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In reply to the discussion: "President Obama Has Earned Our Disapproval" The Atlantic, Nov 2014 [View all]redstateblues
(10,565 posts)47. Who reads the Atlantic?
And why? I consider myself fairly well read and I have some educated liberal friends here in deep red TN and I never see it in anyone's house or hear anyone referring to it.
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RiverLover
Nov 2014
OP
anyone who says my "tribalism" has overcome my "moral compass" has pretty much lost my attention
arely staircase
Nov 2014
#2
Ahem......" fuck this guy" is aimed at the journo , not the poster...hence no " Flag" option. Nt
pkdu
Nov 2014
#51
No, he and I disagree with the assessment. We have no reason to be ashamed. Nt
stevenleser
Nov 2014
#41
It doesn't bother me because it doesn't apply to me. If someone I love is doing something wrong
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#37
At least Watergate was perpetrated by Nixon's personal cabal, not the aparatus of the state. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#12
One of the principal charges laid to Nixon, though, was that he used the CIA
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#13
I've voted Dem in every election since 1980 (including this past Tuesday), but
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#15
The Atlantic is a weird bird, too sane to hew to the NeoCon line religiously but
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#8
Many did not dare speak up at that time. People were getting booted off of tv for speaking truth.
L0oniX
Nov 2014
#46
The article title is misleading; this is simply the individual opinion of this author.
kwassa
Nov 2014
#17
"Holder's Legacy: Steering Away From the Drug War" and It's not all bad.. but, I understand there
Cha
Nov 2014
#18
Each point made in the OP can be refuted as well as you do on the Holder legacy ....
kwassa
Nov 2014
#30
Hey, Sweetie.. It's Mahalo! During the campaign I was always writing.. "Dakato" as in South Dakota!
Cha
Nov 2014
#34
And look at some of the expressions of support from some folks. I said a few days ago
stevenleser
Nov 2014
#48
Looks like a large number of people read The Atlantic, probably because it's a quality publication.
Maedhros
Nov 2014
#105
Mahalo cheapdate..exactly. Conor Friedersdorf looks like an idiot up on his high horse pontificating
Cha
Nov 2014
#71
All of the allegations you claim in your post are unproven and were fed to you by the Pentagon
Maedhros
Nov 2014
#108
Yep, according to the OP.. Pres Obama is right up there with God and Santa Claus! LOLOLOLOL
Cha
Nov 2014
#59
Misses the mark completely on turd way financial complicity, failure to prosecute war crimes.
on point
Nov 2014
#66
well, now you'll be getting more of your alternative. Get back to me in a year
world wide wally
Nov 2014
#69
Another hit piece and and another group of Dems agree - No wonder the Republicans won the elections
liberal N proud
Nov 2014
#77
Those same Dems didn't blink an eye regarding the astrocities that Bill Clinton
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2014
#93
The author of this piece is an apologist for homophobes if not a homophobe himself....
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2014
#82
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Lord Acton
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2014
#87
It would have been better to have nothing right? So children and uninsured got covered, and
still_one
Nov 2014
#106
First, he could have done it with reconcilliation. Second, Leiberman has a price-tag, obviously,
grahamhgreen
Nov 2014
#114
You can always express your distaste by foregoing the evil that is the ACA. eom.
1StrongBlackMan
Nov 2014
#113
That's not what I said. It was a marginal step forward, thanks to Sen Sanders, but the opportunity
grahamhgreen
Nov 2014
#121
It was much more than a marginal step. Susan Collins, the so-called moderate republican voted
still_one
Nov 2014
#134
The reason he had the brief window was BECAUSE of the Crapsurance law he passed!
grahamhgreen
Nov 2014
#168
They weren't going to get that. The blue dogs would NOT have voted for it, and neither would
still_one
Nov 2014
#169
would not have worked, it was more than lieberman. We just disagree that's all
still_one
Nov 2014
#171
Yes. I firmly believe that anyone who can be bought and sold, can be bought and sold!
grahamhgreen
Nov 2014
#172
" If we weren't going to get any Republican votes, then why not do something that Democrats actually
grahamhgreen
Nov 2014
#122
I don't know if you are from Iowa or Wisconsin, but in either case the midterms sure indicated
still_one
Nov 2014
#137
Mahalo still_one.. some just can't wrap their heads around the fact that the President has
Cha
Nov 2014
#145
Why would anyone give this person, the writer of the opinion, a nanosecond of attention...
Spazito
Nov 2014
#138
He admitted freely to his right wing leanings in an interview related on Wiki
still_one
Nov 2014
#159
Jeez, attack the messenger. He wrote this also "British Liberty is Under Threat"
RiverLover
Nov 2014
#158
He admits it himself he leans to the right, and votes libertarian. So yes, he is a right winger.
still_one
Nov 2014
#160
Perhaps my phrasing right winger is a big strong, but leaning to the right, a libertarian, and a
still_one
Nov 2014
#162