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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:21 PM Original message |
Obama ain't no Lefty. Most of us on the left knew that but prefered him over McCain. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. "most of us on the left" |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Yes, continued rendition, electronic surveillance, military tribunals, no repeal of DADT, |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Excellent. You have now spoken for yourself. NT |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. These factors don't matter to you? They do matter to others. nt. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. For one thing, I dont concede your list. Several items are in error |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Unfortunately, |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. One report from one soldier. That is not a reliable report. (n/t) |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Perhaps. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. That's not what I said. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I certainly knew he was a relative moderate and no one claimed he was Kucinich |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are you saying the civil rights movement and the Ds embrace of the same |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Exactly. It was liberal, but hardly leftist. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. LBJ fought every ounce of civil rights legislation in his home state of Texas. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. that was years before he led the Senate |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I think that the undeniable, if slow gains in the civil rights movement... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't need a bunch of "acts of dissobedience(sic)" thanks anyway. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Actually, you do need a bunch of acts of civil disobedience. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Like I said, if you want to protest, you knock yourself out. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wasn't sure |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Learn some history. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. He is indeed a lefty |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. I knew he was a left of center moderate. To some he was like a mirror reflecting what they wanted |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. O is NOT left of center, never was! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hopefully some folks give it some thought before offering a knee jerk reaction. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Thoughtful will NOT include sending our children within a Poverty Draft, to kill and die |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. So when did Obama enact a "Poverty Draft". I must have missed it. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You don't think that we are presently in "a poverty draft?" with regard to Military enlistments?!? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. LOL, all of a sudden the fact that we have a military is Obama's fault? |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Where have you been the last eight years? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. "thought before offering a knee jerk reaction" |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Four months too little time to undo this serious mess. DoJ is overwhelmed. |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. IOW: Obama ain't no Dennis Kucinich |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's all relative. I am sure you are right wing compared to Marx or Lenin, Mao, or Pol Pot |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. It is not whether he dresses left or right, but his policies |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. actually, i think the 'hope' message |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. K&R |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. exactly! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
38. This lefty agrees with you. nt |
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