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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:21 PM Original message |
Greenwald digs in, defends his criticism of Obama and the DNC |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. If we use DNC logic, we'll have to admit we sided with Bin Laden in our opposition to the Iraq War |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Oh, the DNC logic to call out Republicans for what they said |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Only that's not what the DNC did |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Who cares? Calling out Republicans for their bullshit is a good thing. n/t |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Right, but did the DNC call them out? Or did they use the same tactics? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. They called them out. |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. what you call hypocrisy is actually consistency |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. "criticizing those who criticize people who disagree"... |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The DNC sounded just like like the RW--. They |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oooh, the DNC smacked down the RW, time to defend the poor RW |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. My clue is that you are defending the DNC behaving like the RW who |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Oh BS. You are defending Greenwald because he |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. You only think you know what I think, Read my posts and you |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You haven't made a single logical point in defense of Greenwald. |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. LOL. You still can not read. bye now. I have |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Can't defend your position, huh? |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
83. Hmmm, Glenn Greenwald and Naomi Klein or anonymous poster ProSense... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I think you should whine a little bit |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Learn to read. I am not defending the RNC. I am being critical |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Maybe Greenwald is the one who needs to learn to read. |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. How can it be aimed at RNC only? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. So when the DNC call the Republicans out for saying the |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Limbaugh said he's on the side of the Taliban nt |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. How about the Republicans who say the opposite? |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. The ones who say the opposite can be applauded. But the ones who speak |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Like I said..Whine |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. like your broken record said........over and over. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
74. They just did it to you. |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
80. ABHORE? Are you fucking kidding me? |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Um...Bin Laden liked the Bush policies. Go and find the full transcript |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. Bin Laden bashed Halliburton for profiting from the war, and so did we |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. The full transcript tells a different story... |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. It's still criticism of war profiteering |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. How can it be criticism if Bin Laden was happy about it? He praised Bush's policies |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. You're stretching it. Bin Laden said the Iraq war was "unjust" |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. OP bolded a statement that was false |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. What? You're a little busy aren't you? n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It's not false. greenwald has his little jealous |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Are you saying that the "global community" gave him the award? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Are you saying that it has been awarded by the "global community" in the past? |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Greenwald didn't deny that the "Nobel committee" gave Obama the award |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. greenwald is nitpicking like a little |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. lol! Poor Greenwald, on this one.... |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Some...Many Should Have Waited |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. I have a feeling you're right. But hey, it might be more lucrative ($$$) to be an Obama foe... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I have to agree with you on this one. n/t |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
84. That's fucking low. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Presidential Historian, Douglas Brinkley says it's |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Reflection |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. And a historian-historian... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Wonder if the NPP Committee ever had to defend |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. self-delete - wrong fucking thread. Sheesh. Damn hangover. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Celebrating too much PO Peace |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. "Nobel committee head Thorbjoern Jagland defends Barack Obama peace prize" |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Excellent post Cha. Wish I could rec it. (nt) |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. You just did, Tarheel Dem.. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Greenwald I think is a jerk on this. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. Nice "If You're Not With Us, Your're Against Us" Defense ProSense. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. "Obama did nothing to earn this award" Good post on Obama's international accomplishments here: |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Oh, don't try that cheap psychology. The DNC has every right to criticize the RNC for |
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Baltoman991 (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Geez, when |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
77. Feel free to illustrate the merits. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. So do you think that Obama rigged the voting for the Nobel Peace Prize or something? |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #55 |
78. Read it again, and meditate on it. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Dupe. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
75. Yes, President Obama has done a lot to earn the Peace Prize |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Nice try, but he has yet to earn anything. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Yes, it is about "trying" for a Peaceful World..it's a |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Analysis and Bitterness don't go together |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. Greenwald makes some discussion worthy points |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. I have long held Glenn Greenwald is a douchenozzle, I was wrong |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. ... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. He is assisted in his douchenozzlery by the Lord Privy Douchenozzle, David Sirota. n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. He has rather elevated himself to |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. MoveOn |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. One day sensible people will realize that bloggers are just like |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. You must not know the definition of a "hack" |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. A "hack" means a bad writer... |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. So bad that the White House reportedly reads his column every day? |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I just gave you the definition of "hack". I didn't offer an opinion about Greenwald's writing nt |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. My bad. I confused you with the girl who called him a "hack" n/t |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. That's OK. It was an interesting bit of information nt |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
65. Now that is funny. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
76. Hey Glenn, just a suggestion: QUIT DIGGING -eom |
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