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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:46 AM Original message |
What DU Understands that Obama fails to |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. What Prez understands that DU does not, the monumental change |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Bush was not elected, even once. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Whatever. He was the president for 8 years, and the majority of Americans |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Well |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. And you don't miss out on an opportunity to castigate a Democratic |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. BS |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
93. Welp, I won't check a post count, but |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. So, because we've become so ignorant and apathetic that we accepted a coup, |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. basically...yes. the coup was not this "incremental change" the poster refers to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Ass, moran, STFU, and poutrage... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. OMG, it's all Nader's fault, too... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
96. Nader is a very powerful man |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Nobody bitched more than you? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. You should look up DU's |
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Spryboy (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. Actually... |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Really? Proof? nt |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Well |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. he was elected once |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The *only* official office that thug ever held |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. You did even read my post? I said "selected," not, "elected." |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
65. sorry i didn't read your edit. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
66. i wasn't responding to your post |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. You gave him one more election that I did. I said he was selected, |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
92. there is some doubt about that, as well. incumbent gov ann richards was polling at 60% on election |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. wow i never knew that |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
100. yes, but remember Rove got Bush "elected" as gov also, and |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. I never said he was, elected. Why don't you learn how to read. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
76. Yet, unelected, he mamaged to force through more of his agenda than our elected President! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. "Monumental change" only happens quickly, in large steps, because |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. none of this is true |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. They were able to RAM, because America was used to republican rule. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. It really helps speed things up when the $$$$$men agree with your agenda. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 03:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Bush effected monumental changes at a pace so rapid we're still figuring them out. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
70. Never mind alllllllllll those registered Democrats who voted for Bush in Florida |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #70 |
84. but those were centrist votes....that's okay. nt |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #70 |
85. self delete. nt |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #70 |
86. self delete. nt |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #70 |
87. What if those votes were stolen? Forget Nader, the ELEPHANT in the room is CORPORATE ELECTION counts |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
77. God knows... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
83. blaming obama on nader. how enlightened! |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Waaaaaa, Obama is not fixing EVERYTHING FAST ENOUGH for me. Waaaaaaa |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. This crap comes from the same people who voted for nader, which caused.. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. voting for nader did not cause anything |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
71. NADER NADER NADER |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Make that 28 years of Republican control. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. In one year we will have a new Congress. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Yep. The moon is in the 7th house. And Jupiter's aligned with Mars. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. Obama got more votes from Republicans than from DU'ers. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. Not much progress but the art of sloganeering and excuse making has improved. |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Obama |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. If you don't go there I promise... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Hillary campaigned on things like the health care purchase mandate... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
78. Ain't that the truth.. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. . |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. Obama's plan to get out of Iraq is on track and is actually ahead of schedule. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I think you forgot only one thing |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I was going to write that torture was banned. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
91. it may have been banned but it still goes on |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
90. The only problem with the OP is assuming that Obama |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think Obama wishes that we would stop fighting and refighting the ideological battles... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. I wonder if you hold the lawmakers in Congress to as high a standard |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I am not a fan of my congress critters. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. I still believe Obama should simply cede decision making to a DU panel. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. LOL! |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. he doesn't even need a DU panel |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
79. As opposed to letting a panel of Goldman Sachs boys run everything.... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
81. DUzy. And yup, we all surely could fix the world--and we'd all get ponies, too. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well....*some* of us want a single-payer Health Care Plan. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. agree (nt) |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not just DU. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. I worked on a major goverment project... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Timing is NOT the issue |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You know what direction he's pulling, how? Are you or anyone you know |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Y'know, there are these things called "newspapers" and "web sites" |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
68. In truth, timing is a big part of the issue. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
97. When you put it that way, I agree. (Sadly) |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. Puppies |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. Of how about that he was elected to lead for four years, not campaign for |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. I voted for BO with hopes he would be a pro-union fighter for the little person. Dems have wasted.. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. More than the republicans wasted after 9:11? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
60. You're kidding, right? They transformed the world in months after 9/11. n/t |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
72. They wasted nothing, thanks to the Good Democrats Who Do No Wrong |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. +1 |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. Not yet |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. Oops accidental unrec. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
56. so assuming your screen name was during Bush era... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
58. He didn't realize there was a deadline |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
64. change is off the table |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
73. Obama's role is to block change. Seriously... |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
74. obama and company are complete and utter frauds aligned with bad people |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
99. No they're not. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
75. Although you will have detractors in rose-colored glasses, I am not in their number, thank you! |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
80. Thanks UHC! |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
82. Nope. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
89. anyone who thinks obama could fix decades worth of problems in one year has to be a blithering idiot |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Some |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
98. I'm a member of DU and I understand what the President |
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