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cali

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11. hitting it out of the park for who? the 1%? Corporations?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:48 AM
Jul 2013

How are the working poor doing? How about the middle class?

And that you think that people who criticize him are "a bunch of mean girls" is just pathetic.

Carry on with your adoration.

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #1
You sound like you have anger issues Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #2
He can't reply to you in this thread once his post has been hidden davidpdx Jul 2013 #16
I posted my reply before his post was hidden Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #17
Oh, he didn't ride in on a horse. You know it was a unicorn! Hekate Jul 2013 #188
And a good day to you, too, sir! silverweb Jul 2013 #3
Cheers! And 3 cheers for Barack Obama! Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #4
You okay? darkangel218 Jul 2013 #6
Yep. Strident and ok. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #8
Three cheers for the four sections of the Bill of Rights destroyed on his watch! Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #38
+1000 kath Jul 2013 #40
Destroyed on his watch Progressive dog Jul 2013 #51
It is the exact fucking definition from the FBI and the "patriot act". Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #79
"Obama talks out both sides of his mouth" - oh yeah, I see it ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #160
+1 Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #66
Lol! calimary Jul 2013 #190
lol... darkangel218 Jul 2013 #5
I accept your apology. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #7
Keep dreaming lol. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #9
Who are you rooting for in 2016--Wiz Khalifa? Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #10
Im rooting for a true Democrat. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #12
Is that like a "real American"? You betcha Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #14
Lol darkangel218 Jul 2013 #15
perfect. haven't you heard.. Cha Jul 2013 #23
Yes! Pay no attention to any fact calling your opinion to question! Ignore all fact Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #33
+1 nt freedom fighter jh Jul 2013 #36
You are grossly ignorant regarding geek tragedy Jul 2013 #85
^^That's it!! That's my favorite Facebook pic of President Obama!!^^ Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #131
Backatcha! Cha Jul 2013 #161
nice signature line!! :D Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #136
And, I woke up happy.. Cha Jul 2013 #164
Pass me some of those donuts, sir. I like sprinkles. Hekate Jul 2013 #189
+100000 nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #191
Please proceed! truebluegreen Jul 2013 #91
Wiz Khalifa... one_voice Jul 2013 #104
yeah..I have no idea why that rapper's name popped into my head Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #168
hitting it out of the park for who? the 1%? Corporations? cali Jul 2013 #11
So I take it you're not a fan of President Obama? Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #13
so I take it that leaping to unfounded conclusions is a trait of yours. cali Jul 2013 #21
Avg CEO income up 40% since 2009, avg American earns less than they did in 1999. jtuck004 Jul 2013 #26
Yeah! He's such a powerful dictator, he can raise everybody's income all by himself! Amonester Jul 2013 #185
Ignorant hyperbole unless there are links to back that up, of course. People could jtuck004 Jul 2013 #192
the rising middle class in China and India should thank American politicians Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #194
He gets the responsibiltiy because he asked for it. jtuck004 Jul 2013 #213
I know and understand ALL that, but you don't seem to understand something: this House. Amonester Jul 2013 #199
I understand, and I apologize for my retort. jtuck004 Jul 2013 #215
I miss bill clinton Niceguy1 Jul 2013 #28
So you miss his signing of NAFTA or Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #77
no drones Niceguy1 Jul 2013 #81
We can all pick and choose, can't we? Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #84
opinion isn't bashing Niceguy1 Jul 2013 #88
Ruby Ridge happened in 1992. Clinton wasn't president until 1993 (nt) jeff47 Jul 2013 #102
yep. my bad on that one. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #117
That doesn't matter to the Clinton haters. Rex Jul 2013 #134
are you even reading? I have very little problem with Bill Clinton Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #135
Nothing worse than a Clinton hater. Rex Jul 2013 #144
so I see from this you aren't engaging in debate. just name calling. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #147
No you hate Bill Clinton, that is not a debate but a statement you made. Rex Jul 2013 #163
Operation Desert Fox. BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #106
yep. that too. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #114
Woo hoo! Trans-Pacific Free Trade! Austerity! Drilling! woo me with science Jul 2013 #18
Yes, such a wasted opportunity. Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #186
Sure he "had the nation at his back." Except for every Republican politician; wingnut; racist; PUMA Hekate Jul 2013 #193
We will have to agree to disagree. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #198
Courteous. Thanks. Hekate Jul 2013 #201
You really, really need to search DU and read Alan Grayson's words on the TPP Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #203
The issue was whether everybody had his back after he was elected. They didn't. Hekate Jul 2013 #204
The issue is the theft of the economy and our freedoms through Obama's own actions. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #205
I can tell you are really furious Hekate Jul 2013 #206
When the Constitution is being destroyed, when the nation is being handed over to Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #207
You've been shown the "other facts" but they don't penetrate. I don't need to reiterate them.... Hekate Jul 2013 #208
