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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:38 AM Original message |
Obama paid $35,000... OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET... for this vacation |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. The right will just say how much $$ he has for vacation |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
90. Link to this info? What's he paying for, and why? |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. good for him |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's more than the average American's salary. nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. So what? It wasn't taxpayer money... it was HIS money... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I care about our deeply unequal society. That's so what. |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Apparently something pushed your button. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Maybe it is my deep suspicion of people who decry the mentioning of uncontroversial facts? |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. So. What are YOU DOING for our unequal society? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm advocating for more taxpayer $$$ to be sent to AIG, Citibank. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Again... are you equating AIG and Citibank's earnings with Obama's |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You are unhinged. I am comparing his POLICIES as to one class as to his POLICIES |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. You might need a new dictionary |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I think you have a burr in your ass about previous discussions, which you tend to flee |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I don't recall specific previous discussions with you... but enlighten me |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Are you going to claim that Obama had advantages that you don't? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. What do you know about me that you'd be attempting comparisons? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I know you resent Obama having $35,000 to spend on a vacation |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I think it sets a terrible example. What you project originate in YOUR OWN mind. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. What is the precise and objective amount a vacation should cost? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. .... whatever the poster can afford is all Obama should spend |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. One of the greatest poverties one may experience is a poverty of IMAGINATION. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. I imagine concern does not deny a vacation... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Can any native speaker parse this for me: "I imagine concern does not deny a vacation." |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. O-kay. Sure. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Should I take that as a "No"? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. precise worth of his vacations should be... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Let's use "less than the median income for a working person for a year" as a starting point, hmmm? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
63. Answer |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. This was my answer to your accusation of "jealousy". You didn't even try to answer my question, btw |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Let him take the same vacation the average American family would take. What's wrong with that? nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The moderator at post #24 answered your question perfectly |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. PLEASE CONFINE YOUR COMMENTS TO ME TO ONE SUBTHREAD. STOP HIJACKING EVERY CONVERSATION. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Um... A) this is my thread, nitwit... B) when you hit the reply button, it attaches the reply to the |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Please google "subthread", and then "net etiquette". Thanks. nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Please google "message board". When you post, expect replies. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Do you really not understand the difference between a "thread' and a "subthread"? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. ... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Right. There's no force of law behind etiquette. We do it to facilitate an orderly society. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. PS. I notice you love to grab the low hanging fruit, but refuse to answer difficult questions |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. See post #63 |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. You ducked the question in 63. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. Maybe "civility" would be a good one too... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. You actually make a decent point, and I will accept part of the blame on that count. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
113. I doubt the average family can afford any vacation right now |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
104. He has to reimburse the cost of 4 1st class tickets for his ride on AF! |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
103. Yes. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. No, what is unequal is Bush taking similar vacations on the taxpayers' dime. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. To be fair, I recall a large SS bill for some of Obama's previous day trips... nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Every movement the President makes involves a SS bill |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Nonsense. Trips can be planned to minimize expenses. We all do it every day. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. We all don't have to worry about being assassinated every time we leave the house |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. He Remains A Free Citizen of the US, Not A Hostage |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Me too. I still consider what a trip will cost before taking it. nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. He's our president. I don't expect him to take off in the family car and stay in Motel |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. He's our President...which implies a certain level of class privilege? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. "class privilege"? Really? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. You're STILL trying to dominate all subthreads, after I asked you nicely not to... |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #72 |
84. Hit alert and see if the mods agree. nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
99. You're just pissed because SD consistently blows the shit out of your flimsy arguments. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Isn't a pile on 9 hours after the fact a little....sad? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. yes - our current leader has a great deal more class than certain |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I would love a European style Socialist state. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. He *IS* travelling as freely as he possible can.... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
91. Because we all have a massive and necessary security detail. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. And we all get 400% more death threats than any other president received. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
111. Yeah, we should just let him get assassinated,. That would make you happy I bet. nt |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
110. Yes, you're repeating the Free Republic "hate on Obama" talking |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
87. "worked harder in 7 months than the average American does in a half decade" |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. I don't think Obama would have to take a 35K vacation if he were still a law prof |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. The point of the OP is that Bush would've used TAXPAYER money |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
98. Did the U.S. taxpayers pick up the tab for the Crawford Ranch |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. he is personaly stimulating the economy. pat him on the back. spending. good stuff. nt |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
93. So does that mean we must be slaves to upper classes because they "stimulate" the economy? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. so now i am a fuckin slave? i spent about 3-4k on my vacation to cape cod. others cant afford |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Do you honestly think evoking "relativism" justifies the socio-economic gap? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. i have been poor. i have been all the way in gutter poor. i have been not so poor |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
100. That money could have fed a bunch of hungry people |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
102. No it isn't. The average annual income is $42.5k. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. where did he go on vacation? just not current with the non important of obama's |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It is a private mansion on Martha's Vineyard. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. ahhhh. well cool, thanks. june we vacationed in cape cod. rented a "cottage", lol |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. Sweet. I've been to Martha's Vineyard many times... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. so he is taking the same vacation, many ordinary joes take. the poster above should feel better, |
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jma10131 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. your answer! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hush money (and it still won't shut them up) |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. I had to turn GMA off this morning when they started dumping on Obama |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. What a bunch of whiny hypocrites. |
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jma10131 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yep. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Especially the one he took while memos such as |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Right-wingers will bitch about the rope they're hung with... |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. What a cheap bastard! |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. A cheap bastard, like our previous President, would've used YOUR money (taxpayer) |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm not sure why this should be lauded |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Because he'd be getting hammered if he used taxpayer funds... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. did someone say it was a taxpayer funded vacation? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. The OP is in response to the MSM pointing out the cost, without pointing out who paid |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
85. Are you really asking? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
112. Obama should shop at the Salvation Army and stay holed up in a bunker |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Damned librul elitist. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. You know what I don't get? Why not use Camp David for a week long |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Maybe it still smells of the Bushies. n/t |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
97. Kids don't really like privacy |
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brianfalldincom (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
81. Sounds like he's willing to pay for his time off... |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
82. that's a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a family vacation, i don't care |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
108. If anyone hates the Obama for their vacation, it's because they're assholes and morons. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
86. Being president is not "just a job". They are "on call" 24-7 |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
88. But the cable newsdouches HAD to mention that taxpayers were covering security. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
89. The Obama's pay for many things... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
105. Sweet. This thread is the trainwreck I expected. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. But, those people don't hate Obama. They just hate every single thing |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Snort! |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
109. IN the words of Chrissy Snow, "Damned if I do, damned if I don't. OH DAMN!" nt |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
114. Bush took vacations on his own ranch |
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