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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 06:42 AM Original message |
If the economy continues deteriorating for the next year, a ham sandwich will be able to beat Obama |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Current contraction in employment is "STRUCTURAL" so it is easy for Rep to kill job recovery |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
63. I don't see any evidence that he will. Color me bewildered. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. + a million |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Amen |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Absolutely! n/t |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Well said and welcome to DU! n/t |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yep. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Wait. He allowed the bankers to "run wild?" Where the hell are you getting that from? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. I disagree. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You are betting on the Knowledge and Intelligence of the American Voter. Good luck |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
65. Also on the intelligence of some here on DU who refuse to blame Republicans |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. absolutely. cynical as it may sound, the stupidity of the electorate is boundless |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. These voters? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 06:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Please forgive me if I said something inappropriate. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. and there's plenty of hams running. |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. But the GOP only offers spam |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. What choo talkin' bout Willis? |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. haha |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. I agree to some extent. It's possible for the repubs to look worse based on Scott Walker and Paul |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. If a majority of this country can't see beyond the nose of their faces... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. I agree, Cali |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. I wish Obama had behaved like an FDR during his presidency, that's what we needed |
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. FDR had quite a larger Democratic majority. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Oh really? How many dems did he have in each body of congress? |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. Not necessarily. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's always about choices. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. A ham sandwich would have let the tax cuts for the rich expire to pay down the deficit. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. But...but...but |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Without the revenue from increasing taxes on the rich, they are now justifying |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. How bright did one need to be to not see that coming... |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
67. Yep. But if the cuts had expired then there would have been money to |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You keep leaving out the complete details about this.... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I don't. There is a war on. The ultra rich VS everyone else. Taxing them at 1950's rates will return |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. +10000000 n/t |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Absolutely right. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
69. why SDuderstadt, politics just isn't his game. pour soul doesn't even understand the concept of |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. Potentially, yes. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
26. The debates will expose her as the political Miss Junior Teen South Carolina |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. What do you think the GOP House and GOP Govonors are trying to do? |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. i dunno |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. That might help if the election wrere held next week instead of next year. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. Not everyone is like that |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. for most voters, it's always a choice between the lesser of two evils. |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. + 100000 nt |
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rusty fender (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. That ham sandwich has a name: Mitt Romney |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. bwahahahahahahaaaa |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Romney would be dangerous in a slow economy, if he could win the nomination. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Wouild a ham sandwich be considered "not as bad" as chicken salad sandwich? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. No, Sarah Palin would have to convince a majority that she is somehow more economically competent. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. A lot of voters have no idea how to judge economic competence though |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. True. But Sarah Palin is so bad at this stuff. She isn't even good at faking it. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. no she wouldn't. she just has to make some promises that people buy |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Really, she would just have to say, what Obama's is doing isn't working, |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. What would be the "something else", though? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #56 |
66. There are a great many things I'd really like to believe. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #53 |
68. But that something else would have to actually be something else. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. The candidate will sell the same song and dance that got us into the mess. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
61. No. People vote "for change". "We tried the black guy. Maybe a lady fundy moose killer?" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. That is a possibility. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. No, don't think so. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
54. Never underestimate the stupidity of Americans. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
55. You're correct of course - |
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Never Stop Dancin (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I don't believe it |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Of course - which has nothing to do with elections. |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
59. Given The Current Field Of Republican Candidates............... |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. That's just the thing. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
62. Rather than buying into the Doom and Gloom senario that the M$M has placed at our feet |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
71. True and sometimes when things are too good, they forget about how things can be so bad. |
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