Ignore the destruction of the Bill of Rights on Obama's watch, ignore the destruction of the economy Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #209
You may have the last word.... Hekate Jul 2013 #211
What are words for, when no one listens anymore? Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #212
But but she got her little retort in HangOnKids Jul 2013 #219
pretzel pretzel pretzel olddots Jul 2013 #19
are you Randal on The Superfical? Skittles Jul 2013 #20
I woke up this morning and saw that there are still people fooling themselves into thinking Obama Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #22
+1000000 woo me with science Jul 2013 #24
Thank You - Well Said cantbeserious Jul 2013 #29
+1 Scuba Jul 2013 #44
Great post! bigwillq Jul 2013 #58
Obama committed domestic terrorism? geek tragedy Jul 2013 #75
+1 Jamaal510 Jul 2013 #132
"Holy shit, we have some hardcore nutjobs here." New to DU, are ye? Number23 Jul 2013 #216
Thank you. truebluegreen Jul 2013 #92
"Barack Obama is one of the most eminently qualified men to take on this most challenging role," bowens43 Jul 2013 #25
I sat down on my last break of the day... dtom67 Jul 2013 #27
And will be until Jan. 20, 2017. hobbit709 Jul 2013 #30
Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, unless we vote in numbers in both 2014 and 2016... Hekate Jul 2013 #195
Good Morning Pretzel_Warrior~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #31
You neglect to remember that most here were very ardent snappyturtle Jul 2013 #32
We have not had this elusive privacy in some time. juajen Jul 2013 #35
True. I grant you that. How is the President besieged? He has the snappyturtle Jul 2013 #43
Sorry, don't remember the " very ardent supporter" period emulatorloo Jul 2013 #67
You don't remember the President's first term? nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #73
Yes. And I remember DU then as well. emulatorloo Jul 2013 #82
My memory serves me a totally different picture. I know there was snappyturtle Jul 2013 #83
You remember correctly nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #105
no. I was here then. that comity lasted about a nanosecond Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #120
Yup BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #123
yeah. propaganda is a harder sell when people have good memories. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #124
you have the correct memory Skittles Jul 2013 #165
nope. that joy and common ground lasted literally about 2 months and started to unravel Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #167
FOR A REASON Skittles Jul 2013 #169
You are being too generous. He went under the bus 2 months before the inauguration when he stevenleser Jul 2013 #176
yes, now that you mention it...things were beginning to fray by then Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #184
You are EXACTLY right, Steven. Love the pathetic attempts to "whitewash" how this site has treated Number23 Jul 2013 #217
Not hardly. A contingent of folks were quite sure he had "promised" things... Hekate Jul 2013 #200
Yes, and emulatorloo is right about that too. Hekate Jul 2013 #197
LOL, this cracks me up. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #34
Funny in a pathetic way, tho. nt pecwae Jul 2013 #41
All the haters to this thread need to start their own party. Flame me, put me on ignore or mfcorey1 Jul 2013 #37
All the apologists in this thread need to admit that they're cali Jul 2013 #39
Well, good luck with that. One has not been found since the first President of the United States. mfcorey1 Jul 2013 #53
oooh, I love non sequiturs cali Jul 2013 #78
So say you. eom mfcorey1 Jul 2013 #113
Um, how is supporting Obama considered on an equal footing geek tragedy Jul 2013 #86
cali sheshe2 Jul 2013 #118
Anything Obama says or does is all right with you. That's quite a philosophy you have there. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #42
+1 nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #45
I never stated that I agree with everything, so twisting my words will not help. I mfcorey1 Jul 2013 #54
Throwing a shoe is one of the gravest insults one can offer in that country. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #80
And the pendulum swings both ways. eom mfcorey1 Jul 2013 #116
+ 100 cantbeserious Jul 2013 #56
Thanks for the update! n-t Logical Jul 2013 #46
Why do you care if someone doesn't like the president? bigwillq Jul 2013 #64
Because he is they and they are he bobduca Jul 2013 #94
I guess people take politicians too personally bigwillq Jul 2013 #99
Because when so called Democrats help Republicans make a Dem President unpopular, we get stevenleser Jul 2013 #220
K & R. n/t FSogol Jul 2013 #47
And that's why there are head-explosions by some on DU BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #48
My goodness. That's a neat bit of projection cali Jul 2013 #50
On the contrary BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #55
Quite wrong. and isn't it interesting that you equate nearly all criticism of cali Jul 2013 #74
Incorrect assumption BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #97
The labels that liberals used to describe centrists here seem apt bobduca Jul 2013 #111
On DU, the definition of "centrist" BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #119
Bottom Line is that you are offended by these characterizations and they sting bobduca Jul 2013 #121
see what you are doing? making shit up. if someone agrees with the president on ANYTHING Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #125
See what you are doing? bobduca Jul 2013 #170
Bottom line is that name-calling and faux "labeling" is not "criticism" BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #126
Never a good idea to "agree to disagree" with the fifth column in our midst. bobduca Jul 2013 #171
Maybe the problem is the grade he earned is neither "A" nor "F"! Pholus Jul 2013 #49
this is a rather cogent point, but I think you're a bit off. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #127
Thank God he is!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2013 #52
