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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:17 AM Original message |
Why this new meme about "Most Qualified People?" |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. For me, Qualifications include all of what you said. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. not everyone around here seems to agree tho |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. The only really important requirement is that Obama picks them. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Going by the 'qualifications are the most important requirement' measure... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
72. Right! |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's a way to shut down any criticism of Obama. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. oh bullshit. I'm so sick of that whiny meme. "Anyone who disagrees |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. yay! |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Uh...what Cali said. |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. I already have. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. lol. no one takes me seriously? that must be why several people |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
65. You may be a lot of things, cali... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I have a certain grudging fondness and respect for you |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Oh, good GOD! |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. You flatter yourself quite well, I'll give you that. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. do you do anything besides petulance? |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Do you anything but bully others? |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
96. I take you seriously Cali |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. That's one of the dumbest, and simultaneously funniest, things I've read here in awhile. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Well said. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
61. Two for two so far today. |
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always_saturday (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I so agree with you. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Nicely said! |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, qualificatons are the most important thing. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Could it be you paid zero attention to the platform on which Obama ran? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Exactly. n/t |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
69. The answer to that would be: YES. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. I would think that after people like Mike "Brownie" Brown, competence |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. +1 |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. What you said, what you said, what you said! Thanks for the sanity. With competent |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. BINGO! nt |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. I start with the proposition that |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Seems to me its more like you start from the proposition |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Who's whining? |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. You are |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. My complaints are about things being posted on DU |
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Christian30 (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. I have found it to be an unnecessary fight... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Of course it's what we're seeing. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "Manufactured outrage" = "pundit job security." |
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always_saturday (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. I've been wondering the same thing. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. sigh. another ill informed person. Obama ran on a pro-gay marriage platform? |
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always_saturday (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. YAWN. Why don't you go burn some incense at your Obama shrine. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
62. Cali is right. |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
94. Why Not Bring Your Already Delivered Pizza And We Will Burn It AGAIN |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Maybe you should wait until it's official, though. All that's been happening is |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Alright, so we clearly know you haven't read up on any of Obama's positions... |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
60. You voted for the wrong guy then. Obama was never pro-gay marriage. That was Gravel |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
78. Maybe you would've been better off voting for McKinney. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. So you'd prefer what? The most Democratic? The most liberal? The prettiest? Best connected? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. I would prefer that, |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. Cabinet positions should go to the Democrat Obama thinks will do |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's a way to justify this odd thing that always happens: men get most of the great jobs! |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Not thinking that Hillary is the best choice for state does not mean that |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:22 AM Original message |
Who said anything about a "Hillary fan club"? If anything, my post has less to do with |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. In that case, I misunderstood your post, but it is not clear what the OP intended, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I'm pretty old and I've heard this "most qualified" talk forever. Whenever I dug down in that |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. self- delete |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. Obama can find FULLY QUALIFIED figures on the left AND trust their loyalty = the corpmedia |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. uh, Obama did NOT run as a progressive. He's made it quite clear |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. There are a few more progressive figures in the GOP he can tap to fulfill the bi-partisan |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. But that is not the change he promised. |
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briv1016 (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
37. The world is too fucked-up for cronyism. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Who said anything about cronyism? |
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briv1016 (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. So you want a bunch of "yes men?" |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I think the point is |
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aein (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. I thought at first the title was joke, sadly it wasn't |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. You can only be disappointed if you actually bought the whole 'Saviour Obama' shtick |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. Has everyone gone INSANE? You have IMAGINED a cabinet to criticize... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Nothing wrong with responding |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
67. You're not just speculating about possible appointees and you know it. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Yep, I'm speculating about motives. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Oh good grief. Motives of imaginary people who have imaginary reactions |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. My post is in response to REAL posters on DU, but |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. 'Most Qualified People" is what the new Prez thinks it is. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. That focus on ideology and loyalty worked out real well over the last 8 years, didn't it? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. It actually worked out quite well for Bush |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
77. How was Brownie good for Bush's agenda? He was a disastrous embarassment. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Do you think Bush actually wanted a functioning FEMA? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Maybe not Bush, but his administration certainly was. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Well, it's immaterial anyway. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. We basically agree. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. yes this is what you're seeing |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
57. From what I hear, Obama is choosing his cabinet. n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Why I never! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. I want Obama to choose his own cabinet... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. "we" are a bunch of blathering idiots |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
76. Obama doesn't want to put 'yes-men' in his cabinet... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
80. Did you listen to any of his speeches as all? He wanted post partisanship |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. "post partisanship" |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
84. Bush appointed on Ideology, values and loyalty. It's called nepotism and patronage. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. ideology, values and loyalty equal nepotism? |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Loyalty. Not hard to figure out. right? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. The Brownie straw man is really getting tired. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
88. Obama is setting the agenda |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
92. Doggone, you mean he didn't consult with you either? |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
93. Qualification and values are not mutually exclusive. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
95. It's a variation of the "smartest motherfuckers in the room" meme. |
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