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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:12 PM Original message |
Didn't Obama say he was going to focus on Afghanistan during his 08 campaign? |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Someone in GD said |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Cute how you turned that terminology around. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. ^5 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Pretty much |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Once he escalates the war. It is Obama's war. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was good politics. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. He also said he would renegotiate NAFTA |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. We voted for Obama to get us out of Iraq, not to start or escalate wars elsewhere. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. -- |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. . |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. We are about to find out who WAS listening to Obama during the campaign |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I mean, who really gives a flying fuck about a political campaign to get elected? |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. We are about to hear that Obama didn't listen to the American people on the ground |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Oh come on! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. He wouldn't have won then. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. You do not understand the polls and why the American people elected Obama to office. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. I believe it, I just forgot Iraq for a moment n/t |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. Obama also said lobbyists would not be part of his administration. He broke that promise. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Yes DARN Him for not completing a 16 month removal strategy... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Business as usual. The corporations particularly the military industrial complex gets their pony |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. He broke the lobbyist promise? Really? |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. They are still part of his administration. Jeez - just look at all the Goldman Sachs |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yeah, but they have more of an influence on the advisory panels. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So what do you think the Summers, Geithner and lobbyists in his admin are doing? |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. How many lobbyists? I know for sure there aren't thousands. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. He did. It was a bad idea then, and it's a bad idea now. k&u n/t |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Although I'm afraid it will be a little bit longer than 2-3 years..... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R for the truth. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. He also said he was against Insurance Mandates |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. AND against taxing private health insurance benefits. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. well even if you did |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Besides, the back and forth over this is getting old. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Gibbs: "You can be sure that the President is going to talk about...." |
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