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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:17 PM Original message |
Krugman is pissing me off! He is starting to remind me of Nader in 2000! |
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Top Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree.... I'm tired of everyone 2nd guessing the Presdient. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. If he truly believes Obama's economic team is wrong shouldnt he say so? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I think he has. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. "We all have a responsibility to not sabotage what the person elected decides...." |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. No it doesn't. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I agree - it is your right. As it is Krugman's right to speak out. |
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bajamary (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
91. Absolutely - free speech is a good thing |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. bingo - politicians think they have the answers - and the experts are there |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #91 |
109. I think you are making a lot of suppositions here. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
70. Krugman is paid to express his opinion whereas your analogy is with a parent offering advice. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
80. I was shocked to learn that Krugman was an economic adviser to Obama ... |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
151. "At some point Krugman becomes the enemy" |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
152. Bad analogy. |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
157. Yes, to Obama. And can quit the grandstanding. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Get over yourself. Krugman's but one of a lot of people who recognize the scam for what it is: |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Just like you and Krugman, I get to have an opinion too! |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't understand your sudden obsession with responsibility |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Because at some point, the naysayeres start effecting confidence, |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. The Kool-Aid is strong within you, Luke Skywalker... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I have an opinion. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. you are absolutely entitled to it - isn't Krugman? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. and he does.....and it is my opinion that doesn't mean it is the right course at this time. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. of course it doesn't. But he is allowed to voice his opinion - |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
93. No where in my OP do I state that Krugman doesn't have a right to voice his opinion.... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. you said |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. Correct, I don't believe that Krugman's approach is a good thing. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. and in doing so - asking for his silence |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #107 |
116. That's what you take away from what I wrote...... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. I am not finding fault with you disagreeing. You will not find a post where I did that. |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
162. Or maybe your bias against Obama is so obsessive that you |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nonsense ... |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Right -- people who don't agree with you |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. If they are just saying the same thing over and over again, |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Krugman is a responsible journalist, not a cheerleader. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. ABSOLUTELY! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. He has the right, and I have the right to question if what he is doing |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
110. Agreed. Journalists shouldn't be mindless pennat wavers. We saw enough |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. He can be a drama queen at times, but he's likely right about this.... |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Krugman has the right to voice his opinion. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Krugman has every right to say what he wants to but he is an economist |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. If Obama is correct Krugman looks like an ass |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But why so public, undermining that we have to try lesser measures to save the banks. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I think its Krugman's responsibility to make his opinions public |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
136. Responsibility is what I'm questioning. Bring up alternatives, call Obama.. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. "Krugman at this point can only do more harm than good" |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Pursuing a faulty strategy is what got us into Iraq. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. This is not Iraq, and Obama is not Bush. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Actually there is a right and a wrong here. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. Senator Reid and Wall Street's Operatives In The White House Should Be Pissing You Off |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
156. word. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's bigger than just Obama taking responsibility. If we're saddled with Palin |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Palin will never get elected. She scares off to many people. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I'm confident he'd crush her tomorrow, or even in six months. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
145. Even without Palin, if Obama is wrong |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. let see . . . Obama or Nobel Prize in Economics |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Krugman = Nader |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Krugman = Nobel Prize Economics |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Nobel prize Economist in the area of International Trade...... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. He is an expert in the field - he shouldn't be silenced just because you disagree with him |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. I heard his views. He has decided that his way is the only way.... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I NEVER SAID THAT!!!!!!!! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. I asked NADER not to run, |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. this is right out of the last administration |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. No it isn't. Krugman has been speaking out all along. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. so . . . what did this mean? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #86 |
105. I respond to this exact comment, as you made it on this thread elsewhere...... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. that references your OP |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #108 |
119. No it doesn't....It reference my response to you at another point in this thread, |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. when I take the link - it takes me to your OP |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #121 |
129. Go to number 104, then...... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. so you want him silent . . . |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. And appointing someone who was part of the problem (Geithner) is not how you solve the problem. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Summers is Geithner's mentor, and he has been on the deregulation express |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Summers was not on the deregulation express...... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. don't hide the truth about Summers and Geithner |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #71 |
82. Who deregulated what? |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. That is like saying |
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bajamary (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #87 |
100. Excellent points |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #87 |
165. "Your support for Obama should focus on encourgaging him to do the right ... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #165 |
172. prove it |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. It's called Google. Look it up. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #174 |
175. conjurer |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
146. Summers and Brooksley Born on regulating derivatives... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:07 PM Original message |
Geithner is not part of the problem. |
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bajamary (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
103. Geithner - Summers - the Deregulation connections |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
154. Actually, economics is a science. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Milton Friedman = Nobel Laureate Economics |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Yep. He is responsible for nothing, but says a lot. Seems like an easy job..... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. so your point is that he should keep quiet and let the politicians |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
