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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:26 PM Original message |
Glenn Greenwald: "The most bizarre defense of Obama's escalation" |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. If he wants to see bizarre, he needs to hang around here for a while. |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's not an excuse or a defense, it's simply a fact being used to muddy the waters of opinion. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. "In 2004, Bush ran for re-election by vowing to prosecute the war in Iraq, keep |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. But, but he PROMISED to do those things! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Doesn't make it OK, just makes it a little less credible to throw a fit over |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. But that is a mischaracterization. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bush actually called Kerry a liar when Kerry said that Bush was intending to privatize SS |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good read. There is a similar cult of personality developing for Obama that we've seen for Bush |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's not a defense of the escalation. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Which is an attempt to discredit voices in opposition. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No, it's only pointing out how the opposition discredits themselves. |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. When did Bush say he was going to privatize SS? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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