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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:57 PM Original message |
How Obama's policy advisors explain his giveaway on the safety nets. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's wrong of me to hope |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. May the fleas of 10,000 camels... |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. Yes, it's very wrong |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:02 PM Original message |
Well By All Means Let Us Give Up What;s Due Us So He Can Be Re-Elected |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. The truth is, this has nothing to do with re-election. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I agree. |
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hairyHans (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. REDUCE POLITICIANS SAFETY!! BUT INSIST! RALLY! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hope we have a choice in the primary. I know some that are so fed up no way are |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. There was a primary in '08... the policies advocated by the loser are being put into effect... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama has lost me. He's nothing but a damn republican! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I think he's done more to divide the democratic party than unite it ... I always stand |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
60. I think that was part of the hidden agenda, |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Yep, I tend to be somewhat of a conspiracy theorist too. I hardly ever |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. I want to puke |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. +1000 nt |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Independents, democrats, and repigs all use SS and medicare |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. This is a war country. This country is preoccupied with war, it feeds the MIC and |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Sadly I agree with you. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. i will not throw away my vote on him next time |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I've stopped all donations to the DCCC & DLC. My money doesn't count, my |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. We're not abandoning Obama; he is abandoning the Democratic party |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Excellent point!!! n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. what an atrocity |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Part of this is a lie on its face |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. You don't save your way out of a recession. n/t |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. this + 1 quintillion |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. Or did you read Jan Schakowsky's deficit plan or the People's Budget? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. use Biden's line "forgive me if I laugh in your face" |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. It will be difficult to convince voters that debt reduction is his true motive. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yup |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. +100 |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Once again, if he really wanted to make "tough choices" he'd demand the bu$h tax cuts rescinded |
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udbcrzy2 (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Sanders is my write in also |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. I don't feel a part of this country anymore with "NO VOICE in our own government. n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. As an aside....... |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. +1 n/t |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. The Koch Bros and Murdoch |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. OMG...Did someone (besides the Birchers) actually say that? |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. It was in the OP |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Gotcha. Thanks. n/t |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. recommend. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. We got our hopes up and got taken. |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'm SICK of those in need being offered as sacrificial lambs |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
34. no principles, just as long as you win an election. sounds like a whole crapload of people here. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. no principles? Didn't you read the OP? |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
36. In the 1992 primary... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. They don't think so, that's bs. When they were polled at the midterm |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
38. They know it isn't true. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I was sort of flabbergasted to hear Thom Hartmann repeating this fantasy |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Well, independents certainly don't |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Enthusiast we've been calling bs with this admin for quite some time now,great to see people finally |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. so it's all smoke and mirrors and terrorizing the poorest and sickest in the country? |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
43. Lies. |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
44. Its treasonous. |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
45. A bunch of double talk political horse shit.......... |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
47. He can take that chance and he will lose. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
50. i dont vote for independents or republicans. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. They are either dumber than I thought or liars and very evil men. I am thinking the latter n/t |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
55. So he did it to enhance his re-election? |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. He could care less about his re-election. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
57. If his only goal is to "bring both parties together" he should have |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
58. Wow |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Don't worry. |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
61. It's not just Obama |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Our gov. today is just a subsidiary of wall street and the banksters. The wealth in |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
62. If Obama cuts Social Security Obama will get his 20mil book deal in 2013. |
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savannah43 (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. It's all about him, isn't it? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. I don't think he cares. I don't think any of the party leaders care. |
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dogmoma56 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. bring the partys together, i want nothing to do with the GOP fat bags of rancid festering evil shit. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
71. K&R . Have you seen this piece by Michael Hudson? If not you may agree. |
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