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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 05:47 PM Original message |
Barnacle on MSNBC wants Obama to be LBJ in dealing with Congress |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hell yeah! |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. He was crazy love! |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd like to see it. But it won't happen... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. How do you know that.... |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. As the 1st black president, President Obama has to handle everything with finesse |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Two major differences |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't agree with your experience argument |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. But it was LBJ himself who talked and cajoled and threatened |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. They can tell the President precisely how to push any particular Senator's buttons |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Rahm is part of the problem. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Third, the Democratic Party actually had a backbone back then. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That, too. (nt) |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. LBJ and FDR would call 'em out and whip 'em into being good Dems! |
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WeCanWorkItOut (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
12. The problem is that LBJ gave in to the lobbyists. And we've paid dearly for that |
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Nyquil Man (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. LBJ's style worked for LBJ, for a while, at least. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Barnacle plaguerizing again - who was it that said the samething 2 months ago? |
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