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In reply to the discussion: Great progressive Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post has concerns about Obama's speaking fee-- [View all]Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)46. Well, I think we can agree on this part:
I am deeply worried for the sake of our country, but it's getting late even in my time zone. Maybe I'll feel better about it in the morning.
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Great progressive Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post has concerns about Obama's speaking fee-- [View all]
Akamai
May 2017
OP
It's offensive she believes she can dictate to anyone how much someone should give them
JHan
May 2017
#1
I think you have different ideas of "outrage" and then I do. I want families to make enough money
Akamai
May 2017
#5
Good lord, what does any of that have to do with Cantor Fitzgerald or Obama accepting 400k?
JHan
May 2017
#11
I truly was and I informed Many People about the Caucus Room Conspiracy.time and again.
Akamai
May 2017
#13
BS is too divisive and one glaring example is.. he knee jerked on his "distasteful"
Cha
May 2017
#14
+++ andThis is how the brand of the Democratic Party is destroyed from within, when it's pointed out
JHan
May 2017
#88
+1,000!!! I am so sick of all these holier than thou people! Obama never claimed to be a monk
AgadorSparticus
May 2017
#30
Not only that, Agador.. there's so much more to the story.. than $400,000 and "wall street"
Cha
May 2017
#39
you're fussing over the word I used instead of the glaring stupidity of her arguments.
JHan
May 2017
#107
so what is her speaking fee? and does she refuse it if it is too high? another hypocrite
NRaleighLiberal
May 2017
#6
sorry I am wrong. I was looking at the dates in and I am totally in error. my deep apologies.
Akamai
May 2017
#16
I was looking at the wrong dates for people joining this Democratic Underground site. My apologies
Akamai
May 2017
#19
You could delete that post, then, even though you're locked out of the thread (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
May 2017
#40
You sure you're criticizing the right poster? Someone with 40k posts is not a troll.
brush
May 2017
#21
And people want to claim he hit some sort of limit on earning when in reality he's just started.
bettyellen
May 2017
#32
Good. Then I expect I won't be reading about him here ad nauseum in the coming week.
Vinca
May 2017
#64
The claim that something isn't racism because it happens to everyone is so old and transparent.
kcr
May 2017
#78
And it's factually incorrect. It has been completely accepted that past Presidents
pnwmom
May 2017
#89
Yeah, my Mom was a Southerner...she was remarkable for her times and marched
Demsrule86
May 2017
#91
Ruth Marcus defends Trump...so concerned for him while trashing the best president of my lifetime
Demsrule86
May 2017
#95
yes, let's hold President Obama to a higher standard than other presidents, eh?
spanone
May 2017
#71
Supply and demand. That's all I got out of economics in college, and it's true in this case.
phylny
May 2017
#76
This is stupid. He's a private citizen and can make whatever money he can get.
6000eliot
May 2017
#101