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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:11 PM Original message |
I resent being told the Public Option was just a figment of my imagination |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. And don't pee on my head and say it's raining |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Can't believe your lyin' ears? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's not.... It was the foot in the door that we wanted to get access to single payer. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. Yup, Heard that one a lot from Hillary supporters during the primaries. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's not.... It was the foot in the door that we wanted to get access to single payer. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Remember (just a few months ago) when we thought we were fighting for something BETTER |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. What Public Option? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. +1 nt |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. lol. That sums it up. nt |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. I wish I had written that! |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good post. |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Your figment of imagination is on page 10 of the Democratic Party Platform 2008 |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. +1 |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Yet, they did the exact opposite. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. You're not reading that right. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. thanks for this. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Thank you! I am weary of being bashed as a whacko for advocating for the party platform |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. The LEAST they could do is stop hounding us for money all the time. |
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oreo3leg (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
72. Gotta have $$ for more promices and more |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. You're 100% correct. And you'll get *crickets* from detractors. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. You're not supposed to remember anything he said |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. > |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Nice sig line - |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 06:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. No No No that is obviously a typo, it should read "Fax Matters". |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. or maybe, "FOX matters". |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Rotfl! n/t |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. You do realize that your derisive smilie here is in contradiction |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
68. WIN. They changed their sigline. They still haven't admitted to being wrong, though. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Here's some first hand video of your figment: |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh ThomWV, |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
53. Yeah, well, without the distractions we wouldn't have spent all that time, |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. I remember that episode and yes we are in the Twilight Zone |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. K&R |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. K&R |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
19. That is kind of weird. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
20. I also seem to remember him attacking Clinton on mandates... |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. There is an ironic typo in that article. It says... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. 'would' be funny... but |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. His thinking has evolved .... n/t |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. survival of the fittest........ |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. I freakin' HATE liars. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. STOP BEING HATER, THOMWV |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. Exaggerate much? Here are the FACTS |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Well, you see, maybe I did pull it out of my ass because you've shown Obama never said it. |
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DisgustedInMN (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. If I wanted to play semantics... |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Yeah. All those videos and transcripts were made by space aliens. |
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mullard12ax7 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Let's add more troops to cannon fodder wars and let war criminals go free |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. I want people to give the "he didn't campaign on the public option" thing a rest |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. He ought to have read his own party's published platform, then. |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. The first time I ever heard that it wasn't important was the day of his big health care speech. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. k and r |
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mullard12ax7 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. But, but, it's the best we can do and torture isn't important either |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. Don't forget that War is Peace too. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. _ |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. Pelosi also stipulated Public Option . . . in the last month/6 weeks ... bait & switch???? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. thanks Thom |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. Why do you hate America? |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. Speaking as someone who still supports Obama |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. So, videotape isn't good enough for you? He lied. That's a fact. |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. I did not mention whether I thought he lied or not n/t |
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SandWalker1984 (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Perfect example of how certain Republicans still supported Bush after 8 years in office |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I made no excuses for Obama |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Does "unity" mean unquestioningly accepting everything that comes out of this admin? eom |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Unity means a sense that we're on the same side |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. That's a fair point. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
50. I call it a lie that we were not given to think we would finally get health care... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. Oh, it wasn't your imagination. The video here (from Countdown) says it all: |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
57. K&R. But I've learned my lesson and I'll know better in 2012. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. K&R. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
63. Don't worry, it was written right into the 2008 Dem. Party Platform. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
69. "Resent". |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
71. There are fan club members here who apparently believe it, and |
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