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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:05 PM Original message |
Administration: Obama to Push for Allowing Drug Re-Importation |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. THAT would be helpful to the poor and working class |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'll believe it when I see it. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I don't recall Obama had a vote on that amendment. Actually, I know |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Guess his hands are tied then. The President really is powerless. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Did he or didn't he cast a vote? Do you think he has control over every |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Exempting them from blame isn't honest either. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. Answer the fucking question. DID HE OR DID HE NOT HAVE A VOTE ON THE MATTER. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. First off, there were two questions. I answered the one that wasn't bullshit. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Considering his administation is revisiting the issue with the goal of legalization importation.... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Why revisit? Why not just call for the Dorgan amendment to be passed? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, before you get all excited, read this. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No, the FDA blocked them, not Obama, from what I've read, here: |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. A quote from Gibbs? Regarding Obama's campaign statements? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Seeing as your link goes no where for me, I'll go with this. And you're |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Ignorance is bliss, they say! |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Committed" as in his "commitment" to the public option? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. He always was and still is for the public option. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Just not enough to actually pressure Lieberman into voting for it. nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Passage requires Lieberman's vote because the Republicans are being obstructionist assholes. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Lieberman had nothing to do |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. After HCR is passed, Sen. Harkin said every year Democrats will be moving toward the public option. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You might check my journal before making such accusations. nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. CYA eh? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I have no idea what the hell you're talking about. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Sure. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Someone left the gate open and Attack Doggie got out again. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Oh look, the peanut gallery showed up on cue. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Hugs! |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Thanks. The google helped me out. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I admire your prescience in that accomplishment. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
91. Amazing the lengths he thinks you would go through, JUST SO |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
86. Oh yeah.....moving toward the Public Option.... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. yeah, yeah, whatever. and habeas corpus was going to reinstated "immediately" (nt) |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Nothing he does will meet your approval, that much is clear. We know that. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. habeus corpus would be a nice thing. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Okay, you're fine with Bush's Patriot Act, we get it. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. You're fine with strawman arguments, I get it. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Some of us don't mind taking the President at his word. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. you're fine with being played like a cheap fiddle by a smooth-talking snake charmer |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Better wipe the froth your mouth before you choke on it. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. I'd complain about the outdated script you've been handed |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. I don't even bother reading your rants anymore. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. I know, because it's such a bore to actually say anything of substance, eh? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #79 |
96. No, anti-Obama screeching and vitriolic personal attacks ad nauseum are a bore. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. I think they have a cure for rectalcephalitis now. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Classy as always. |
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BP2 (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. Empty words for a politician who |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. "How about pushing for drug re-importation NOW, instead of committing to do it later?" |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
94. Uh you don't make sense. He has and he is. Your post is confusing. /t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Great! One more Obama Outrage meme down the drain. |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. You don't ask yourself the details about the re-importation they will allegedly seek |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Deleted message |
ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. The Lautenberg amendment would have the same impact as Dorgan's, but with more safety measures. |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh please. And I suspect it'll take about 10 years to strengthen the FDA |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. So let's not even get started, right? I'm not giving your claim credence, mind you. |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Get started on what? There's nothing TO start. It's a damn joke |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Your defeatism aside, the answer can easily be gleaned from the facts in the OP. |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Some watered-down re-importation scheme a'la Lautenberg? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Do you see this in your crystal ball? Or are you getting in that Outrage meme early? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Right, start the meme now |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
67. Yeah, it just means the opposite is true of |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. If he can't do it now |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. From the same man that promised repeal of DADT and DOMA, and who promised a public option |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Did he "promise" he'd do everything 11 months after taking office? No? Didn't think so. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. oh, the old "he didn't have time" argument--but he's used his time to do the exact opposite |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Oy vay. Next you'll be saying he's the devil incarnate. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. I don't believe in "the Devil" |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
43. More promises to break. Fun! nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. More drive-by bullshit. Giggles! |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Yes, it certainly is getting thick around here isn't it? *giggles*.. nt |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
57. What Obama "pushed for" was to kill the Dorgan Amendment. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. He killed it? Got a link? I have one: |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Thanks for the FACTS. It's so much more enlightening than bullshit rhetoric. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Bullshit rhetoric rules the day for some posters who |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. You should learn from babylonsister who I respect greatly (even tho we sometimes disagree) |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I don't take orders from anyone much less holier |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Same here. But it's amusing how they rage about STFU OPs while they tell us to STFU. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Yeah, thanks..it's sinister. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #72 |
92. +1 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Failers always seem to be full of it. Did they ever make it to their rendezvous with the teabaggers? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Remains to be seen if they're going to follow the |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Can't wait when they do. You know Hamsters are known to go off cliffs... or are those lemmings? |
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BP2 (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. If by "failers" you mean |
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BP2 (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. The last thing the president needs is more |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. There's no "yes men" as you call it..but, I'm not going to |
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BP2 (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. No one is asking you to go "Rogue" for gods' sake, but |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #85 |
98. Then you should open your |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 05:21 AM Response to Reply #69 |
90. Might be surprised to know many you describe still hope he will |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Here's some links. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 04:51 AM Response to Reply #59 |
89. "publicly" supports |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
66. What about the deal the W.H. made with pharma not to allow importation of drugs? Or to allow |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
68. "I'm a fierce advocate for drug re-importation" n/t |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #68 |
88. He is a fierce advocate for war, that's much is true! |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
81. I gotta see how slickly he pulls this off-- |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
87. What Obama says... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
93. I hope he does it, but |
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Wardoc (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
95. About time! But I'm not getting happy until I see it actually happen. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
97. I call bullshit |
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