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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 08:58 PM Original message |
"I'm President and not king" |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is a good example of why we're sliding into fascism. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It sounds like you're advocating the same type of fascism for our President |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The poster did no such thing |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It gets weirder every day, doesn't it? n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The problem is the cryptic remarks stand for themselves |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Clinton continued Reagan and Bush era policies, just like Obama |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. some policies were indeed continued |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Social security continues through Republican administrations |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:14 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. civill rights are still there? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Which civil rights legislations have been reversed? |
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countrydad58 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. They |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. It was a Dem majority that passed the unPATRIOTic Act |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. "when the pubes have power" |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
77. You mean the Social Security that Obama appointed the Cat Food Commission to destroy? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Cryptic? lol |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. all the buttinsky stuff is really helpful |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. lol. parsing your sentence: the opaque, mysterious remarks stand for mysterious, opaque remarks. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
62. wtf are you talking about? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. i don't see any indication the poster understood your cryptic sentence. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I don't see any indication that the poster cared enough |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. i don't understand why you keep responding. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I'm doing it mainly |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. couldn't stay away, huh. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I never really leave |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Not in the least. I'm advocating the opposite. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. ok |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. With the biggest Dem majority in years |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I think any more of a populist stance |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oh please. It has nothing to do with race. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Who in the hell is talking about you... |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. The hell it has nothing to do with race |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
60. It is about race to an extent. To deny that proves the point. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. B.S. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Yes,you are talking bullshit.. |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. Absolutely right butterfly 77 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Well, no, not really... and playing the race card everytime someone is critical of Obama |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. I'm curious...did blue dog dems in the senate and congress |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 08:35 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Clinton brought the blue dogs into their own |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. all moves into facism have been the result of significant economic security eroding |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. all moves into fascism are invoked by the government |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. That wasn't the case in Germany, Italy, or Argentina but it was the case of Japan. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. well, no, not really |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. So allowing the bushit tax cuts, is that a political machination or just economic security erosion |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Absolute |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. history proves you right.... look at the last 30 years |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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coti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. That's a transparent, blithe excuse I would expect from lesser Presidents. |
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countrydad58 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Exactly! |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. George W. Bush never had more than 55 senators... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. the republican party has never had the same number of compliant members |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. 60 votes is NOT an "excuse" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. It's certainly an excuse if it's held up as the reason one doesn't even try |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Memo to Obama: you declared that you had the RIGHT to kill an American citizen |
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coti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Ouch. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Touche. n/t |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. +1 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Exactly... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
68. True |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
69. Amen. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
79. End. Of. Thread. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:01 PM Original message |
K&R |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R |
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The Philosopher (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Good God |
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coti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yup. It's insulting. nt |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. he said a bit more |
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The Philosopher (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You can't be that obtuse |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I'm not obtuse |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. And there it is! |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm sick and tired of hearing the 60 vote excuse. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
42. What? You mean he ISN'T the Messiah? |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
47. Questions that should have been asked |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. +1 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
55. excellent questions |
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countrydad58 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Single payer |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
58. What a photo. I wonder what he's thinking? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. I agree... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
72. Nobody is asking for a King, we elected you to be a fucking president |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
74. Indeed. So this means he's going to restore habeas corpus and other elements of rule of law, right? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
78. President not King, eh? Then lead & keep your campaign promises instead of kissing up to the thugs! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
80. We know he's not a king. We just want him to stop being a pawn. |
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