Hey, a surge in Afghanistan AND homophobia too!!! WE WON!!! WE WON!!!

laststeamtrain

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Thu Dec-18-08 09:38 AM
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Hey, a surge in Afghanistan AND homophobia too!!! WE WON!!! WE WON!!!

What is it we won again?

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lapfog_1

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Thu Dec-18-08 09:42 AM
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1. We won the right to wait for up to TWO YEARS for President Obama to finally close Gitmo.

Sigh.

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stillcool

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:38 AM
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8. No we didn't...

In an interview with Time magazine, Mr Obama listed a series of benchmarks his team had set during his presidential campaign. Asked how voters would know whether his administration was succeeding in two years, he said: "On foreign policy, have we closed down Guantanamo in a responsible way, put a clear end to torture and restored a balance between the demands of our security and our constitution?"

Mr Obama was named the magazine's Person of the Year for what Time called "the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour". Analysts say closing the military prison will not be easy. Some 250 men are still being held at the facility in Cuba and many fear persecution if they are sent home.

....sigh

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Mari333

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Thu Dec-18-08 09:47 AM
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2. another Vietnam and finding out that homophobia is as prevalent

among the dems as it is among the republicans.

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stillcool

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:14 AM
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3. An election..

what is it you thought 'we' won?

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laststeamtrain

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:26 AM
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6. Thank you.

There's a certain je ne sais quoi about people who answer rhetorical questions so earnestly.

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leeroysphitz

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:18 AM
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4. Right. Just how many damn doubts do I have to give Obama the benefit of?

This is getting depressing.

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Cessna Invesco Palin

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:20 AM
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5. Hasn't he been saying all along that he wants to concentrate on Afghanistan?

This should hardly come as a surprise.

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laststeamtrain

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:34 AM
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7. But I thought he, excuse me, He, was lying. n/t

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Cessna Invesco Palin

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:52 AM
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9. Nearly every Democratic politician on the national stage has been saying this for years.

Kerry said it in 2004, plenty of congresscritters said it in 2006. You could say that getting out of Iraq in order to focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan is now something of a plank in the Democratic party's defense platform.

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