yes and look at the horrid state of the country! RAH RAH RAH not. boilerbabe Jul 2013 #57
i woke up this morning datasuspect Jul 2013 #59
I woke up today datasuspect Jul 2013 #60
And are being expanded upon most significantly. n/t Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #202
excellent creon Jul 2013 #61
I woke up today datasuspect Jul 2013 #62
I woke up today ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #65
I woke up today datasuspect Jul 2013 #63
AND Hillary will probably be President until 2021! Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #68
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! bigwillq Jul 2013 #70
Anybody? OK, I'll give you Rahm Emanuel then. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #71
HA! That I did! bigwillq Jul 2013 #72
I love threads like these! bigwillq Jul 2013 #69
And a good day to you as well! Bluzmann57 Jul 2013 #76
. LWolf Jul 2013 #87
I honestly don't get threads like this senseandsensibility Jul 2013 #89
Then there is much you probably don't understand about DU or life Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #100
just read it bobduca Jul 2013 #115
Folks are free to post what they want. bigwillq Jul 2013 #109
thank you. and although I knew it would stir things up...the main point Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #122
I'm always happy when that happens! Aristus Jul 2013 #90
"mindless gop opposition" bobduca Jul 2013 #93
You funny nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #95
Yeah. That's exactly what I said Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #101
Well, I loved the American myth you put in there nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #103
I can drive for miles without any checkpoints in this country. I can vote by mail in Oregon Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #130
I like it that you think there are no checkpoints ever...in the country nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #156
you need to spend some time in Russia or China to understand Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #157
I grew up in a country in the depths of a dictablanda nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #158
Poking the Hornet's nest I see. JoePhilly Jul 2013 #96
this reminds me of the “k&r if you like Obama's smile!“ type threads. quinnox Jul 2013 #98
I woke up today and the USA is still the largest fascist oligarchy in the world. PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #107
This is what they sent you to say while they work on the Larry Summers narrative? nt Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #108
Yeah I can't wait for a list of blue links full of his accomplishments bobduca Jul 2013 #110
BWAH! bigwillq Jul 2013 #112
We got spirit, yes we do. We got spirit, how 'bout you? mick063 Jul 2013 #128
Is brown nosing the 3rd Way method of holding his feet to the fire? Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #129
I can build support for the president and his goals here AND write letters to him and Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #137
Why not here? Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #138
because I refuse to be a part of a right wing echo chamber of demoralizing shit Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #141
No you would rather be a reactionary knee jerking apologist Rex Jul 2013 #143
you are making no sense now Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #148
generic last word reply bobduca Jul 2013 #172
Methinks you highly overestimate the impact of DU on voting results. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #145
So how many letters have you written? Rex Jul 2013 #142
not true. I have return correspondence in actual paper form from Barack Obama and Ron Wyden Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #146
Like I care. Rex Jul 2013 #149
it's fine if you don't believe me. you clearly don't believe in much. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #150
Why, because I called you on your garbage? Rex Jul 2013 #153
did I hurt your feelings because your opinions don't matter to me? Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #155
Wow you cannot handle the insults, but can dish them out. Rex Jul 2013 #162
:D Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #166
Don't even bother. Seriously. Maximumnegro Jul 2013 #214
! Number23 Jul 2013 #218
Mean girls in middle school? Rex Jul 2013 #133
you're under the misapprehension I care what you think Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #139
Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #140
Thank you to all who've participated on this thread. especially Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #151
Maybe he should act like it. Safetykitten Jul 2013 #152
I feel pretty good about it too! Just Saying Jul 2013 #154
K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #159
I love Our President!!! Dagny_K Jul 2013 #173
Boink. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #174
thank you for the kicks Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #175
You need attention I agree. Obvious. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #177
and thank you as well Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #178
You're welcome! Scurrilous Jul 2013 #221
First sentence true, second sentence meaningless. JackRiddler Jul 2013 #179
relatively speaking, yes there is. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #181
Saudi Arabia is a US ally. JackRiddler Jul 2013 #183
A)I know Saudi Arabia is an ally. Much in the way that Pakistan is an ostensible ally. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #196
I am stumped at this "free world." Agnosticsherbet Jul 2013 #180
He's undoubtedly our head of state and the person making final calls on diplomatic relations with Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #182
And he's still POTUS this evening. Good evening, Pretzel Warrior! Hekate Jul 2013 #187
Good old K n R Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #222
I woke up today Riftaxe Jul 2013 #210
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