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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:33 PM Original message |
So, let me see if I have this right. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe this is the "chess" part? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Yep - |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. HIs people have said he is a fierce advocate |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Exactly. And, in chess, you know who gets sacrificed? Us pawns. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Right you are! |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. He better stick to chess, then, |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. !! |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Thanks, you heard it here first! n/t |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. I agree, good metaphor. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Thanks. n/t |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. oh no not that one again. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. I guess. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's not a done deal until Congress votes... |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Looks like it's not gonna vote on it |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Cool everyone will be so happy |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. I hope they hold the line on this. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Like a chicken with its head cut off ... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. This picture SUCKS, no matter what letter is behind the name. nt |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Actually - it just makes him stupid. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. He pre-surrenders, and lacks any convictions. He is bullied and a coward. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. "his surrender blunts any fight on our side" therein lies the chessmastery. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Stockholm Syndrome. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Collaboration. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Or a Trojan Horse. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
57. Trojan Whore. n/t |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'll wait to see what really happens in the end, but it seems like it might backfire |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. On MSNBC right now Rep. Cummings is talking about this issue |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. In re: your last sentence - That bites. Says it all. nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. !! |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Cummings is right. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. I thought thats what people here wanted |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Well, yes, when he stands up and takes charge for the values of the enemy, that's a problem. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I thought that's what people here said he could never be. eom |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Should be a fitting example of how he cant be |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. What was it they said about LBJ? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. "They" didn't say it about LBJ. Rather, LBJ himself said it: |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. You think people around here want Obama to circumvent Congress? |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bad thing is he let the other party do all the deciding |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Amazing. I mean, even Conservadems are incredulous about this one. |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe it's to make the point |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Well, he sure got the Dems in Congress all fired up, |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Hostage Holder-in-Chief" n/t |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. Still listening to people that think they, and triangulation, got Bill Clinton elected twice |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. yes maam it's a dayum shame K & R |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. Amazing |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. You should tell him that, |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. Good writing. Good post. Thanks. nt |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Thanks. n/t |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. And even conservatives and independents don't respect turning on your own this way. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. I think you have an excellent grasp of the situation. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Thank you. n/t |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. What you said. In a nutshell. Rec'd n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
49. what's wrong is that Congress allowed him to step in front of them in defending middle-income cuts |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. K and R (nt) |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
54. There is much wrong with this picture |
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Pistarkle (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
55. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina! |
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Pistarkle (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
56. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina! |
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