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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:10 AM Original message |
"Obama Gives It All Away: Conservatism will be the driving force in U.S. politics for years to come" |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Tomasky lives in a world where you lose elections... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. We all live in a world where we "lose elections" -- even if the candidate has a (D) by their name... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. and for the last 30 years the US has turned to shit... where have you been living? |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. You assume that conservatives won some clout .... That they benefitted from a PR stand point |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. This is in spite of Obama's furious attempts to give them as much political cover as possib |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Are you actually trying to claim that this is over? That this bill would not be disastrous? n/t |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Where did you get that from ? |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. not hard to see what's going to happen when the president himself mentioned even today in regards to |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "I wish we could have cut 'entitlements' NOW, not later!" |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. seriously! how can we support that? It's lunacy in DC as the NYT calls it in their editorial. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm trying |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Maybe when the rest of the economists check in tomorrow |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Nothing will |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. When Clinton signed welfare deform, there weren't more people |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Maybe that's because, objectively, signing off on all these cuts to necessary programs IS a terrible |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. a) Romney is architect of your prized Individual Mandate. b) Welfare goal was to get ppl off rolls |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Sad seeing democrats ... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Yeah, it really sucks when people don't agree with you, I know |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Feeling the pain and crying out does not make the victim guilty of anything. |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. If you want a political movement that counters conservatism, you might start |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. All of these pieces are written by people who have no idea what the bill actually contains. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. really? THAT'S your defense of this spineless president? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yeah, actually it is. Of course, you provide actually no evidence to the contrary; you just assume |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. +1. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Wow learned the lingo here so fast! |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
40. so you're ignoring the last 3 years worth of caving? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Thank you |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. Our country's lurch to the far right has tonight as the beginning. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Tell me when they were overthrown... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think for a brief glimpse in 2008 we thought there was hope and change. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Go back and look at a good whip count... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Why are you situating Obama to the left of Carter or Clinton or Nixon? |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Legislative record. Executive actions and appointments n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I don't remember much about Carter because I had little kids |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Their overthrow began in 2006 and was complete in 2008. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. re-read your post |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. The only logical explanation for that is that he's one of them, |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Indeed |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. God damn it. Fox News and the teabaggers won. There is no justice in this world. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. Recommend |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
21. Progressivism WILL Survive, It'll Have To Be Us, Not Obama |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. + |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. Is this what Democrats voted for? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Change We Can Believe In, My Ass |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:42 AM Original message |
K&R ... EXACTLY on point nt |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
26. The Democrats need to reject this plan, even if it upsets President Obama. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. Progressivism hasn't been a driving force in my lifetime... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. How is it wise to allow it to be shoved deeper into the corner? |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Same here |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. REMINDER: We lose elections when we tell people not to show |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. If it weren't for the 2008 election we wouldn't be here either. How do you like that? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Come on BlueBear do you want to have this fight? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I didn't vote fir Hilary and as to me "bashing Obama", whatever |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. we would be in a far worse place if Obama had lost in 2008 |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. when was the last time anything but conservatism... |
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