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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:06 AM Original message |
Sympathy For Obama - He Has to Deal With a Lot of Assholes |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've just got my fingers crossed that .... |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. I rec'd this thread, and already someone else has unrec'd it :( |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I just did the same - with the same result! (nt) |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. This argument might carry some weight if Obama didn't use right-wing arguments and frames himself. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I've Heard That. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I don't understand. You think he's a liar? |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Obama's Rhetoric |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I think that asshole |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. +1 |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. what about the right wing frames and arguments the left seem to use against him tho? |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's a good cop, bad cop act |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sympathy for my neighbors who have lost their homes |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. +1 |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. And at the same time you close your eyes and refuse to see any of the good things Obama has done |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's right. This whole mess is my willful fault. n/t |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Wow, I must have written that in invisible ink because I don't 'see' that in my previous comment n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And yet you feel free to tell me what I see and don't see. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Nitey nite, sleep tight :) n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. ... |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Ungovernable America |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Bush did what all Republican presidents since Reagan do |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Bush and Reagan Compared |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. another factor- the internet didn't exist when Reagan was pres. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
60. You don't know that old felon very well. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Bush did FAR more than "what all Republican presidents since Reagan" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Maybe you were too young to notice but Bush is the natural outcome |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. actually I'm probably |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Mine, too! But remember that it's the Reagan tax cuts |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. Sympathy for working people at the mercy of asshole bosses who can't wait to outsource their jobs |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. Your're joking right? And who did he appoint? |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Obama Rolls a Gutter Ball |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. 20/20 hindsight? People were screaming about Geithner being unsuitable from the moment |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. Yep look at his cabinet. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. All theater to fool the masses. nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. Like outsourcer Jeff Immelt. Total asshole. Oh, Obama appointed him to be in charge of jobs.... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. As if the rest of us don't have to deal with a lot of assholes?? |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Sympathy is not Pity |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. No Core Values |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. "Obama's Grand Plan"? Sorry, believing there's such a thing is a sucker's bet. |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. Riiiight |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is the most honest assessment of the situation he's in I've read yet |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. Funny, I think exactly the opposite and wish I could unrec this more than once. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. unrec A president does not "inherit" a mess from a predecessor. He seeks it. The current |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. word. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. Yep, he sure spread some wealth around. UPwards, of course. Job well done. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. No sympathy here. |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
34. Right but thats what comes with it. Who are you and what do you stand for Mr President? We'll know |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yeah, gee, it sucks to be the king |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. Obama looks ok with it |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. word. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
41. Cantor, Boener and McConnell |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
42. Please allow me to introduce myself |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
43. True. HOWEVER, the sounds coming from the Bully Pulpit aren't exactly Clarence Darrow for the PEOPLE |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
45. who's a bigger asshole than Alan Simpson? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Yeah, I'd have sympathy for Obama having to deal with assholes if he didn't invite them to the table |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
69. no kidding. and not just "invited", but put them in charge. |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Cantor, Boener and Mc Connell. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
48. you forgot to mention all the assholes he appointed to his own staff |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Seriously. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
52. I find it hard to feel sorry for him when he failed to dispose of some of them. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. so, are you saying you only have sympathy for those |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. When it's their own actions that put the assholes on their tails then yes. I see no reason to feel |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I understand and share some of your |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Why ration sympathy? Because there's only so much to go around. And I don't have it to waste on |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. ok- that's up to you. I think |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
54. If you can't handle dealing with assholes |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
67. oh poor, poor little Obama. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
68. Worst of all is getting bashed by your own party. But I'm not |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Why aren't you voting in 2014? |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. 2012 = Armageddon??? n /t |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
74. Obama is not being the adult in the room. |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
75. ZERO sympathy for Obama. He set the course from day 1. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. +1000 |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
76. I know a guy who lost his job and ended up living in a tent behind an abandoned restaurant. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
77. Good lord, he sought the job with no stops. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
78. He knew what he was getting into before he took the job |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Reclaiming Patriotism |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
80. well look who he hired |
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