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Lizzie Warren had an axe, [View all] MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 OP

... xchrom Sep 2013 #1

HE WAS NOT THE NOMINEE Capt. Obvious Sep 2013 #2

And she made damn sure of that madokie Sep 2013 #3

This is another glorious victory for President Obama MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #11

Promoting Summers for the Fed was just a diversionary tactic Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #14

HA! SammyWinstonJack Sep 2013 #17

How funny Cryptoad Sep 2013 #26

Obama didn't nominate him because O didn't have the votes. Divernan Sep 2013 #39

Proof? Cryptoad Sep 2013 #51

How a small team of Democrats AgingAmerican Sep 2013 #70

Speculation and conjecture is not Proof...... nt Cryptoad Sep 2013 #81

OFFS NealK Sep 2013 #94

The article states facts AgingAmerican Sep 2013 #112

Obama never runs things up the flag pole? How funny indeed. merrily Sep 2013 #72

Amazing you know who runnings who up whose flag pole,,,! nt Cryptoad Sep 2013 #83

I'm just observant. merrily Sep 2013 #89

but the trouble lies in fact Cryptoad Sep 2013 #108

You have no clue what I think or what my rules are. merrily Sep 2013 #113

Keep posting, babe! Poster child for Obama supporters! Divernan Sep 2013 #98

Does snarking make you feel better inside? Cryptoad Sep 2013 #107

When it comes to snarking, you da man! Divernan Sep 2013 #109

I'll take that as a YES,,,,,, Cryptoad Sep 2013 #110

Proof? nt. Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #86

ummmm Cryptoad Sep 2013 #111

Or maybe it is Wall Street playing multi-dimensional chess. pampango Sep 2013 #30

Well, nobody's gonna appoint Stiglitz or Robert Reich, after all. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #33

I don't think we're supposed to talk about Yellen yet. progressoid Sep 2013 #49

Or Krugman. merrily Sep 2013 #73

Nice post. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #79

... davidpdx Sep 2013 #71

There sure are a lot of diversionary tactics. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #76

Isnt there a rule about one Manny posting in another Manny threads? How about if one Manny alerts rhett o rick Sep 2013 #41

I think I saw that rule too MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #54

We have been dependent on Manny to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. Kennah Sep 2013 #59

The victory was in confining to two the universe of possibilities. merrily Sep 2013 #92

"The real debate should have been, of all the eligible people in the U.S., who should…" Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #106

Yeah, me, too. merrily Sep 2013 #114

NO ONE WAS THE NOMINEE n/t Orsino Sep 2013 #36

Right. Captain Obvious was aping a certain poster Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #50

Exactly, and NO ONE wanted to bomb Syria. Like to find out who the hell NO ONE is. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #58

:) TBF Sep 2013 #4

Here's to this becoming and oft repeated refrain. morningfog Sep 2013 #5

We could only hope! Aerows Sep 2013 #62

But she supports Janet Yellen! Doesn't that make her some kind of a lickspittle ... 11 Bravo Sep 2013 #6

But ... But .... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #7

DU has always liked Elizabeth Warren and for damn good reasons. Divernan Sep 2013 #10

I was speaking to ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #61

Some of us are concerned with actions rather than with personalities. Maedhros Sep 2013 #68

Me too.....nt Enthusiast Sep 2013 #84

And others ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #101

So you were just making things up again. Marr Sep 2013 #69

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #103

I've learned to reserve judgment until I see actions. merrily Sep 2013 #75

Again ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #104

Again, that was not how you set up the hypothetical. merrily Sep 2013 #116

Okay n/t 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #120

As opposed to what? Blindly supporting someone, no matter how many bad things they do? merrily Sep 2013 #82

Or blindly ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #105

That was not how you set up the hypothetical, though. merrily Sep 2013 #115

True ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #119

I like EW every day. Not in a romantic way, in the Autumn Sep 2013 #63

No doubt ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #64

I don't mind compromise votes. Sometimes they are necessary. Autumn Sep 2013 #65

Exaggerate much? merrily Sep 2013 #77

Probably so ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #100

"Note to reader: I am being facticious ... but only barely." merrily Sep 2013 #117

Harvard women get the last laugh - all too delicious for words! Divernan Sep 2013 #8

Limericks make me smile ReRe Sep 2013 #9

Full disclosure: I ripped it off MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #12

I recognized the similarity ReRe Sep 2013 #16

I know the original and was thinking yours doesn't scan very well-- Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #18

Tough crowd... MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #37

Lizzie Borden Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 #32

Actually it is a school yard chant after the Lizzy Borden trial and acquittal. zeemike Sep 2013 #15

In her short time as a Senator Iwillnevergiveup Sep 2013 #13

Love it First Way Manny. zeemike Sep 2013 #19

... you do realize though that now Wall Street is going to get who it wanted IN THE FIRST PLACE? Myrina Sep 2013 #20

Who do they want, and how do you know it? nt MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #24

link: Myrina Sep 2013 #25

I've seen that before, but they don't seem to disclose MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #27

Ok, well for what it's worth, here's another: Myrina Sep 2013 #53

Non-optimal, to be sure MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #56

Are they behind Yellen, or do they simply prefer Yellen to Summers? merrily Sep 2013 #80

See ... THIS is why we can't have nice things!!! JoePhilly Sep 2013 #28

She should be thrown under the bus for supporting treestar Sep 2013 #78

The DLC got to her. JoePhilly Sep 2013 #102

Wall Street actually WANTS there to be job growth. It's Republicans that don't. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #55

comment 90-percent Sep 2013 #21

Elizabeth homegirl Sep 2013 #38

She had the good company of 4 other Democrats on the Banking Committee alone Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #45

Plus one, Jimmy! Enthusiast Sep 2013 #85

I promise I won't ask anymore if someone explains first way, third way... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #22

I will try - but this is what I have been able to glean rurallib Sep 2013 #29

Thank you, rural lib! MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #31

"if they want to stay in the House of Representatives" - Plus the Senate. Kerry lost to Bush-II, in AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #66

The DLC disbanded a couple of years ago hootinholler Sep 2013 #35

Like a snake shedding its skin, the DLC morphed into "3rd Way". bvar22 Sep 2013 #43

They will morph again. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #87

The term "Third Way" was around since at least the 1930s. merrily Sep 2013 #95

Meet the new bosses... worse than the old bosses... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #118

Interesting... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #48

I actually don't think the First Way is few & far between when it comes to economic justice. CrispyQ Sep 2013 #52

Essentially the same philosophy: 3rd Way, DLC, Progressive, New Democrat, Centrist, No Labels. merrily Sep 2013 #88

Obama making the Bush tax cuts for the rich permanent RandiFan1290 Sep 2013 #74

The origin story is a bit too complex for a concise post Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #91

I gave a little bit of info and several links in Reply 43. merrily Sep 2013 #96

Now that the progressive left appears to have some momentum 90-percent Sep 2013 #23

"Progressive left" merrily Sep 2013 #93

Summers was a walking rejection. Fuddnik Sep 2013 #34

Damn. For a minute there I thought you said Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #40

Well, Summers is a dickhead. Fuddnik Sep 2013 #42

Third Way is the Democratic version of the Tea Party Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #44

I hope you are correct, but it's too soon for me to reach the conclusion merrily Sep 2013 #90

K&R n/t lupinella Sep 2013 #46

If there is any hope for our nation Aerows Sep 2013 #47

Proud to be rec# 100 pscot Sep 2013 #57

lol...knr nt Zorra Sep 2013 #60

chop away! nt Deep13 Sep 2013 #67

149th rec. merrily Sep 2013 #97

Lol! NealK Sep 2013 #99