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Hubert Flottz

(37,726 posts)
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 01:41 PM Jan 2014

Robert Gates was and is, a...

Reich Winger. Why Obama and Biden ever trusted him is beyond me. I hope the latest bites on the ass, finally prove to our "Leadership, that you can't trust neocons and their appointees. Ever. Gates is trying to head off any chance of Biden's running for president in 2016. This is Mister Gates shot across the bow. More badmouthing of Joe Biden will soon follow, from more reich wingers. Obama should fire every republican in his administration and every republican lawyer at the DoJ and DoD.

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vi5

(13,305 posts)
1. Because "birpartisan"!!!!
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 01:52 PM
Jan 2014

Obama wants nothing more than the approval of the beltway media and the DC insider coctail party circuit, and he gets that by adopting Republican positions and deferring to Republican conventional wisdom and talking points on things like defense, and education "reform".

Hubert Flottz

(37,726 posts)
3. I thought I voted for democrats twice!
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 02:09 PM
Jan 2014

I should turn off the sound the next time the politicians campaign and then I won't be disappointed by the broken campaign promises?

indepat

(20,899 posts)
2. Even the reich-wingers the President reportedly will allow the reich-winger Senators from
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 01:55 PM
Jan 2014

Georgia select as Assistant United State Attorneys General?

Hubert Flottz

(37,726 posts)
4. "Hope and Change" = More republican type bullshit in disguise.
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 02:13 PM
Jan 2014

"Jaded?" Who Me?

"Bipartisanship" with the GOP? Only fools would EVER believe that.

Blue Idaho

(5,048 posts)
5. That may be the one lasting lesson and legacy of the Obama presidency...
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 02:17 PM
Jan 2014

NEVER trust a Teapublican - ever.

 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
10. Why did he wait until now?
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 03:47 PM
Jan 2014

I have not followed this thing, but wouldn't this kind of stuff be more useful before the election rather than after it?

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