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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:08 AM Original message |
Krugman, in one phrase, nails it as to why Republican opposition to Obama is so fierce |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. The only thing I'd disagree with |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. I agree with Krugman's assessment, but I have one question |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I don't think they have |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. THANK YOU! You are saying what I have been... |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Generally they haven't |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. He's lost some independents. nt |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. sorry there Krugman it's because of racism n fear of a black president nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. reducing it to just racism may make you feel especially good about yourself but it misses the mark |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Thank you kittywampus We need to drop this victimization shit. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Bubba was a baby boomer, and a 'white trash' kid, and, therefore, unfit for office. nt |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
51. +1 nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Same stuff from '93-'94. Racism is a factor as classism was with Bubba. nt |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Party affiliation mattered, too |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yep. The standards are situational, aren't they? nt |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Very much so! |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Yes. But look how quickly they are offended when this is pointed out. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think they probably get it |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. Krugman is close, but fails to identify the most fundamental reason - MONEY! |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think there's more to it than that |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. True! |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. this is why they own the media |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. At the latest in 1968 |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. Because It Works Very Well? |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. To paraphrase "American President"... |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. "We tried them for eight years. They sucked." |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Googling that sentence got only one 'hit'', this DU thread! |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No paraphrase: word for word, Rolling Stone, August 20, 2009, page 63, left hand side column |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Thanks! |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. No sweat. I'd be glad to make it to 79.5 one day! |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Actually, in the Sixties, I was only a decade beyond its "age norm" . |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. I hate to say it, but we underestimate the stupidity of the American public at our peril |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. At least Sarah and Sam/Joe seem to be fading |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. that absolutely terrifies me |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That will be the day |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. yeah, that's why they have no |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Because he is not a man of honor |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Public may be stupid, but if so, it certainly has to do with right wing propaganda ... |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Obama is Black |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. And that is what its all about |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Hey you |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. DingDingDING!1 HOW much plus a Nobel does Mr KRUGMAN get? n/t |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. Krugman Is Wrong. They Can Come Back. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Not as a national party they can't |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Oh come on |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. lol have you? |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Are you kidding me? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Obama's popularity - that's funny indeed |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. I live in Michigan |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. I have been saying for a while |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. K & R ! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
39. If we don't toss the electronic voting machines, they may KNOW they're going to ... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
43. Your post reflects ignorance of the fact that 30 years of Repuke policies destroyed the economy |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Reagan devastated the economy, didn't destroy it |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. It's 30 years of Reaganism. Continuous. I know. I was there. Fortunately, others back me up. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Clinton perpetuateded the Reaganism that began 30 years ago and destroyed the economy |
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jhain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. Is this it? |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. That is the summation |
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