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cui bono

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18. Ooh! I know! I know!
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 01:40 AM
Oct 2013

1. "the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men...They know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers."

Jamie Dimon


2. Referring to the extraordinary compensation of two contemporary bank presidents after they were bailed out by taxpayer money: “I know both those guys; they are very savvy businessmen... I, like most of the American people, don’t begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the free-market system.”

Gordon Gecko


3. “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”

Dick Cheney


4. “There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.”

Ted Cruz


5. “A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.”

Michelle Bachman


6. “What Washington Needs is Adult Supervision.”

Justin Bieber


7. “At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do, it’s important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.”

Dr. Phil


8. "There is nothing I love as much as a good fight."

Obama


Bonus question: both presidents wanted to be known for their efforts on Social Security. What was the subtle difference in what they said hoped to accomplish in this regard?

One of them wants free lollipops for every doctor visit.

Hmm! My guesses. longship Oct 2013 #1
You go to the head of the class! MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 #3
I got it... phew, I pay too much attention to this crap I fear nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #7
Oh, Nadine, you find it just as fun. longship Oct 2013 #9
I get to go to your local city council nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #10
I don't live in a city, my friend. longship Oct 2013 #11
I will, nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #12
I wish I had a trolley. Dirt roads here. longship Oct 2013 #13
You will get it nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #15
try harder manny. nt dionysus Oct 2013 #2
2, 4, 6, 7, are Obama, I think. nt NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #4
You're tied for first place MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 #5
These don't seem to be proving the point you want to make. Ms. Toad Oct 2013 #6
Well, one has to think about it. longship Oct 2013 #8
My background includes avoiding history like the plague Ms. Toad Oct 2013 #19
un-googled guesses Euphoria Oct 2013 #14
100% and the bonus! MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 #16
Personally, I think your post proves Obama and FDR were "pretty different:" truebluegreen Oct 2013 #17
His point was the opposite of what he said - it was sarcasm. eomer Oct 2013 #20
That's what I thought..but his responses to previous posters threw me. truebluegreen Oct 2013 #23
Ooh! I know! I know! cui bono Oct 2013 #18
Sure. LWolf Oct 2013 #21
Oh sure, but FDR has 946 extreme liberals in the Congress QC Oct 2013 #22
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