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In reply to the discussion: The President is now siding with Republicans on another Rrepublican issue [View all]red dog 1
(27,792 posts)111. "Left wing, right wing, chicken wing."..........Woody Guthrie
Is Obama right wing or chicken wing....or both?
(We know he isn't "left wing"
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The President is now siding with Republicans on another Rrepublican issue [View all]
INdemo
Jun 2015
OP
Excellent point. He's out to prove his loyalty or something even more sinister.
Enthusiast
Jun 2015
#119
That pseudo Debate almost gave me a stroke. The email I sent to the DNC still burns.
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#202
His cheering squad promised that we would see the "REAL" Obama after the mid-terms.
bvar22
Jun 2015
#117
I dunno - he said it, but people evidently think he was lying. Why do they think Obama is a liar?
djean111
Jun 2015
#7
They want to believe their faith in him wasn't unjustified. They don't want to be wrong. nt
valerief
Jun 2015
#13
Didn't want to believe it, like when told by your sig other that they weren't w/ someone else.
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#203
Unfortunately you are right Manny, bush was a very effective President, with an
still_one
Jun 2015
#35
Bush "never had 60 votes in the Senate" either, and got almost everything he wanted.
bvar22
Jun 2015
#121
No question about it, there were democrats who were too willing to vote with the republicans
still_one
Jun 2015
#143
He got almost everything he wanted except for privatizing Social Security.
A Simple Game
Jun 2015
#67
Why present a different opinion to people who are DETERMINED to hear "truth be told, my policies are
Number23
Jun 2015
#124
RECOGNIZE!!!1 Because "I'd be CONSIDERED a moderate Republican" presumably by the confused masses
Number23
Jun 2015
#128
Being CONSIDERED something by others is in no way shape or form even CLOSE to saying "I am
Number23
Jun 2015
#146
You could have deleted that whole post. Because whatever you feel you "know" about me
Number23
Jun 2015
#147
Precisely why we should have basic rights on these types of benefits that work across all occupation
salib
Jun 2015
#200
He's clearly been a "Rockefeller Republican" since his first raft of cabinet appointments
villager
Jun 2015
#109
Free burial when your usefulness is done. What more could you ask for. n/t
A Simple Game
Jun 2015
#69
also declared the greatest president ever . . within the first week or so of his first inauguration
DrDan
Jun 2015
#77
Direct link to the statement by Director of Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Cerridwen
Jun 2015
#10
In my experience, it's been used for a couple of decades, especially by gov't and non-profits.
Cerridwen
Jun 2015
#12
Shareholders are also stakeholders. Anyone or any entity that can or is affected by the
A Simple Game
Jun 2015
#74
Yes. I was replying to someone who thought it referred (solely?) to gambling.
Cerridwen
Jun 2015
#78
You could say the inhabitants of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were stakeholders in the Manhattan Project
Fumesucker
Jun 2015
#17
Yep. Or as I watch my natural world die. As fresh water dries up and the climate shifts
raouldukelives
Jun 2015
#55
In business theory, 'stakeholder' is a word we encourage as opposed to 'shareholder'
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2015
#27
More nonsense and ad hominem attacks, this time in the title, this time on President Obama? Clinton attacks got too boring??
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#22
Too bad the previous poster finds it "creepy" that "you aren't a citizen". We have posters from
Cha
Jun 2015
#45
Previous Poster must be one of 38 on my Full IGNORE list....ignorance of ignorance is bliss.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#49
I tell ya one thing, Andy.. whomever wins the Dem Nom will want the Obama Coalition.. they
Cha
Jun 2015
#60
The message is not that it's wrong, but that we're supposed to shut up and pretend to like it.
arcane1
Jun 2015
#79
The President is joining the Republicons in cutting workers benefits. How is disagreeing with that
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#102
He is trying to say that Pres Obama isn't responsible for what the DoL does. Not really correct.
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#138
Obama is overjoyed to the point of heavenly Rapture... with a Republican Congress??...you made me laugh!
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#46
Sergeant Schultz was actually the one who constantly said 'I see nothing!' nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#163
You're in luck! The OP doesn't say "President Obama is an evil right winger" or anything close n/t
arcane1
Jun 2015
#80
Be glad to help. The Dept of Labor answers directly to the President. They wouldn't
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#103
It's President Obama's Labor department. He appointed the Secretary of Labor.
totodeinhere
Jun 2015
#144
The Commoner's List of Obama-Whining is short, not to mention untrue, compared to the litany of achievements, no?
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#59
so ironically people who don't have all the time to burn on newsfeeds just assume
MisterP
Jun 2015
#88
Anything substantial to say about the OP? Do you support the Republicon efforts to cut benefits
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#101
Yes, good thing 'progressives' are back to focusing on the no good evil-doer twice elected fellow in the WH!
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#89
Do you have anything substantial to say about the OP? Do you support the President and the
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#100
But how do you feel about this issue? How do you feel when Pres Obama sides with the Republicons?
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#99
I am not one bit surprised. I made him for a ConservaDem before he won the primaries.
Stinky The Clown
Jun 2015
#139
I lost faith in him since he opened the Arctic, gave away public lands for coal, etc.....
glinda
Jun 2015
#150
Oh, no no no, it's just stereophonic, mega-digital, harmonic-converging 3-dimensional Chess
nikto
Jun 2015
#155
by agreeing with the republicans again, he's showing how radical they are, so people won't
Doctor_J
Jun 2015
#189