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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:39 PM Original message |
Who new exactly what they were getting when they voted for Obama |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. I largely agree with you, but you might want to fix your title line. |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. done |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. "new", "pervious"... It's beyond repair. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hasn't this question been answered about a brazillion times here? |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. it has |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I think what is not being "gotten" is that turning off the critical thinking part of your brain |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Exactly. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Some people have short memories |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Short memories? You don't even need short term memory |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Yes, but the peasants persist in criticizing their betters, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. No wonder this country is so fucked up. These people have the power relation |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. They have the mindset of servants, not citizens. n/t |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I knew enough to know he'd occasionally disappoint me. |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I have not agreed |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just having control of the Nuclear Football is good enough for me |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Thank you |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I cionfess that I failed to see the |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. that is exactly when i started to realize Obama's Wall Street backing... |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Ah yes. The world would have been so much better with Kucinich at the helm. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Obama sounded a lot like "the Kooch" at the time. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Obama's centrist, and always has been. That you, and other "true progressives" attributed... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Agreed. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Only because of people like you who keep saying it. nt |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. And we'll keep saying it. There's a place for Kucinich in the party, but |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Why are you opposed to DK's politics? |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I love his politics but he is no leader on a national scale. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Because I'm a moderate. And contrary to what the loud left keeps claiming, |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Gotta agree with you, Zombie. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. . |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But it hurts so good! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Wall Street lobbyists. (nt) |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. I noes better and I new to believe the change Obama make is the Best to Date |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. The "Not as bad, so shut up!" argument, again..and, again. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. It's more honest than the "just as bad as Bush" argument |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. None of us knew exactly what to expect, but what we've gotten is a damn sight better |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was surprised about his stance on renditions and wire tapping. nt |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I was too until I read some case law on the subject |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. "there is legal precent to back it up" I fail to see any meaning in this statement. |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. hence the 13th amendment |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I wish there was some way you could flush your constitution without flushing mine. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. You Forgot to go one step further |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Thats the thing about con law |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. I did, he hasn't surprised me, and that still means we should fight for what is right... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Thank you! Great post. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. And I agree with you that |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes, "who new". |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. He's actually better than I expected. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Yeah, me too. I figured a lot of what he campaigned on would get |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. I did |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. I imagine the people who say this don't actually read Free Republic. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. yes |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
48. By pervious, do you mean pernicious, or pervasive, or do you really mean pervious? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. It would be really cool if the OP meant pervious. n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. I had a feeling that we'd be sold down the river on financial policy and accountability issues |
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