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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:24 PM Original message |
What if Obama votes No on FISA? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm guessing he will vote no, but that won't be enough to keep it from being enacted. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. He SAID he's voting YES. Thus the "hysteria" as some call it. Or "concern", say others. Dammit |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Oh -- somehow I missed that he was going to vote yes -- |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Obama should make sure that bill does not get passed.. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Yes he SHOULD - but it's not only incumbent on him. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. For those that don't like Obama, it's like a spigot opened for them |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I am a staunch Obama supporter! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Then my post wasn't addressed to you. nt |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. You know it's gonna pass, don't you? Do you want McCain in charge? nt |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. If bills like this are getting through a democratic congress and senate... |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. babylonsister, this bill says it is all right to break the law if the president says so. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I 'get' it, really I do. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Well, I don't care about them. They're not important. They'd find any excuse, I imagine. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. And whose fault IS that? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Thanks. I'm afraid I let go with a rant below. But I had to do it. nt |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. The Obama haters are loving this. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. Definetly! I've seen it over and over again |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm holding out hope |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. This isn't about being perfect. It about doing the right thing. It's really not that hard |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. toruture. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. You tell me. Supreme Court, Abortion, Economy, The Iraq war |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Oh this is about "lesser" rights in your eyes? Yes, we have to pick out battles - and this is a BIG |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. The big prize is the white house |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. I think we can stipulate that no one is perfect. People can be imperfect & still be on the side of |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Overreaction is quite normal when civil rights are at stake... |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Obama fucked up? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I read the bill, even without the immunity provision, its fucking horrible... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Agreed!!!...they should have let the fucking thing expire!!!! I am so angry at the Dems right now |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Amazing at how they're acting as if it's a done deal. Read my post below. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Be aware it's a weekend, though. But I do appreciate that you took the time. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. The American people, by and large, are not paying attention to this issue-- |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am reacting to him calling it a compromise. It is no such thing. It is a capitulation. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Your last paragraph should be every Dem's mantra. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. If he votes no, I will gladly take back what I've said |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Merely voting 'no' is only key if one has a 3rd grader's understanding of things. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. If he votes NO, then he will have redeemed himself |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Can we at LEAST wait until the matter is taken up in the Senate BEFORE |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Nice post! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yes, we are. Your post was perfect and I'm afraid it unleashed |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Anything for a fellow Coloradoan. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. DING DING DING We have a winner!!! Exactly right. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. No, my disappointment is that he has not led on this issue. The |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Read my post above, regarding "leading." nt |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Not sure which post you are referring to, is it the one that |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oh yeah. K&R. nt |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. 67 Senators voted against removing the immunity clause in |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. *THROWS BOOKBAG ACROSS ROOM* |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. In 1799, Thomas Jefferson echoed... |
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