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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:40 PM Original message |
GIVE THE PRESIDENT A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. b..b..but KENT CONRAD won't be nice and Obama is too scared to stand up to him and 5 of his friends. |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. But, there are more than 6 republicans east of the Mississippi. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh please, not the "bully pulpit" crap again. |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. +1,000,000,000 nt |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. So politics today is more divisive than 1960s racial politics? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Don't ask me: Ask Jimmy Carter. |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I"ll take his opinion, and that of others, too. |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
65. that is a vulnerability |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. The 1948 do nothing Congress is instructive |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
87. +1 |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. They certainly were. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. So you are telling me the power of the presidency |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The President does not have the power to make laws out of whole cloth. |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I am completely lost. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. No but the president has a soft power to set an agenda |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. So why worry about Obama losing the office? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
93. Umm... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. But the power of the Presidency goes well beyond that |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #96 |
110. I never said that.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #110 |
117. So if I understand that Presidential power |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Please READ |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. I read it, and I understood why it was asked |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. Well, if you don't understand |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. I guess it is mutual |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
148. But he could, say, impose tighter ozone controls. Oh, wait. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. The President is almost powerless. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. I know it is incredible right? |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
149. Then why should we care who sits behind the desk? |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. angrier? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. Americans love their fighters and heros |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. fighting is one thing |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
127. All kinds of levels of anger |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. Imagine the President has 280 democrats in the House |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
146. Indeed. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. GIVE THE PRESIDENT A PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. that will be difficult, First Obama has to start blaming |
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jmodden (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. First Obama has to start blaming ... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. We had one if you remember. The GOP fucked it up, like they always do. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. ...with no small amount of help from the President n/t |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. . |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. I see no evidence that he wants one |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Aw, geez. I loved Romanoff. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. This, exactly. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. I don't think they want one either |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
88. It also takes away fundraising opportunities. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
123. That's what I believe too |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. He would just squander it AGAIN. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. ^ This |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Kicked and recommended. nt |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. K & R! We've been there and done that. No excuses and no more whining. NT |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. k&r |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Again? What would be different? |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Pelosi was terrific as Speaker |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. Alas Bush knew how to use the bully pulpit |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. So you're saying we SHOULDN'T work for a Democratic Congress? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. No, I am saying the talking point is a lousy one |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. We need to elect a congress that is not bought and owned by the rich ... |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. there we go |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
68. Agreed and there are several changes I can think |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
83. Congress IS the rich. Nearly half are millionaires, some are multi. They |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #83 |
101. If we are ever to live in a great country ... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Yes, yes we do... |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. Give the President a FUNCTIONAL Congress! |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. Then we'd have divided government. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. We had one and what did it get us? n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Read the OP, exactly my point |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. Uh, we did in 2008. ... |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Obama wasn't sworn in until January 2009. And... |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Yes, I know that... |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. What does the date of the election have anything to do with anything? |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Because that is when people make the decision to "give the President a Democratic congress" n/t |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
104. and in reality, Tx4, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Re-read what I wrote... the body of the mesasge |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. You're absollutely right (sorry!) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Oh no problem is that I am as tired of the meme |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
72. He did not "squander" it |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Give the president a larger democratic congress |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. He had one... why the TP sucks |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. You can't invoke cloture in the Senate without 60 votes. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. And he had the option of changing that factoid |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
129. I really hate to come to that conclusion but |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Yeah |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
78. You're absolutely correct. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yes, a lot did die in the Senate because we did NOT have 60 dems in the Senate |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Yes, and a lot of folks were urging him to press ahead during that time... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Why I said REID SUCKS AS A LEADER |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Who is Reed? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. She meant Sen. Harry REID. n/t |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Thanks for the clarification |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. You're welcome. n/t |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
69. On this I can agree. n/t |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. Dissolve Congress. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. And seize all assets of the corporate execs |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
71. Of course we need that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
73. Deleted message |
BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Why in the world do you think it WAS democratic enough? How many seats do you think FDR and LBJ had? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Why in the world do you think it WAS democratic enough? How many seats do you think FDR and LBJ had? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Yup... |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. I predict a super majority in the house and senate |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
75. LBJ had 68 Senate seats. FDR had 76 Senate seats. THAT is why Medicare and Civil Rights passed. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Yup it wasn;t democratic enough |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
82. Thank you--I also fault the DNC for, in some cases, favoring Third Way candidates for the Senate |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Yep, truman comes to mind |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
85. Obama just announced he wont enforce the Clean Air Act anymore |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Gotta be more bullshit |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
95. Better put your Obama blinders on again... this may be uncomfortable for you; |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Those blinders are great |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #99 |
126. please post a link that refutes it |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #126 |
144. Twas being facetious |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. What he said he won't do is ask EPA |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Just like the millions of jobs |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. I elect representative government, not leaders |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. At 800,000 per job |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. And they should have been taken off the equation |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. OMG |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. How? Look you think they have not done |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. No, I agree with you |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. It got yanked because we really do not have the maturity |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. I wanted to comment on the observation and I did rec |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Well that is good to know |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. I have commented kindly on many a thread you start |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #114 |
120. I am partially still outside the box |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
98. How about we give congress a democratic president? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Well to do that, and it will take a generation... we first |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. You are probably right. Maybe we need to start now ... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. That is exactly what Labor is threatening to do |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
111. been there, tried that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. And that my friend is the point |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
115. Why? He didn't use the one he had - |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. I know... and why the talking point is quite lame |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
121. Again? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. 'xactly, read the whole OP... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
124. Strange that you don't mention the Blue Dogs that you've railed about |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. Was she the most effective House Speaker in recent memory |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #124 |
131. And they deservedly lost their seats, because they voted like Republicans |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. But what about those 400+ Bills that did pass? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. The break for many of them was the US Senate |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. I tend to criticize the ones who actually do the dirty deeds, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Well since I have been there since the man was sworn in |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
132. Huge K&R! |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
135. The Senate was deadlocked and he got HCR passed despite it. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #135 |
136. and in that the President did use the bully pulpit and |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. I'm disappointed that he didn't use his 49 days to get a whole bunch of stuff passed. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
137. Give me a Democratic President. n/t |
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Justina For Justice (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
141. But Who Will Give the President a Real Democratic Agenda? |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
142. FIXED: GIVE THE PRESIDENT A PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
143. We really, really, really need a Democratic Congress... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
145. The Democrats in Washington dont want to be in power. It would reveal that they agree with the |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
147. EXACTLY! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
150. I want a progressive Democratic Congress not to support the president |
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