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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:27 PM Original message |
I dont get it -Why is the pirate situation being touted as a great Obama Victory? |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ofercrissake |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. make your point ....instead of letting out sighs of frustration. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That's my standard response when I'm left speechless. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Did you forget to post the part about we're being lied to about pirates? |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. If I see that post one more time |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I know. Me, too. Somebody has just taken to posting it |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ask the people who were declaring it a Huge Obama Failure a few days ago. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Kind of romantic Obama taking on the pirates! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. He did what we would have WANTED most presidents to do. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. I thought it was apparent...there are several threads talking about. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
43. is that pic in your sig line for real? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yes. There was a bigger one on google. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because if it would have went south, it would have been touted as a "GREAT OBAMA FAILURE". |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Whatever happens in an administration, the President is given credit for nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Right..or |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why? Because last week wingnuts in my workplace, and in workplaces |
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Optical.Catalyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think it is great |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. It enriched both contractors and big oil |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Have you been listening to the media for |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. ~sigh~ |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. My sentiments exactly. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. In a political vacuum this would really be no big deal |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. Two main factors |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. The policy was correct. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. How do you know "what most Presidents would have done"? |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I am sure any one with a normal functioning brain would have said .. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Thank you for outing yourself. Welcome to my Ignore List, lol. |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. outing myself as what exactly? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. An enemy of the people. n/t |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. He can take credit for it, it turned out well. Like others said, he |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. Um, Democratic presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter fucked up in similar military crises. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. And McCain and any other Rethugs would have jumped the gun and overdone the force |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Good point. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. ...the soft bigotry of low expectations. LOL |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Bush and Brilliance in the same sentence !!!! I have never seen a creature like that .... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. If Bush were still president, the hostage would be dead... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Didn't you whoop it up when you invaded Grenada! Imagine for Obama to be mentioned in the same |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I think the real issue is the mess that is Somalia. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Yes. You've got the picture, haven't you? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. Because it's a good diversion from the bandits on Wall Street who infest the White House? |
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Baltoman991 (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Any other |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's a major victory because the right wing noise machine turned it into a major battle. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
39. Probably because if the mess had gone the other way it would have crippled him |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
41. Because he didn't roll over like the rethugs and freepers swore he would. |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
42. on democracy now!, a discussion on how the piracy of foreign fishers goes unreported. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
44. Conservatives made a huge deal out of it in an attempt to harm Obama's popularity. |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. because our nation is just dying for good news??? |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. Because he answered a call at 3 AM. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. I can't think of one president who would have done otherwise. |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. My point exactly .. Thank you !! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
51. It's about how rare quiet competence has been over the last 8 years. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
52. Thankfully it resulted in a innocent man's rescue. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
53. Well, to be fair, if the situation turned out badly, he would've been blamed for it. |
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