106. Nope. I didn't say that. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. ok - so I take that as somewhat backing down on your OP |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. and |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
149. I have never understood this argument. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
153. Geithner/Summers/Rubin = Wall Street Vampire Pieces of Criminal Shit |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Krugman's job is not a cheerleader. I understand you've taken it upon yourself to be |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
85. Krugman is a public figure at this point, as is Obama. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. It just so happened that Nader was right |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yeah Nader was great. There was no difference between Gore and Bush. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. On deregulatory policy there wasn't a dimes worth of difference |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Nader is an ass! |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Exactly. Katrina, Iraq, spying on people |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
90. Like it or not- Nader (and a lot of others) were right |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. "We" won't. That one will. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Nader was right, but Gore would have done very well, thank you! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. He could hardly have done worse.... |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
127. I still don't understand why we're supposed to hate Nader |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. Really FrenchieCat? Is that because Krugman isn't acting like a political whore for Wall Street? |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. he's acting like a bitter puma instead with his harangue and no solutions |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. He and others have plenty of viable solutions |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
73. The Obama administration has viable solutions as well, |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #73 |
99. If they were viable (and not retreads of the same policies announced earlier this year) |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #99 |
124. Because they believe that their answer is the answer. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #124 |
160. And in many respects- that makes them much like the ideologues who preceded them |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
128. For example .... I'm listening! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Nope. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. you're a fan of the man |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. That's what I'm doing...... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. no, you are questioning his loyalty (if you don't see his good faith), |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. bingo - right out of the pages of the past adminsitration |
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TripleKatPad (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
49. I am a simple person thinking simply |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. That's not 'simple thinking' - that's Right On! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. It is very simplistic thinking to simply say that Geithner and Summers |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
138. Check these out: |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. Who got us into this mess? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
155. Great. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
72. Krugman Is A Democrat; Should He Back Republican Policies? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. What Paulson, Summers and Geithner plan are you speaking of? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. The Banker Bailout - Heads They Win, Tails We Lose |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Your first argument takes me back to an earlier question I had..... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #89 |
114. Fire Just The Top Dozen Or So Executives At Each |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #114 |
126. So you have decided just the top dozen or so....... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #126 |
134. Because He's Locking The Steering Wheel Down |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
77. Yes, and I'm sick of all the assholes, including the ones on this board, |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #77 |
158. He's doing worse than "heckuva job" Brownie. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
79. I like and support Obama and I disagree with your post |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. I didn't call Krugman a Bitter PUMA. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
84. I see this thread is a "Church of the Obama fanatics" diary |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. The difference between you and I is stark here. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #88 |
143. You called Krugman and his legitimate criticism of Geithner's plan a liability |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #143 |
161. I've noticed it, too. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
92. get in lockstep behind the Obama NOW! Shut up or leave! |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
95. Hmmm. Don't you just hate it when the unqualified rain on your parade? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. That's was discussed in this thread. I'm not saying that Krugman isn't qualified, |
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bajamary (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #101 |
111. Paul Krugman does NOT "become the enemy" |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. I second that objection |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #95 |
171. Yes, he's Mr. Objective Genius |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
98. As much as I didn't like |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #98 |
118. oh come on. |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #118 |
132. We? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. exactly - he spoke up when it was "nearly a hanging offense" |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #133 |
139. Not the same thing. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #139 |
163. What if the fireman was pouring gas on the flames? |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. If you think |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. Any other words you want to try and cram into my mouth? |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #167 |
169. If that is not what you said, then I apologize. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #139 |
176. if the fireman is headed to the wrong house with the hose, then |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
102. Ah, the things you can advocate when you are a tenured professor |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #102 |
113. yeah - that insulation as a tenured professor is probably what doomed him to the Nobel Prize |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. So did Milton Friedman |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. yeah - they are all for sale. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #117 |
125. seriously - different times, different situations, different solutions |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #102 |
141. Yeah, heaven forfend we do anything to change the MASSIVELY POPULAR bank bailout |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
122. Please |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #122 |
130. Please, |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #130 |
135. Well, |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. I think if he wanted his friend to change his performance, |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. Krugman is a commentator. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #130 |
179. In the professional world |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
140. As long as this remains America, Paul Krugman has the RIGHT |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
144. I'd trust Krugman, Princeton professor and Nobel Prize recipient, |
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pursuit_of_progress (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
147. Thanks, Frenchie, for debunking Krugman's lies |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. What lies? Jesus - this is becoming absurd. n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #147 |
180. Krugman hasn't lied about anything |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
148. :thumbsdown: |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
159. I'll stick w Krugman's credentials over Geithner's anyday. Krugman's not an insider. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #159 |
166. I would love it if people who disagreed... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
168. Krugman isn't lying the way Nader does, Krugman says Obama is better than McCain |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
170. Recc'd |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
173. You so know that if Hillary had produced a smaller plan. > |
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WyLoochka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
177. I have not heard any evidence that Obama |
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178. Krugman compared Obama's supporters to Nixon's people |
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