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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:23 PM Original message |
The Chess Player screwed up. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Could you be a little more specific in explaining what he did wrong? |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Deciding he was a spectator in this "how a bill becomes a law" thing? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. As opposed to what, being a congressman? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. As opposed to showing some leadership. Presidents can not pass legislation but a damned lot of them |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Explain what that means. |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. No... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Yes.. as opposd to being a CONgressman.. He is the Friggin President of the USA.. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Touche. That's gotta sting. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. He sacrificed the pawns for the king. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Which move is the one where you 'get kinged' and end up with another checker... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Maybe you mean hearts, where you try to avoid eating the queen. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Pft, hahahahaha ~ |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Specifically, leadership. He is the Pres last time I looked. He has been |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No, I mean specifically. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. In this Administration it appears to be, yes. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Touche' |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You tell me what he should have done. This was his agenda...his big thing. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. So... his leadership was good he was just conspiring for the other side? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I have little doubt |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well, that's not entirely correct. For one thing, LBJ had Republicans that would work with him. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. On the Civil Rights Act, he had 67 Dems. 27 Republicans crossed party lines for that. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. of course, you both are correct, |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yup. He was one of the best. |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Yeah and one other big factor back then |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. The Democratic Party at that time was rife with racists. |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Or we could say: |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Making deals with Pharma, taking universal health care OFF the table. Not allowing anyone who |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. No, he has not. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:43 PM Original message |
He begged the repubs to play nice. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Agree. |
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griffi94 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. maybe he can still salvage something |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not so much |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It almost seems to me that this administration is a "bait and switch" |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. You know what the crucial similarity and difference are? Honestly, I see both this administration |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. There is no bait and switch |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. We think of Obama as one man. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. That is one scenario. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. The games not over...... |
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SOCALS (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. Who even started this ridiculous meme- playing chess? |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't think he screwed up. I think it was impossible to start with. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. He didn't screw up. This is the bill he wanted. n/t |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. No. he's playing against a rich, spoiled 5 year old |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
42. it wasn't incompetence anymore than Bush was incompetent |
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