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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:57 PM Original message |
Poll question: Was it a mistake for the President to backtrack for Sotomayor? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think calling it a "backtrack" is a silly exaggeration. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Great poll |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. As I cogitated the choices, I became less convinced of my premise |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Best typo ever! |
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AlexanderProgressive (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't see it as backtracking |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. First to agree. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like he is just previewing what she is going to say at the hearings |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. He's giving the rightwing nuts a target, sure, but that's a good thing. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Tancredo already fell over into loonytown. . |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. He's not a Sanator. He'snot even in Congress....THANK GOD! |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Exactly...I think the only ones feeling threatened are Old White Men. The white ladies are cool. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gibbs said she had said it. At the end of Gibbs' briefing, someone asked him if he had |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. kick |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. Obama has the trust of millions. He had to step in front of it or it'd have continued to escalate |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm Other: He didn't prolong it or stop the crap. It's going a natural course in my eyes. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. Um, Pres. Obama called out Sotomayor critics today in his inimitable way & said they "will fail" |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. He didn't backtrack. His statement was contradictory, as KO pointed out. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. He uses common sense and people act like that is insane in DC politics. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. BWAHAAHAAA!!! "backtracking". |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. This hurts them amongst women more than men... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That "menstruating" remark of Liddy's should be trumpeted far and wide. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Please tell me what the remark was. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Here's the link. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Did it get deleted? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I'm sorry, I don't know what happened but basically Liddy said he sure hoped that |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Holy fuck. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Here - It may not be the same link |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Thanks. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. It was a mistake because |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No, I think they have internal polls they consult as well as their own political instincts. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Agreed on the last part, but |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't see any real negatives to the appointment or to the way the |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. I do not understand why this is an issue |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Like with Wright, Obama capitulated to the dumbed down, stupefied level of media discourse |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Like with Wright? Obama's race speech was one of the rhetorical highlights of the campaign. nt |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. "backtrack" isn't really the right word. |
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