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zeemike

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3. There is a saying; The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 09:57 AM

Aug 2014

And no doubt Obama is well intended...but that does not change the facts, which are that the only interests that count is the interests of the 1%...it is just a fact of our system.
And our hope should be to change the system, because until we do, no president no matter how well intended he or she is will satisfy anyone but the 1%.

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I think President Obama is a geniune guy. [View all] CJCRANE Aug 2014 OP

I agree. femmocrat Aug 2014 #1

Yup, same here madokie Aug 2014 #2

There is a saying; The road to hell is paved with good intentions. zeemike Aug 2014 #3

I'd like to believe that, too radiclib Aug 2014 #4

"Genuine" is not the first word that leaps to mind. woo me with science Aug 2014 #5

Your non-stop propaganda, conspiracy theories, and simplistic sloganeering prove nothing. emulatorloo Aug 2014 #8

I'm sure that's true in your case. MineralMan Aug 2014 #9

he's good at "genuine" speeches though Skittles Aug 2014 #10

A genuine man in a job that makes it difficult to be genuine. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #6

agree. oldandhappy Aug 2014 #7