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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:03 PM Original message |
Obama asks for patience with pace of economic recovery, says ‘it’s going to take time’ |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Easy to say when you're being paid to live in the White House. n/t |
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Phlem (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Exactly! |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
60. Hey, you want to change it? Read this. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. A gang of rapacious criminals did not run thr House in 2009 and 2010. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. The Same Gang Was Filibustering Everything in the Senate |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. What did 10 years of BushTax Cuts Get US? No patience, no compromise |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Respectfully, we've gone from "He's playing 46 dimensional chess," to "The Democratic |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #69 |
84. We did the same thing to GWB with Joe Lieberman's vote alone. |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Right !!! Recovering from the biggest worldwide recession should have been |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. And you get to decide what "reality" is. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
56. Know what I'm sick of? |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. +1000. nt |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. !!! |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. he should have done this first, health care second. When you |
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ChrisBorg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Training workers for manufacturing jobs that aren't there won't work. |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. who wants a factory job? cheap labor. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. I mean, look how long it took to organize the bank bailouts. |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Time indeed, the Bush tax cuts must expire first |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. and you can take that to the bank |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, I imagine it will take a long time.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
63. FWIW, you have my vote for thread winner. We've been waiting since Reagan. |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. So, those who have posted snarky remarks: What exactly do you think is reasonable? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. A MASSIVE investment in the country's infrastructure, for a start. |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. There's not going to be one single dollar coming for your pipe dream before |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. He is the President, he has one house of Congress, and he has a bully pulpit. |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. So you admit that you do not understand how a budget is passed in |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So you admit you didn't read my post? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Deleted message |
Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 05:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. What a pompous ass. |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
78. Unfortunately... |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Democrats held all three branches from 2008-10 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
55. Close, but no. Dems held both houses of Congress and the the WH 2008-2010. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Thanks for the correcting my misspeak. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. You're welcome. I had a feeling the trio you meant was the WH and 2 Houses of Congress. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. You have a very short memory. When Obama was inaugurated in |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. I would guess a minimum of 95% of DUers know how a federal budget is passed. |
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Macoy (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
86. “A MASSIVE investment in the country's infrastructure, for a start” |
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Phlem (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. 1. End one war |
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Knight Hawk (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. It would be a lot different................... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Nothing has been done. A recovery could happen overnight... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. The timetable is not the issue. The wrong things were done and the right things were not done. |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sorry... |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Did FDR have a Republican controlled House? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Research? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
58. Worse. FDR had a highly obstructionist SCOTUS--and FDR put the fear of God into the Justices. |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
75. He needs to take the bully pulpit |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
76. Did Obama have one in 2009-present? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. A trillion $ jobs bill for the TBTF banks... days |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Sad but true n/t |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
81. Priorities LOL! Have a little patience...will ya? |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. A man from the dem party came to my door last night. |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
79. I had the same conversation on the phone this morning |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yeah, and it will take longer as long as he ignores us and favors the corps. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. OTOH, |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Yes, amazing how quickly things CAN happen when the |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. If Obama wants to give people hope, he needs to fire Timothy Geithner. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. same old BS isn't going to work.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. You don't have time when |
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Phlem (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Some in this thread would claim |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Exactly. When you're |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. Time is up. His solutions only make things worse. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Obama needs to promise he'll change and fight really, really hard |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. give it up... we need some competition here.. who do we have to up against Obama in our party? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
57. I don't think he will get any significant challenge. The memory of Kennedy Carter is too strong. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. Nothing can change.. because no action has been made to change ANYTHING... |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. So...........I guess "winning the future"............ |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Hate to say it, but what'shername made quick work of Winning The Future. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's not a matter of being impatient. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. "...Obama says people need to be patient..." |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. You've had enough time. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. Talking about the need for deficit reduction when jobs and the economy |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Thank you. |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 12:53 AM Original message |
If he thinks that this will get him reelected, he's only fooling himself. |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
48. Duplicate |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
49. He has until Nov 2012 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. No, he'll simply begin a very lucrative post-Presidency earlier than he would have chosen. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. yup -- think of all those 100K speaking gigs |
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Warrior Dash (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
51. Pitiful...just pitiful. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
65. just keep your goddamn hands off my social security |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
68. people are being extraordinarily patient |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
70. It is going to take 10 years minimum to crawl out of the hole Bush/Cheney dug us into |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Unless someone starts doing something smart very soon, we may never "crawl out." |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
71. "He's so disappointed in us. And his biggest disappointment in us is our disappointment in him." |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
82. I can actually imagine Obama saying something like that. Wait, he kinda did. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
77. Yes, well POOR PEOPLE don't have time to wait! |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
85. Bush tax cuts are not working, spread the word |
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