
We're herding cats - you know how well that works
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:30 PM
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6. Good for you that you have so much faith in ivy league elites.
It seems somewhat misplaced, though, since a bunch of Harvard and other ivy Magna Cum Laudes have managed to get this country and the world into the biggest financial crisis in history.

The smartest guys in the room at Enron fucked over millions of people.

Harvard grad. Bush got us into an unnecessary war and will likely go down as the worst President ever.

But, by all means, carry on with that blind faith in your ivy-educated betters.
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:36 PM
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12. No one implied they were my betters, however, before the man has moved into the white
House, we want to tear him down and dissect his moves. It would seem we may want to let him enact some policy before we are dutifully outraged.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:33 PM
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25. The smartest guys in the room at Enron were looking for a way
to screw millions of people...

There are no Smart Guys in the Bush administration so I don't understand that point either, but they were also looking to screw Americans.


Are you saying our President Elect is looking for ways to screw us?

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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:34 PM
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26. Hey!! How are you doing?
Been thinking about you since your loss. Hope you are doing well.

:hug:
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:36 PM
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27. You are so sweet
I have been doing fine. Thanks for asking...


Hope you and yours are doing ok...


:hug:

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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:42 PM
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30. We are, thanks.
I felt so awful for you because your posts just oozed sadness. I hope it is getting a little easier to bear.

:hug:
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:44 PM
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31. It is hard to lose your brother and sister within
the six months and I am coming to terms with it.. It just takes time to get over...
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:53 PM
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32. I can't imagine.
My heart goes out to you. Losing my parents within 2 years of each other was hard enough, and that is the natural progression of life.

I hope you have a nice holiday season.
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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:30 PM
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7. Don't you just love it?
Edited on Tue Nov-18-08 05:32 PM by Rockholm
These people just have to voice their opinions at all costs. They rant about this, about that....Jeebus. The anti-Clinton (both of them) types just can't stand anything that reeks of support of either Hillary or Bill.
Obama is the President-Elect. It is his choice to pick his cabinet, the schools for his kids and what type of dog they are going to get.....NOT YOURS.
If this is going to be how it goes for the next few weeks, count me out.
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:32 PM
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10. So you come here only to hear your own opinion parroted back at you?
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:58 PM
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17. There is a huge difference between having a different opinion and whining
and declaring doom on our party.
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:05 PM
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21. so I'm now not allowed to voice why I think someone would make a bad attorney general? There are
human rights issues. And now I have to agree with EVERYTHING Obama says.

I'm Jewish and I gotta say culturally we gotta argue about things and discuss. That's why I come here. I like to see what other people are thinking. If I don't care to discuss a certain topic, I don't click on the thread.
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 08:39 AM
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41. You didn't read what I posted.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:53 PM
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33. Yup. That's it. Because I'm so smart, my opinion is the only
one that matters.

:thumbsup:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:31 PM
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9. use hide thread it's not difficult, i've hidden Obama trashing threads and lecture threads.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:36 PM
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11. Scary, scary, scary.
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Stuckinthebush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:40 PM
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13. I have to believe it is a mix of trolls
and people who are crashing from the high of winning.

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stevenleser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:45 PM
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14. Agreed. This is what I would expect in Freeperville, and they are laughing at us about it
Its some of the stupidest stuff I have seen on DU
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:16 PM
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23. Actually, Freepers who questioned Bush were banned.
You've got it backwards. Right wingers require complete party loyalty.

Here, we are still allowed to express our dissatisfaction.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:36 PM
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28. Nah. Here
Non-believers get harassed until they leave the forum or flame out.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 05:55 PM
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15. Amazing, huh.
Sometimes I wonder about this place...
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:00 PM
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18. Ooooooo
thank you.

without your sage advice we all would just die.

Just another "don not question" thread.

Maybe you should look up the meaning of "discussion."

Welcome to my Ignore list.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:01 PM
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19. Gregory just opened his show with all of DU's concerns
Is that really change you can believe in? :eyes:

Thanks, guys!
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 07:20 PM
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34. When you sound like Gregory something is definitely wrong!!
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 08:43 PM
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37. ah..so that's where it's all coming from... n/t
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:02 PM
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20. I feel the same way, like I took a wrong turn at the internets every day
since Friday.

This is truly bizarre.
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:21 PM
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24. Follow the leader, do not think, do not criticize, do not think, everything will be
okay, just do not think, follow the leader, do not criticize

OK -- I'm catching on.
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 08:19 PM
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35. You are probably part of the same group that screamed about Obama not being angry enough
in the Primaries. The same handwringers that didn't think he had passion, or wasn't responding fast enough to some attack. The same people that thought he was just coasting. Interesting that he managed to win and keep in complete control throughout the Primaries and the Ugly Presidential campaign. Maybe he has proven he knows what the fuck he is doing. Criticize when the man takes office and his policies offend you. He hasn't been sworn in yet naysayers!!!

Maybe we could all learn something from Obama. The times do not call for the same old shit from the Red and Blue team. We have a new playbook which is making everyone uncomfortable.

Why don't you think about that for a minute, or go on tearing down the President Elect.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 08:43 PM
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36. what leader are you following?
what is there to be critical of at this point? Rahm Emanuel? Eric Holder? Are these two deal breakers? I know it can't be Joe Lieberman because he is far more liberal than even Democrats in the Senate...so what is it? What am I supposed to be all whipped up about?
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Butch350 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 10:19 AM
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45. Grow Up! Play nice!
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 06:38 PM
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29. Please, Forgive All The Dumb People
They didn't realize they were being played and they're a little pissed off right now.
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malik flavors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 08:50 PM
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38. I've citicized Obama, and I will continue to criticize him if I feel it's necessary.
I for one won't be blinded my admiration. I'm going to watch his every move just as I would any president.

Like Rev. Wright said, if you get elected Obama, I'm coming after you next.
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Butch350 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 10:22 AM
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47. You need to move out of your mothers basement. Seriously!
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malik flavors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 08:52 PM
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49. What?
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 08:53 PM
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39. It's funny -
I have to defend Obama with the republican in my life....

then I click on DU and it's not much better.
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 08:53 PM
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40. Too damned bad.... who made you the free speech police?
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 09:46 AM
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43. A tower of servility
Serf'n USA.
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Mark E. Smith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 10:16 AM
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44. All the usual sour pusses show up at times like these
Making cranky comments helps buttress their cherished belief that they
represent the most moral and pure of progressive thought.

They're actually pretty harmless.

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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 10:21 AM
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46. I told someone who is very excited about the new administration
to come here and how great this site is. Told her she'd get lots of information and good discussion. Now I'm thinking oooh shit...don't come now!
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 10:25 AM
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48. I have started using these posts to reassure my right wing friends...
"Whatever you're afraid of Obama, there's no reason to be. My hard core left wing buddies are already upset because he's not as far left as they want him to be."

Darn that man for trying to get stuff done! Darn him!!! :)
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