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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:20 AM Original message |
Progressives do not hate this President. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wish people (yes, you too) would simply speak for themselves and |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks for the advice.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Deleted message |
kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. edited in attempt to make it less inclusive. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. I thought it was OK the way it was |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Kentuck, I respect your mature civility in response to unwarranted hostility. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. "What make you so arrogant". I dont think that is necessary. nm |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Why do you have to be just so fucking MEAN sometimes! |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Kentuck speaks for me. |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. +1 |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
58. +1 |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
60. +1 |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. +1 |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
67. +1 n/t |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
76. +1 |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
81. +1. n/t |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
83. +1 n/t |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
84. +1 |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
94. +1 nt |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 06:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
103. + one more! |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Pot meet kettle. It takes a bit of your own arrogance to tell someone how to speak their |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. I think it is a very human thing |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. 100 recs on a board with tens of thousands of users is not much. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. if that was true, then it would happen to many more threads |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
86. There are not tens of thousands of users here. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #86 |
106. My point was to register gentle skepticism of the claim that a thread saying |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Deleted message |
yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. What? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. Yep. exactly. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
66. Like I hate when a member of the LGBT community speaks for all the gays. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
68. kentuck speaks for me |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
75. You're disrupting this thread for no reason here. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
87. Fact: It's at least as often "progressives" who are attacked as a group, without being defined. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
89. He is speaking for me , here nt |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I'm impressed with your polite and patient response. Good OP. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
80. You speak for me, Kentuck. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Kentuck can speak for me anytime |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Thank you! Criticism "<>" Hatred n/tt |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
70. He made sense. The President needs to fight for us and not let up. |
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ibewlu606 (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
101. Not a hater |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't hate President Obama, but I also don't have much trust in him |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Ideology. He believes in "free trade", he believes in Pax Americana. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. He does seem to be a believer in taxcuts... |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. In other words, he's a typical progressive fighting hard for the American working class |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. This really sums it up extremely well... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Oh |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Seriously? Your defense of Obama is to use his words over his actions. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Seriously? |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yes. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Oh please, |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Bullshit. I've acknowledged his accomplishments every time I've agreed with them. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Really? |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
97. + Infinity. n/t |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. You have an Obama quote about Bush* tax cuts and yet he accepted Republican will to keep them |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
72. Then why did he go along and make them the Obama tax cuts? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 01:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
90. From that link: |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
105. I think the op may have been written for those who are so sensitive to criticism |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. "He opposes the 60's counter-culture." |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Well an example would be his opposition to marriage equality |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
49. During the primaries Obama did make a point of distancing himself from the 1960s and boomers. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
91. If you have to ask, it cann't be explained. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. I guess I don't really hate him. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. What is sad is that any criticism of the president |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That is true but... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
77. I think you're right. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. Criticism=hate is pretty typical belief by those who support the one being criticized. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I think anger is easy to mislabel as hate, too. nt |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. I'd agree with that. We all get angry with our loved ones but it doesn't mean we hate them. n/t |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Your last line says it best. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
48. I think "denial of hate" is also typical here |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
92. Funny, in all the comments about Obama, I don't recall a single one |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:33 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. well it wasn't meant to be an accurate account |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. There are some "progressives" who do hate this President...nt |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
59. Ahh, but they're surely not True Scotsmen. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
93. Just like there are some "Democrats" who do hate progressives. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
31. Progressives dont decide elections in this country. That's why O walks all over them. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
56. Progressives don't decide who gets elected, but in close election they can allow a Republican |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. K&R, as I felt you spoke very well on behalf of my own feelings, Kentuck. |
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fredamae (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
33. Pres McCain and Pres Bachmann |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. Deleted message |
kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. We cannot underestimate the damage that Lieberman did in the Senate... |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. +1000 |
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fredamae (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I concur 100% n/t |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
73. you know what I hate? |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #73 |
102. yeah, that chafes me too. nt. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
41. Back to the subject matter......the Liberman-Coburn bill. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. They "recoiled"...but |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. You are correct, they didn't vote. |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
45. K&R |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
52. If he gets in bed with Lieberman and Coburn - |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. "if" . . . . is a pretty big word. But he's not "in bed" with them. Their bill was a non-starter. |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
54. I thought the big issue was jobs |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
62. kick for the civility, and for the effort it took to write this. |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
64. k & r n/t |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
65. He just confuses capitulation with cooperation. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
69. Well said. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
71. "If you cannot take criticism, you do not deserve praise." YOU GET IT!!! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
74. Good post. nt |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
78. You nailed it, |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
79. Amen! |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
82. Excellent Post. k&r |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
85. What is really being suggested is that Obama policies are GOOD ... |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. You make a good point on that. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #88 |
96. Not about I am Awake clip however, in that way. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
95. THANK YOU Kentuck ... you speak for me. nt |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
98. You can speak for me anytime too |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
100. I gotta agree, kentuck. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
104. I'm too late to recommend officially, |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
109. I cannot stand him. |
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