Pre-emptive Outrage at something the POTUS hasn't said yet!!!11!

[Hekate]

Nothing good can come of this.

[Hekate]

1. Sarcasm

You never know

[bigtree]

2. draft resolution has already been released to Congress

...along with a letter outlining his goals.

both posted here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026210937

[KG]

8. no need for outrage, this time we'll get it right,

because obama!

[Brigid]

3. Sorry, but I come by my skepticism honestly.

I grew up on Watergate and one damn war after another. Plus, I have a nephew in the Marine Corps. So please forgive my unease.

[cwydro]

11. I'm uneasy too.

Very.

[gratuitous]

13. Please wait for the Goldilocks Moment

Now is too early. Once the President makes the announcement, it will be too late. You have to wait until the time is just right, the Goldilocks Moment. Biggest problem with the Goldilocks Moment is that it can usually be discerned only after it's too late. At that time, you will be urged to pipe down because "you should have said something sooner." We know the Goldilocks Moment hasn't happened yet because any expression of disagreement with the rumored proposal is "preemptive outrage."

So, keep quiet until it's too late, then keep quiet because you should have said something earlier. See how it works?

[Brother Buzz]

4. Whatever It Is, I'm Against It!

[Hekate]

5. Now that's the spirit I was looking for

[HappyMe]

6. How can he say that!!1

It's outlandish, and it must be stopped!!11! I'll post my anger over nothing here at DU for 2 days, that will show 'em!!1

[cui bono]

7. You know, it's better to be an active participant in democracy

than to be a blind devotee and participate in the cult of personality and by extension enable TPTB's push toward a police/authoritarian state.

If things aren't questioned before they happen, they will actually happen and then it's too late. That "it hasn't even happened yet" line of thinking goes against the very definition of democracy and is an extremely dangerous and immature way to follow politics. Better you think for yourself than to attempt to ridicule the critical thinkers and then go on to simply defend/endorse whatever POTUS does/says.

[KG]

9. The slaves are free to elect their masters,

and that is enough to satisfy most folks in the land of the free....' --Joe Bageant

[cui bono]

10. Nice quote. n/t

[BrotherIvan]

14. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't care who is president, I will not cheer on war. I just won't.

[rhett o rick]

12. "Why are you outraged at the gun I'm pointing at your head? I haven't even pulled the trigger yet."

[JHB]

15. Convene congressional investigation of NotSaidYetGate!

Invite every fleabag wingnut in the country to give testimony, to be judged by bigger fleabag wingnuts.

[Hekate]

16. Something-gate!

Too serious around here today -- DU used to be able to handle a faux-thread with appropriate élan.

[sadoldgirl]

17. This is outrageous

After six years of speech after speech we get the
Silence treatment?!
Where is the special prosecutor with $40,000,000?
In case of necessity give him the extreme investigation
treatment!
That'll learn him!